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:
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