change to job role - can I say "no"?

[JustShaggingForNow]

Any advice at all would be fantastic!! I really do not know what the guidance on this is and I don't want to come across as lazy or awkward but.....

I joined a new company in December as one of 2 PAs supporting the Exec Team.

Since then I have been handed the responsibility of looking after marketing for the division (20,000 people!!) and the other PA has been put in charge of Comms. I have no marketing experience and it was not in my job description or mentioned in my interview.

They are now saying that they will bring in support as we are 2 people doing the work of 5 at the moment but rather than employ a marketing person, they want to employ a junior to take on some general admin so we can have more time for Marketing and Comms.

AIBU to push back and tell them that I applied for a PA position and not a Marketing position? Incidentally they will not be paying me any more for this position!

Unfortunately because you've been there such a short time, you don't have much of a leg to stand on legally. You could object for the reasons you've mentioned but ultimately they could just say off you go then we'll get someone else.

Do you object strongly to doing it at all, or is it a case of if you had support and training you'd be fine with it?