Job hopping or wise move

[user365241987]

I spent many years in my 20s and 30s as a p/t worker, balancing children and work on low salary roles with very weak pension contributions. The last five years I have tried to really progress my career and moved around a bit. I am now in middle management within the third sector. I took a promotion 4 months ago to a new organisation. My previous role was 18 months. I have just seen an amazing opportunity which would provide security of salary, really strong pension contributions and wider benefits. I care about my current role but I don't LOVE it. Would it be terrible to move again? I would love to be able to settle somewhere and if successful, this would be another £10-15K salary increase in an interest senior role. I would have over the last 4 years increased my salary by about 50% which will allow me to increase pension contributions into the future. I guess I just feel a bit flakey.

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I treat any job as a business, eg I need £x to do y thing, or I need x experience to be able to progress to y job.
In your case you need £x now to provide for future you. So apply for it, people job hop all the time and have done for decades. You might not even get the role - in which case you’ve gained interview insight into the organisation and use it as a learning experience for next time. In the meantime you’ve still got your current role. Win - win.
Remember, all business matters think the same about all employees and once you no longer fit their criteria, you will be gone. Loyalty costs negatively on both sides.

Thank you. I will apply. The salary and benefits would be a significant help and would allow me to build a decent pension pot. I don't know how on earth I could bear the embarrassment of leaving somewhere after they have invested in the onboarding of me. I have worked really hard for them so far. But also might not get the other opportunity as you rightly say.

Go for it but be prepared to answer why you want to leave your current job after a short amount of time

Go for it. Everyone is replaceable so just do what suits you best

Go for it, you may be asked why you are looking to move but you have very good, valid reasons and you are in a sector where people do move around and the good jobs don’t come up that often

I’d apply. People don’t stay in roles for an extended period of time like they used to. Absolutely do what’s best for you, the business wouldn’t think twice about cutting costs of you if they needed to. It’s just that; business.

Thank you,I the charity sector you tend to pour your heart in a bit, so I do feel flakey. But I am going to apply if I can find the head space to pull something together.