Jobs that pay £30ishK but are flexible?

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Am I dreaming thinking that such a thing exists for a 30 year old male with no qualifications but has worked his whole life, is ex military and now works as a civil engineer (on the roads, not in an office)?

I have changed my work hours to do school runs and nursery runs for 3 DCs but DH doesn't do any, and I can't do it anymore as I'm missing out on pension and promotion.

He understands this and would do anything but it needs to be what he's earning now, which is £30k. It doesn't have to be that much initially but he can't afford a drop in wages.

Any ideas? Or am I barmy?

Civil service - that's roughly a HEO salary and will generally involve flexi time

You’d struggle to get any job without qualifications that pays that much. Any job you could get would require long hours/commissions which only work for people who are good at selling. Is there potential for him to get some skills of some sort or to start his own business?

Is civil service just london?

Police officer - not very flexible working, but the shifts will allow him to do some school runs at times.

What did he do in the military?

Civil Service/LocalAuthority/Police? All of these employers offer flexible working and ours gives some sort of priority for interviews to ex military I think.

Firstly will your Dh be willing to change jobs and share childcare?
If he isn't the type to take on the workload then childcare is your only realistic option and if the children are older an au pair is a good option.

The job he is in will always be early starts and project based so he will never have flexibility..however I know some men who love the lifestyle and would not give it up for anything.
Just want to check he is genuinely on-board with wanting equality as otherwise you are pushing on a closed door.

If he works for a reasonable sized firm then is the office based locally? If so there maybe opportunities for office work, such as estimating, using the knowledge he has but he would need to be IT literate and willing to learn. The hours are likely to be fixed or work from home if necessary. Another option is managing Plant, if he has good knowledge.
If he works for a company that is growing he could ask for possible transfers as that is the easiest change.

Personal Trainer?

What about recruitment? You don’t need any qualifications for that. Could easily make 30k doing that.

Sorry, haven't read the whole thread but have you advertised for a local person to do the school runs and extended childminding hours? So that you can be full-time at your own job? You pay that person out of both your salaries. The additional pension contribution and holiday pay would help offset it.
I'm salaried at 31k per year but pro rata with the hours I'm doing, much less.

My dp is a train driver. 52k a year.

The hours can be unsociable but only 37 a week.

He started on 23k as a trainee, rose to 32k after a year.

Any good?

North East by the way.

Seriously? Why wouldn't you just work full time and pay a childminder for before and after school instead of pissing around trying to find a new, flexible, well paid job for your DH (pretty non existent when you are not qualified to do anything)

Wouldn't it be better for you as the potential high earner with a PhD to maximise your earnings? What's your PhD in? Is it an area that you're working in but not utilising fully? You're the qualified one so you should be maximising your earnings potential.

@XiCi because the way we've done it is the most financially effective. I don't get paid a huge amount and work from home some days so I can do nursery and school run. If I went full time I would be required to work much longer hours for not a massive amount of pay and the nursery costs would then be much higher. I would also have to commute more and be back late some days, much later than the two nurseries near me are open! It doesn't work out to be cost effective.

We aren't pissing around. I want help with the school runs. I'm tired of my partner being away for up to 5 days at a time and me constantly having to rearrange and depend on my manager's kindness to allow me to sort my children out. I'm doing everything myself and I'm exhausted.

We are trying to be practical.

Sadly @lizzie1970a a PhD doesn't always equate to a super high paid job. I'm getting there but it takes time. At the moment I'm starting out (and paying off loans for my msc and PhD)

Cant he do night shifts and then take the children to school, sleep and pick them up?

If you are in London look for jobs with tfl...good pay and a variety of shifts.
DH was on 28k when he started on the gate lines and his pay has slowely increased every year.

Take a look at the civil nuclear constabulary. With very little overtime he will start on that wage and the basic rises quickly.

They are recruiting all the time and although you might not have a site near you the hours are well suited to what you need.

The rota is 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off. 12 hour shifts.

Is it practical though to expect your unqualified DH to get a well paid, flexible job that allows him to do school runs? They pretty much are like hens teeth. The only option really is for him to be self employed.It may not be cost effective to have wrap around care at first but as you are just starting out it's an investment for your future. It will be easier for you to get promotion and thus childcare will be more affordable. Or you could wait until your youngest is at school then it would be much easier for you to arrange after school care. I know everything falls to you at the moment and believe me I can relate but your situation sounds pretty ideal for your current situation (wfh 4 days, able to do pick ups, v decent salary) alot of people would kill for that! Any family around that could help out if you moved to FT?

My dad was a Chartered Civil Engineer and this was one of his big moans! As someone above has said “Engineer” is not a protected word so anyone can describe themselves as a Civil Engineer. So quite reasonable for the Op to say her husband is a Civil Engineer.

You can only describe yourself as a “Chartered Civil Engineer” if you are chartered as that is protected.

One of the first things my dad said when I told him my career choice (I’m an actuary) is “good choice - that is protected by royal charter”.

A friend (male, 40s) gave up a well-earning white-collar career to become an oven cleaner... and bloody loves it! Makes decent money and is happy as hell with the change. Think it's a franchise thing. So that, or the retraining for a trade jobs mentioned above. Lots of flexible work around for handymen, electricians, kitchen fitters, plasterers etc etc. Other thought was he could start training to be a surveyor. Would take some time but not loads and then he could manage his workload.

It wasn't this company, but this kinda thing www.ovengleamers.com/oven-cleaning-business/how-to-start-an-oven-cleaning-business/

Actually, I have a friend who oavjec everything in to become an oven cleaner. I don’t think he’s a franchisee; his business name is HisName’s Oven Cleaning Services. He did it alongside his original job for a few months (he worked shifts) , but within a year he was doing it full time, and books appointments that are convenient for him.

Councils are usually flexible employers. He may not be able to do all drop off and pick up but they do early/later starts, weekends and bh . Could a cm do some of your school runs ?