My current manager is newish to my department, started this last November. I'm one of three technical reporting specialists on my team, I'm the least experienced on the team (3 years) and we have one data analyst who has been around for 8 years or so.
My manager meets with us individually once every 3-4 weeks to check in and talk career goals. I've told him a couple times I'd eventually like to get to an analyst level position in the company. I'm also earning a bachelor's degree on the side right now for db management and data analysis, that he knows im projected to finish before the end of this year. Additionally we've talked about how I really like this team, like all my coworkers, and really enjoying my time here. I've never really got an impression he doesnt like me or wants me off the team, and we get along well. He has told me many times before I do good work.
Today he chatted me about a posting in another department for a level 2 analyst position that closes in a few days. I've never had a manager do this and my gut reaction was to think if he's trying to get rid of me, I've never experienced this before. He did say in the message "dont think im trying to get rid of you, but i wanted to share this because I know you want an analyst position.".
The position itself I'm worried I dont necessarily qualify. It asks for experience that I haven't been exposed to yet, but will eventually for my degree. Also we work remotely, and the posting seems to specify working at our corporate location a few hours away from where I live. So there is cost of living changes to account for plus a commute.
Idk part of me thinks I'm over thinking and maybe hes just being nice and wants me to succeed. Has anyone experienced this before? I'm comfy in my current position, expecting a sizable raise next year, and wasn't really planning to look for analyst positions until after my degree was finished.
Edit: thank you all for the replies/insights. I'm realizing I've never worked for someone who seems to want me to grow and succeed, so my gut reaction was to assume the worst.