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Interview ethics re pay negotiation

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Piggywaspushed · 29/01/2018 08:06

Morning all

I know in 'RL' )as non teaching MNers like to call anything outside teaching!) pay negotiation is fairly standard practice but I think most teachers are not practised in this .

I have an interview this week which is for a post advertised at £3k (max) less than I earn and , to exacerbate this, at up to 32 hours.

I have never worked part time so this is not why I applied for the role : I just really like the sound of the new opportunities it offers (an potentially a far better work life balance). If it was full time post the £3k salary cut would not make a huge dent in income (especially if I topped it up with a bit of tutoring) OR if I could negotiate to do something else for the academy trust to make it up to full time hours, such as intervention work (I really don't want to do a couple of days standard classroom teaching though!)

I have no idea how many candidates they have : obviously they may have some who are more than happy to work the post as advertised.

Would people advise that I raise this before the interview if I can? Or should I wait til the day itself (interview panel consists of the line manager , and AH and an HR bod)

Bit conflicted as I really like the sound of the job but my pay would drop like a stone.

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castasp · 29/01/2018 12:53

I think in this situation, I would be inclined to email or ring them up before hand and ask if there is any way the job could be made full-time - be honest as to why -you love the sound of the job/know you have the right skills etc., but can't take the cut in pay. At this point, I wouldn't ask them to increase the pay of the job though - they're only going to increase the pay if they discover at interview that you are the only candidate worth appointing.

Piggywaspushed · 29/01/2018 13:59

Yes, this is an inclination I have ( I don't actually need them to increase the actual pay) but others have set to wait til interview.

I am a repressed Brit and don't talk about money! I feel very awkward!

People keep mentioning how I could top up teacher's pay but an awful lot of it involves work outside of normal hours (eg tutoring)

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