Overlooked for internal promotion

[Stressmess]

I have been overlooked for an internal promotion and don't know where to go from here.
I have been in my job a long time and have been loyal, dependable and seen as the go to person for an area of work. This is c/s and I have gone above and beyond for them taking on work above my grade and now I just feel taken for granted and a bit of a mug.
I have applied for several other internal promotion opportunities putting a lot of work in to the applications and got met all the competencies, suitable for post but got pipped by someone else at the post.
This post however was in my own branch and I was pretty much told if I applied that it would be mine. I met all the criteria and know the work and am doing it everyday but they choose to appoint someone from a different area who doesn't know the work and is going to have to come in and be trained in complex work.
I got told my application was good and that they hoped I wasn't too disapointed and that I still was a valued member of the team. I think eveyone in the team was expecting that I would get it. How do I tell them I didn't? How do I work with this new person? I hope they don't expect me to take anything to do with training or showing them what to do?
What do I do now? Do I just quietly quit? Just do what I have to do and nothing more? Start appyling for anything that is suitable? Just put a brave face on and pretend that I am not bothered? I know if I left there would be a lot of knowledge and experience lost and things that I know how to do but nobody else does but I just feel a bit dejected.

“I have been in my job a long time and have been loyal, dependable and seen as the go to person for an area of work. This is c/s and I have gone above and beyond for them taking on work above my grade and now I just feel taken for granted and a bit of a mug.”

The cynic in me suspects this is why you didn’t get the job - if they promote you, who is going to do your existing job as well as you, going above and beyond?

I’d look for another job somewhere else, it sounds like they’re taking you for granted.

Absolutely what PP has said. Your too valuable in your current role to your employer. They see you as a worker bee not a leader, if you really want to progress you need to start looking elsewhere now.

Thank you. You are so right. The management is all older males, all relatively new in to post and who lack knowledge and experience. I have heard me described as the admin support but I do a heck of a lot more without getting the recognition for it. In fact I was off for a few days recently and there was something that needed done urgently and no one else knew how do do it and there was a complete panic. I got it done on an off day and rescued them out of a hole.
I knew that it would be an issue if I got the job as to what would happen with my current job. Would it be covered by someone else or would I be expected to do it too?
I think I have been given the push I needed to look elsewhere.

Admin support? Nothing wrong with that of course but if that’s how they’re referring to you when it sounds like admin support is not actually your job role(?), they clearly don’t see you as someone they are going to promote.

I agree with PPs that you need to look elsewhere.

OP you need to look for opportunities elsewhere.

You have already applied for several internal roles without success so your employer are making it clear that they want to keep you in your current role and have no interest in your career development.

Basically they are taking your for granted. Time to move on.

Move sideways if needed whilst you regroup. Same happened to me & then they asked me to train the new younger person who came in & who didn’t have a clue. Within 12wks I got a sideways move, the other person quit & they had to replace me with 3 people! I then went on to get a different promotion a year later . Good luck & know your own worth.