To ask for a pay rise atm?

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Started job last year like it a lot only a temporary contract but they’ve already extended by 18 months. Due my increment pay increase next month.
Since I started I’ve took on many responsibilities as we are very much a Covid response organisation. I’ve been happy to do this my new responsibilities are usually only given to someone much higher level than me 2 bands higher/usually managers but I’ve took it all on in the hopes of future prospects.
Quite often the managers will say I do more work than them, ask me to do their reports for them etc.
The job is perfect for me whilst kids are little but the pay scale doesn’t really reflect work I’m doing.
Pre kids I was nhs band 7 and now I would be band 4-5 at nhs. Wibu yo say given the extra responsibilities could I skip and increments next month so pay rise would be 2k per year instead of 1k? It’s local government so given the money loss I’ve probably got no chance but is it still worth asking?!

The worst they can do is say no!

If you've taken on more responsibilities I would ask for it.

That’s what my Dh says i don’t want to look too cheeky as I’ve happily took it all on but the money would be much needed atm

Asking for a payrise without any basis isn’t a good idea but you have a clear reason why a payrise should at the minimum be considered and you should expect an explanation of why not if they say no and advise on what is required

Yes if you have clear arguments for how the role has changed/what you’re doing outside the normal scope with evidence for why you should have a pay rise I think it’s always worth a punt.

At worst they say no, but at least they know you’re serious and it puts it on their radar.

Asking for pay rises is only cheeky with someone has barely been in the role 5 minutes and isn’t really doing anything to warrant additional compensation.

I've recently asked for a payrise. Was nervous of asking given the pandemic. I wrote to HR asking for my salary to be raised to "industry average" for my role and gave examples of work I've done for the company which justifies the increase.
Not had an answer yet....

@Justvisitingthisplanet good luck too

Hi, are you working for an NHS organisation?

Pay rises/band changes don't just happen sadly. NHS workers are generally underpaid compared to their private counterparts, chronically so.

However if your roles and responsibilities are very different to your current JD, you will need to ask for that to be reviewed and rewritten to include the duties you are doing. You can do it yourself but you have to have management support. It the. Has to be submitted to an Agenda For Change approval - basically they look at the JD and determine what band it should be. If it comes out at a higher band they can back date your pay to when you started doing the duties.

It's an annoyingly unnecessarily long process. I've had my band 8a job description rewritten, gone to panel and come out at an 8B fairly recently. I started the process 12m ago (to be fair, my org could be slower than others plus the covid effect).

There will be a policy somewhere within your trust about the process.

Good luck