Choosing between two roles

[InternetSloth]

In a pickle!

I currently work in my local hospital, which is a 30 minute drive from my house. I've worked here for nearly ten years and have worked up from band 2 to band 4 so my currently salary is £28k (pro rata as I'm part time, I take home about £15500 a year). I have just moved to a new department in a new position and have only been in my new role for 3 weeks. I'm based on site with no options for hybrid working.

I've been offered another job, public sector but not within the health board in a town 5 minutes away from where I live which is also the town where my kids are in school. It's a hybrid role and a very flexible mix of working from home or from the office. It's flexible hours too so I can fit it around school runs etc whereas in my current role I rely on wraparound. It's worse paid though with a salary of £24,945. Pro rata part time as above.

I don't know what to do. I've worked in my local health board for so long it feels like a safe option but the flexibility, not needing wrap around care, no commute etc really really appeals.

What would you do?!

What will your savings be for travel and childcare? Will it cancel out the pay cut?
I'd probably go with the more convenient job tbh, providing it's just as secure as your current one.

put the 2 salaries into an online take home pay calculator….see what the actual difference is in take home pay is - might help you evaluate.
the flexibility and not needing wraparound care is worth a lot. Don’t forget to consider if employer pension contributions are different.

I'd go for the flexibility. There's a strange time between dc bring too old for wrap around and too young to leave alone for hours. I find flexible working has really helped with this.

I wouldn't move for that salary but I'd keep looking in that geographical area for jobs.

Work out the take home pay for each role, then work out annual cost of wraparound childcare, commuting etc and see if they balance out?