WWYD- applying for a role outside of a education

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I'm ups 3 0.8, about 32k per year.

There is a job at the local council. Full time 37 hours. 80-90% WFH or Office and rest site visits. It's also around 32k.

The holiday I'm not 100% sure on but sure it's 25 days. There is very small team and I'd be the only person in my role and it's would be a very niche role abut a very niche policy.

I don't have children so don't need school holidays and I'd be able to buy extra days so term time holidays would be a massive benefit to me as the are so much cheaper and flexible.

The problem is there is no scope in the proposed job for getting more money. It would have to be promotion but is that unlikely in a niche role. I could simply go full time and get more money. And also, I don't know if I'd like working in a a very small team and in a quite niche technician geeky- role after 15 years in secondary schools.

I think the hours would be around the same.

But it's i'm 40 and could be a nice 20 years till retirement. No hassle and so on.

It's all pie in the sky. I've put an application in but don't know if I really want it. WWYD?

A couple of things (having made the move myself):

• if it's in education, don't presume that you can have term-time holidays. It's very much discouraged if you're school-facing
• if you've worked in a maintained school, you will have 'continuous service' so don't presume you'll only get 25 days AL, you'll probably be entitled to more
• you'll get TOIL if you work more than your contracted hours and will probably have flexi time.

Overall, it's generally a good move unless the role is likely to be affected by the academisation agenda in which case, there's less job security.

Thank you @JanetandJohn500 it's not in education it's in waste. I work for a MAT so no continuous service.

Toil and flexi are part of the appeal. So if I did 8-4 every day took half an out break I'd be doing 37.5 hours so I could bank the 30 mins.

Do you have slack times? So time when you are on the work clock but not really doing much. Teaching is 100mph all the time, relentless.