Increase in hours or more staff....?

[mammasmadhouse]

I currently work 25 hours as a secretary, my boss has suggested that he wants to changes the role of a colleague to incorporate more admin support for the dept and me. However this would mean creating a part time job to cover my colleagues other duties. Historically my colleague was offered my job but could'nt take it because she needed f/t and they didnt have the funds to increase the hrs. My boss is still keen to create an admin role for this person hence the juggling with her role previoulsy mentioned. I have said that I would be happy to look at working full time which would seem sensible and provide a consistent service, however this just keeps getting overlooked. I maybe wrong but it seems mad to look at changing someone job to take on admin based work and then have to employ someone to cover my colleagues role when I am happy to pick up more hours.. or am I missing something here?

Well you kind of answered your own question:

"My boss is still keen to create an admin role for this person"

As to the reasons for that, well off the top of my head, could be one of the following:

This person doesn't like their current job, would prefer admin work and as more admin help is needed, the boss is happy to accommodate that

This person isn't performing as boss would like in current role, and a sideways move had been agreed to resolve this amicably

The boss feels 3 part timers would be more flexible, especially as your colleague could potentially cover both roles - the new one and yours- for holidays/ sickness etc

Loads of other reasons. Basically your boss will decide what is best for the business in their view, and as long as you've made your preference known, which you have, that's it really.

Thanks for your reply, my colleague would be working full time, but working part time to supervise her 2 co workers and the remaining time on admin.

Thanks for your reply, my colleague would be working full time, but working part time to supervise her 2 co workers and the remaining time on admin. An aditional person would be recruited to cover my colleagues role while she was doing admin.
My boss over the last few weeks has put me forward for additional duties which I have completed but he has said I could then delegate to my colleague