"Yes; sit down." Severus waved choppily at one of the chairs opposite his desk. He still wasn't certain how best to sell this sort of offer, seeing as no one in his or her right mind should want it. He himself had only ever accepted out of necessity: his work, his real work, had always kept him at Hogwarts.
The extra money never went amiss, at least. "Hufflepuff, as I'm sure you are aware, needs a new Head." There was no point in dancing around anything. "The position is attached to a moderate pay rise, to offset the admittedly regrettable residency requirement. I should like to assign it to someone already on-staff. If you'd like it, it's yours to take - and if you have any questions I am, alas, all too qualified to answer them." She seemed the sort, he thought - if there was one - who might actually enjoy the work. He would never understand, but he had slowly come to accept the fact that such a willingness was not, in fact, simply a mark of astounding stupidity.