Offered job by faith organisation

[SolidGoldBrass]

AIBU either to take it or turn it down?
(I am going to be a bit careful on details so as not to out myself or anyone else).
I do part time admin, public sector work. I provided this faith organisation with temp cover recently and they have been in touch to ask if I want to take on the role regularly (it's still part time). But I am having a bit of a fit of confusion. I don't know which is the less moral choice - to refuse the job on the grounds of powerful disdain for religion, or to take the job despite disapproving of religion on the grounds that it's good money.

I agree with several others who have replied.
Most of the time, on here, I just read the posts and don't really take much notice of names of posters, but you have been so disdainful and rude on so many threads about religion, that your name is actually familiar to me. As you feel that strongly that what the whole organisation is founded on is ridiculous, then I don't think you should take the post.

A faith school. Hmm. I'm not sure they're allowed to discriminate against non-teaching staff. Does it discriminate (a) against teaching staff and (b) pupils on faith grounds? Or is it one of the more enlightened ones that genuinely tries to be inclusive?

My Facebook is very safe because I have more than one name and all my social media is conducted under the name that's not the one I apply for jobs in. This is something I am very very glad about, because I have been using the alternate name for years and years and therefore when I have applied for 'normal' jobs, have not had to delete any social media accounts. (I do have one in my 'real' name which would show up if searched for. It's mainly for keeping in touch with relatives and putting holiday photos on for them to see but could also serve to allay suspicions.)

I think I will probably take the job on the grounds that a) if it's a good school then it's a good school deserving competent admin work and b) if it starts going down the headbangingly-mad, discriminatory, excessively evangelical type of route then I may be in a position to spot this and quietly point it out to interested parties.

That sounds rational. I'm sure that part of the problem in some schools is that they don't have people within them who are willing to challenge discrimination etc - or even recognise that what they're doing may be questionable.

So - congratulations and good luck!

if it starts going down the headbangingly-mad, discriminatory, excessively evangelical type of route then I may be in a position to spot this and quietly point it out to interested parties.
Who would you consider an interested party?

I'm not sure thinking of yourself as a spy in the camp to keep the school adhering to some subjective standard that you have, will make for a happy working environment. Seriously, if you feel you have to do that to stay loyal to your principles then I would think again about accepting the post.

My first job was with a media organisation that I was a little unsure about it. It was hugely conservative in its principles and I didn't share its ethos. Really I shouldn't have accepted the post. I left as soon as I could. You are already thinking of yourself as an outsider. I just don't think that will work long-term for you, or for them.

It's a state school. If she's an 'outsider' then who has the problem?

I'm an atheist governor at a Christian school (not the one my children attend) and I very much considered myself a spy in their camp for the first 2-3 years. Now we work together effectively - more effectively since I was pretty much forced to 'come out' as an atheist during an argument about 'marketing' the school. I think it may be hard to start with, but I've benefited from my relationships with Christians on the governing body and I think I've been useful to the school as an atheist. If you want the job, take it - and don't worry about feeling like an outsider. If it's a good organisation, you'll end up a part of it, and if it's not you can move on. Sounds like you have many transferable skills.

Errol I'm not sure why you're arguing with my opinion? especially since you didn't take the time to read my post correctly. I said imo SolidGold is thinking of herself as an outsider.

In my experience of working for a faith-based organisation no-one was isolated because of their beliefs.

Also, the OP didn't say it was a state school.

Not that it makes any difference. I still think, having worked for a faith-based organisation that was very inclusive, and having worked for a different organisation that didn't share my ethos, that this post doesn't sound like a good match for the OP.

I hope they benefit from your superior admin SGB. But I hope you can put a more positive spin on it in your mind rather than looking out for faults. It may be a really good opportunity for you and for the school to learn from each other.

I'm not sure why you're arguing with my opinion?
I wasn't. It was a somewhat different thought prompted by your post and others.

My assumption that it's a state school derive from the description and mention of 'the central public sector organisation that sends me to various jobs'.

Hopefully this school won't make SGB feel like an outsider.