Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Job Issue-To Apply or Not?

Okay, I have a minor career dilemma. The one other museum education job in
this town that I know I'm qualified for just became open. I'm not sure if I
should submit my resume or not, for various reasons.

Those reasons being:

I'm on the verge of completing a HUGE project in my current position, and I wouldn't mind seeing how it works for at least 6 months once it's in place. (It's a DVD project that will introduce people to the museum.)

The man who is leaving the position is the same man who I replaced when I took my current position. He has a wonderful reputation...good personality, high energy, enthusiastic, very committed to his job. I still hear about how wonderful this guy is. And he is a great guy. But I'm a lot lower key, even though I've managed to maintain the same program numbers he did. Oh yeah, and
he's been gone for about 4 years now. I don't hear about it from my superiors, but from volunteers and others in the community. I'm just not sure I want to live in this guy's shadow for several more years should I get the position if I
choose to apply in the first place.

The postion that is opening is at a much larger museum than I currently work
at, and involves a staff to manage. I don't really have a lot of personnel
management experience.

I suppose there are other issues that could arise if I applied for it, like my
boss finding out somehow through others in the field around town. There are 2
major history museums in town. The one with the position opening and the one I
work at. (By "major" I mean museums with professional staff.)

But, just because I apply certainly doesn't mean I'll get it. But I don't know if I want to deal with the rejection...I'm not that weak actually, but in my
professional life, I 've never applied for a new position without ending up moving to a new state.

I'm also not sure how much the position pays, but it's got to be more than I make now. And more stressful, too. *sigh* I'm just not sure what to do. Should I submit my resume at all?

Am I making sense? Any advice? Thanks.

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