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i’m mid 40s, a project manager in the cultural sector - working with heritage, community assets, and lots of multi stakeholder partnerships. My background is quite academic, but the sector is dying - less money from government agencies, from charities, and from academia. I’ve also reached a ceiling in terms of salary but I’m only half way through my working life so would hope to earn more.
I’ve noticed quite a few private sector orgs in construction recruit for people to manage social value and I’m wondering if I could retrain in that area. I have never worked in the private sector before so don’t know if this is possible - certainly when I’ve worked with the corporate volunteers they seem to have a low opinion of charity workers (assume we have limited skills, etc) so perhaps there is some prejudice to overcome? Or is that my own prejudice perhaps?
i need to earn £60k+ and would ideally like to be able to see some career and salary progression over the next decade or so.
so I guess my questions are - does anyone work in construction and know about these roles? Are there opportunities for women and career changers? Would you recommend this sector as a place to work?