The job sounds very similar to what I was doing back at M&S Shipping, or later Globalvisas. If it isn't officially an IT Manager now, it certainly is effectively the same job and if you go for it properly you could easily convert it to IT Manager in short order. I started at M&S Shipping as a 'systems developer', but was the only IT bod in the company and a year later got my job title changed to IT Manager. Haven't looked back since.
Don't compromise your market value. If someone is happy to pay you 33k for a straight dev job, you really don't want to be taking a pay cut for increased responsibillity. Bear in mind that as Cat points out, the market rate for charities is lower than private companies, so if a charity is willing to pay you £33k, it's ludicrous for a private company to offer less money for more responsibillity.
They might be able to fill the role for £28k, but they run a high risk of getting a muppet. If they are lucky enough to avoid that fate, anyone switched on will rapidly want more cash or will just move on to someone else who will pay a decent rate. Anyone who doesn't should be working for a charity where such altruism will be properly utilised.
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Date: 2010-09-08 02:55 pm (UTC)Don't compromise your market value. If someone is happy to pay you 33k for a straight dev job, you really don't want to be taking a pay cut for increased responsibillity. Bear in mind that as Cat points out, the market rate for charities is lower than private companies, so if a charity is willing to pay you £33k, it's ludicrous for a private company to offer less money for more responsibillity.
They might be able to fill the role for £28k, but they run a high risk of getting a muppet. If they are lucky enough to avoid that fate, anyone switched on will rapidly want more cash or will just move on to someone else who will pay a decent rate. Anyone who doesn't should be working for a charity where such altruism will be properly utilised.