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Off-Road Cycling Project Delivery Co-ordinator, South West England
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STW Jobless - bike job
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Posted 2 years ago #
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What again!
I applied for this job about a year and a half ago
I was obviously over qualified
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Give it a go....again!
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Nice job, shame about the salary, but if every day is great fun doing something you love....
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Spongebob - Member
Nice job, shame about the salaryThat's a pretty pretentious thing to say... many people on here are on lower and your comment effectively attempts to degrade them, perhaps unintentionally.
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I second that, glasgowdan. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be on a decent salary (or any salary at all for that matter).
Posted 2 years ago # -
Job looks fun for the right person.
I'm sure Spongebob didn't mean it with malice. Salary isn't an indication of quality of life, it's just a figure that people need to pay everything and everyone's circumstances are different. Disposable income is the thing that makes the difference.
I should imagine that there are people on here who earn say £15k who have more disposable income each month than those who earn double that! Wish I had the spare cash each month that I did when I was a student - kids etc now-a-days obliterates my income each month! - Any one want 2 kids, free to a good home?
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I'm currently unemployed and looking to get into cycle leader/instructor work (once qualified).
I have a mortgage etc but if i can earn £15'500 then i will be able to pay my bills and live. I sometimes think people on here live in some sort of rarified bubble where no-one can consider life without a salary of £25'000+
Welcome to the real world people.
Posted 2 years ago # -
yeah-give it up!
i got made redundant earlier this year after 14years 'service'. having to live off my partners teaching assistant wage, which is seriously crap.
got kids, a mortgage [for now!!], and i need a new frame...........
hard times my friends.
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That's a pretty pretentious thing to say
Not pretentious, just knobbish.
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I sometimes think people on here live in some sort of rarified bubble where no-one can consider life without a salary of £25'000+
Yup it's strange isn't it. £25,000 a year is a pretty decent wage by most people's standards. I live pretty comfortably off a lot less than that.
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shame about the salary
Your not in Engineering then are you ?
I was expecting it to be around the £15k mark, £25k for that job is pretty good.
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Nice job, shame about the salary
Interetsting comment that, in light of the groundswell of opinion on here and in the UK that public sector workers are over paid, over pensioned, underworked, pointless slackers.
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If you live inside the M25 25k doesn't even touch the sides I'm afraid.
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Yup, I'd say 25K is a very good salary for an Off-Road Cycling Project Delivery Co-ordinator.(imagine that when first meeting someone - "so what do you do?" 'I'm a................')
If it was up this end of the country (the North)I'd certainly be applying for it.
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Guys, perhaps you shouldn't look at what it is but what it could lead too?
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More to the point, where are those 10 sites being developed?
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HAVING a salary is something to aspire to these days mr squarepants
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joolsburger - Member
If you live inside the M25 25k doesn't even touch the sides I'm afraid.
Don't choose to live inside the M25 then. Much better biking outside of it in the UK, for one thing.Posted 2 years ago # -
I'm with you, shame the good lady isn't!
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Well actually, this is £25k more than I am earning right now! For the most part of my working life I earned an average salary, but have had to put in considerable O/T to make ends meet (50-130hrs a month, plus standby). This does not put me in the category of high earners who often look down their noses at hardworking people!
What I can't reconcile in this day and age is how it's ok for a few to earn vastly more than an average wage and how that totally floors anyone with aspirations beyond keeping much more than a roof over their heads. Normal people are priced out of so much.
If you live in an area of low house prices, or are contented to constantly watch every penny for all of your lfe, go ahead, knock yourself out!
Where I live, a humble flat costs over £200k. I don't live inside the M25, where a similar property could fetch twice, three times as much (if not more, a lot more).
So as somebody pointed out, in the real economic world, £25k isn't going to touch the sides. It'd put you in the market for no more than £100k mortgage and you'd need a deposit of 10% before a bank would entertain the prospect of lending you money. How long would it take to save up £10k on a £25k salary, whilst paying for day to day expenses and the odd discretionary item?
As someone with experience in project management, this is not a great rate of pay. However, considering that this is a public sector job, there will be a gold plated pension which would boost the equivalent private sector salary by a substantial percentage. The terms and conditions will be "comfy" too.
I'm sure when the swingeing cuts in public spending are made shortly after the next general election, this post will vapourize anyway.
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More to the point, where are those 10 sites being developed?
Off the original proposal:
Geographical Hubs /Focal Point Hubs
Dartmoor / Ashton Court
Woodbury / Blandford Forest
Exmoor / Haldon Forest Park
Quantocks / Forest of Dean Centre
Mendips
PurbeckNot a bad salary (although less than teaching) but the skill set they are looking for appears to be enormous...
I have geog degree, cycle leader, organisation, presentation, interpersonal, networking skills etc. etc. but did not get a look in last time. The biggest turn off is the ironically large amount of driving that willbe involved in the job!
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What they're after there is a Civil Engineering Project Manager by another name.
In the private sector, such an individual would be expecting 10K more as the very least.
That said, with construction and ancillary industries pretty much in a coma from the recession, there will be alot of people looking at that thinking it may be worth a punt.
In a market like this, with so many people looking for work, FC can afford to be very choosy. I'll be going for it, but I don't tick the civ eng qualification box, so I doubt I'll get to interview.
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Scienceofficer - I didin't get the impression (unless it is a different job than before) that they were after Civil Engineering types - more marketing/promoting/coordinating rather than hands on, but I might be wrong...
I'll have another look at it
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Okay - I reading a bit further, I think the job spec might have changed a bit ~ I read the engineery bit
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