Advertised salary

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I’ve only had one job since I graduated, and so I’ve been there 25 years. I’m going for a new job, not totally unrelated but still a different job to the only one I’ve ever had. It’s not management grade, and advertised as suitable for new graduate etc. hence it’s advertised with a salary appropriate for that level of experience.
I am willing to accept the salary reduction for this job (I’d be going from 52k, to advertised salary of 24-26k) but I’m wondering is there ever flexibility in what they can pay or is it fixed at that advertised?
is this a daft question and it’s set in concrete? Or does it depend on the organisation? (This is public sector in case that makes a difference)

any help welcomed

Public sector will not be flexible, they have budgets to stick to. Especially so at the moment with everything being cut.
it must be a pretty attractive job if you are willing to halve your salary.

I’ve negotiated salary in a school job before. There are pay brackets and I got them to agree that I began on the top of the pay bracket they’d agreed, rather than the bottom which they’d planned. I negotiated it at interview.

Jobs have fixed banding in the public sector. You can probably get the top amount listed as your salary is currently higher.

If you are essentially career changing, you have to accept an entry level salary for an entry level role. It's down to you to evaluate whether the future prospects are worth that.

I career changed 7 years ago and my salary has more than doubled since then as I sought promotions by moving employers several times. It was worth it for me.

Yes I'd agree with their posters, in public sector there's only room for flexibility within the advertised pay band. That's usually linked to level of experience.
Anything else would require a whole job regrading which is very long, complex process

It's always worth negotiating, especially if you are currently being paid more, but in public sector they won't go higher than the top of the band (and you might have a bit of a battle to negotiate that, as they don't tend to like appointing people above the mid point).

Good luck for your career change, I am in a similar boat considering it, it's a difficult decision!