A family driver drives household members in the family’s own car: school runs, tuition, clinic visits, shopping and family trips. Many also handle car cleaning, basic checks and simple errands. The role works best when the family writes down the schedule, the authorised people for instructions and which home responsibilities are included.
- Main duties
- School runs, errands, family trips
- Typical day
- Early start, split day
- Key rule
- One or two people give instructions
A typical day for a family driver
- Early morning: check the car, tyres and fuel; clean windows.
- School run: children to school, sometimes two schools.
- Mid-morning: drive a parent to work or run errands.
- Midday gap: rest or household errands as agreed.
- Afternoon: school pickup, then tuition or activities.
- Evening: family visits, shopping or a late office pickup.
- End of day: park and secure the car, record fuel.
Core duties of a family driver
- Safe, punctual school drop-offs and pickups
- Driving family members to clinics, markets and visits
- Waiting at schools and appointments
- Keeping child seats fitted and used
- Basic car care: cleaning and daily checks
- Recording fuel and expenses
Driver for home responsibilities: what is reasonable?
Families often ask whether a driver can help with home responsibilities. Reasonable extras linked to the car and errands include collecting groceries, dropping documents, paying utility bills, carrying shopping and helping elderly passengers. Unrelated household work, such as cooking or cleaning the house, is a different job and should not be added without agreement and pay.
- Usually reasonable: errands, shopping, bill payments, carrying bags
- Discuss first: gardening, small repairs, accompanying children inside
- Separate role: cooking, house cleaning, childcare
How to hire a driver for school runs
School runs need precision and trust. In your brief, give school names, bell times for each child, dismissal times on short days and exam days, and the names of every person authorised to hand over or collect a child.
- List schools, timings and gates.
- Name authorised adults for handovers.
- Provide suitable child seats.
- Agree what happens if a child is not at the gate.
- Plan the midday gap and holidays.
- Trial the route before term starts.
Setting boundaries that work
The most common problem in family placements is competing instructions. When three family members each ask for the car at the same time, the driver cannot win. Name one or two people who decide priorities, and share a weekly plan.
What makes a good family driver
- Patience with children and elderly passengers
- Punctuality around school times
- Smooth, safe driving
- Respect for privacy
- Honesty with expenses
- Calm under pressure
Family driver salary
Pay depends on the number of runs, the length of the day and weekend duties. Full-time family roles must meet at least the provincial minimum wage, such as Rs 40,700 in Islamabad and Rs 40,000 in Punjab, and experienced family drivers are usually paid more.
Hire a family driver with HireDriver.pk
We place full-time family drivers for your own car, with a one-time fee equal to the first monthly salary and a free replacement within six months. Call or WhatsApp 0339 1222233.
A sample weekly plan for a family driver
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon–Thu | School run, office drop | School pickup, tuition | Optional errand |
| Friday | School run, office drop | Early school pickup, Jummah timing | Family visit |
| Saturday | Market and errands | Free or family trip | Occasional event |
| Sunday | Day off | Day off | Day off |
Adjust the plan to your household; the point is to write it down so the driver knows the normal week and you both know what counts as extra.
Driving elderly family members
Many family drivers also look after grandparents. That means gentle driving, help getting in and out of the car, carrying walkers or wheelchairs, waiting at clinics and keeping the family informed. Make these duties explicit in the brief and choose a driver who is patient and comfortable with them.
Safety rules worth writing down
- Seatbelts for everyone, every trip
- Children only handed to named adults
- No mobile phone use while driving
- No smoking in the car
- No unknown passengers
- Report any incident or near-miss the same day
Building trust over the first months
Trust grows from small, consistent things: arriving on time, reporting delays immediately, keeping receipts, and treating children kindly. Families who are clear, polite and fair in return usually keep their driver for years. If a placement through HireDriver.pk does not work out within six months, our replacement guarantee gives you a second chance without another agency fee.
What a family driver should not be asked to do
Clarity protects both sides. A family driver should not be expected to work every evening without notice or pay, to give up the weekly day off as a routine, to drive when exhausted, to break traffic rules because someone is late, or to take on unrelated household jobs such as cooking or full-time childcare without agreement and additional pay.
If the household’s needs change, for example a new baby, a parent moving in or a new school far away, revisit the brief and the salary rather than adding duties informally.
Keeping communication simple
- A weekly plan shared every Sunday evening
- One WhatsApp group with the driver and the decision makers
- Changes communicated the evening before wherever possible
- Delays reported immediately by the driver
Key terms explained
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Placement agency | A business that finds and shortlists candidates for an employer. The employer interviews, chooses and employs the driver directly. |
| Full-time placement | A permanent driving job on a monthly salary, usually a full day six days a week, as opposed to a daily or hourly booking. |
| Placement fee | The amount paid to the agency for a successful placement. At HireDriver.pk it is charged once and equals the driver’s first monthly salary. |
| Replacement guarantee | A promise to find another driver without a new fee if the placed driver leaves within a set period. Ours is six months, for any reason. |
| Minimum wage | The lowest lawful monthly pay for full-time work, set by each province or territory for 26 working days. |
| CNIC | The Computerised National Identity Card issued by NADRA; the basic identity document every driver should show in original. |
| LTV licence | A licence for light transport vehicles such as vans and pickups used commercially. |
| HTV licence | A licence for heavy transport vehicles such as buses and trucks. |
| Police character certificate | A certificate issued by the police confirming a person’s record, available through provincial police services. |
| Probation | A short trial period at the start of employment, often one month, with a simple notice rule for both sides. |
| Overtime | Work beyond the agreed normal hours, paid at an agreed rate or fixed amount per late evening. |
| Live-in / live-out | A live-in driver stays at or near the employer’s home; a live-out driver commutes daily. Hours and pay should be agreed either way. |
Knowing these terms makes it easier to compare agencies, read an employment agreement and ask the right questions before a driver starts.
Family and domestic drivers in Pakistan
How to hire driver for school runs. We start with your household routine in Pakistan, including school bell times, tuition, clinic visits and weekend plans, and shortlist drivers who have already worked with families.
Hiring a driver through HireDriver.pk
HireDriver.pk is a driver placement agency at Chandni Chowk, Rawalpindi. We place full-time drivers for your own car in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and 13 other cities. You share your brief, we shortlist suitable drivers, you interview them and take a trial drive in your own car, and you employ the driver directly on a monthly salary. Our fee is charged once and equals the first monthly salary; there is no monthly commission. If the driver we place leaves for any reason within six months, we provide a replacement without an additional agency fee.
To start, call or WhatsApp 0339 1222233 with your area, your car, the duty hours and the kind of driving you need, or use the enquiry form on our website. We will explain realistic salary expectations for the role and the next steps before any shortlist is prepared.
Frequently asked questions
What does a family driver do?
Drives family members in the family car for school runs, errands, appointments and trips, and looks after the car.
Can a family driver do household chores?
Car-related errands are reasonable; cooking or cleaning is a separate job.
How do I hire a driver for school runs?
Share schools, timings and authorised adults, provide child seats and trial the route.
Who should give a family driver instructions?
One or two named people.