Ethiopia: CONTRACTOR TO CONDUCT SALARY & BENEFITS SURVEY

ANNOUNCEMENT

for CONTRACTOR TO CONDUCT SALARY & BENEFITS SURVEY

ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY

Position: Independent Contractor - Salary and Benefit Survey

Term of Employment: up to three months

Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Required Number: One (1)

Salary & Benefits: Competitive

Application Deadline: September 10, 2017

BACKGROUND:

The Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has been established by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to identify and address systemic bottlenecks to Ethiopia’s agricultural development. The Agency does this through problem-solving, implementation support, and capacity building of stakeholders involved in implementation of interventions that address the systemic bottlenecks. The interventions are part of the GTP II Agricultural Transformation Agenda, and are overseen by the Agricultural Transformation Council chaired by the Prime Minister.

ATA aims to build a high-performing organization with a clear structure, strong consistent systems and processes, competitive salary & benefit packages, committed & highly qualified employees as well as a well-defined set of shared values to drive the agricultural transformation process and to bring the envisaged transformational change. Furthermore, ATA acknowledges that its human resource is the sole sources of its competitive advantage to bring the envisaged change which in turn requires an attractive and competitive compensation and benefit packages.

To this end, ATA seeks to hire an Independent Contractor (IC) for three months to conduct a staff salary and benefit survey and recommend a salary and benefit package that reflects the current and future market trend and make the organization competitive in the labour market.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The IC will conduct a thorough salary and benefit survey referring to international benchmarking organizations mutually agreed upon involved in high level development work, with similar working approach, complexity and resources operating in Ethiopian. The IC is expected to develop questionnaire, collect and analyse data, and recommend a salary and benefit packages that enable ATA to attract and retain committed as well as qualified/competent professionals to meet its current and future talent need.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Conduct a thorough review and analysis of the current ATA compensation and benefit package and understand how the existing salary and grade structure built and how it is working.
• Review the staffing structure of ATA, at least two years annual staff turnover and track positions with high turnover and where staff left for a better compensation and benefit.
• In consultation with ATA Senior Management Team (SMT), set comparator organization selection criteria and identify 7-8 international organizations, INGOs, global agencies, multinational private organizations similar to the ATA and operating in Ethiopia for benchmarking,
• Develops brief and clear questionnaire that helps to collect data from benchmarking organizations,
• Conduct a group and/or individual discussion with senior management and leadership team members and collect opinion, observation and recommendation,
• In consultation with SMT identify about 20 to 25 critical/key positions that the survey shall focus on,
• Summarize the job description for the identified positions for understanding the scope of roles and responsibilities and matching with benchmarking organizations,
• Collect, compile and analyze data and recommend feasible compensation scheme as well as competitive to attract potential professionals and retain employees,
• Collect and analyze information on monetary and non-monetary benefits, develop and recommend an attractive as well as affordable benefit package,
• Prepare the report at different scenario and category to explicitly show the compensation and benefit comparison with benchmarking organizations,
• Present the finding and recommendation to for validation and approval.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

· Details and summary of data collected from the Comparators,

· Comparator organization profile such as number of employees, overall budget, length of time present in the Ethiopian, their area of engagement,

· The minimum and maximum Remuneration values,

· A report on final survey findings with comparison and analysis of the survey results with different scenarios,

· Recommendations related to remuneration packages,

· A recommendation related to monetary and non-monetary benefit package,

· A summary table of Comparators practices on remunerations,

· A proposal with options for a revised remunerations scale

· A comparison of comparator salary scales for similar contractual modalities

· Completed questionnaires together with relevant salary scales,

· Relevant documentations and correspondences received from the comparators,

· Conduct presentation of the process and the results to the Senior Management Team

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

· Master’s degree in Management, Business Administration, Human Resource Management or related fields

· At least 8 years’ experience in conducting different salary and benefit surveys, human resource management, benefit package management in Ethiopia, preferably in international organizations,

· Experience providing similar type of salary survey service with at least 3 organizations in Ethiopia, preferably international organizations, NGOs, and/or multinational private organizations,

· Proven experience in conducting organizational assessments, job grading evaluations, developing salary structure, etc,

· Strong Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access) skills and experience required,

· Collaborative mindset and a strong team player with interpersonal and intercultural communication skills and experience,

· Effective written and oral communication, attention to detail, and ability to address sensitive issues with staff tactfully and effectively,

· Strong set of personal values including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service

· Fluency in English and Amharic languages

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to send applications including a detailed CV throughRecruitment@ata.gov.etby clearly indicating the position title*“Independent Contractor: Salary and Benefit Survey” in the subject line.**

Women are highly encouraged to apply.

NB. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.