Job Evaluation & Analysis – Exploring & Exploiting the Strategic Fit in Employee Job Functions

Program description & objectives

This course is designed to provide participants with an understanding of job analysis and job evaluation and the critical role these activities play in motivation, engagement and job satisfaction. Participants will consider the varied approaches to job analysis and evaluation and how these processes are used to design jobs that are meaningful and rewarding. The links to pay and other forms of remuneration will also be examined and participants will also explore how different compensation systems can be applied to pay and grading structures to ensure a sense of fairness and ensure high levels of productivity.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the role of job design in motivation and engagement
  • Appreciate the difference and importance between monetary and non-monetary reward
  • Apply job analysis and evaluation techniques
  • Understand compensation systems within the context of culture and operating environment
  • Undertake and apply a variety of techniques to analyse and evaluate specific jobs
  • Apply the results of job evaluation to design and develop a pay and grading structure

Venues, Dates & Cost

VenuesDublinLondonDubaiEdmonton (CAN)Lagos/Abuja
DatesTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
Cost$3,900 per participant (USD)(=N=)

For whom

  • Senior HR Managers
  • HR Generalists/Special Advisers
  • Compensation and Benefits Managers
  • HR Supervisors

Snapshot of course content

  • An Introduction to the Context of Job Analysis and Job Evaluation
  • The Corporate Environment
  • The HR Role and Line Management Responsibilities
  • Motivation in Theory and Practice
  • Engagement, Job Satisfaction and Commitment
  • Why Pay Matters?– compensation and the war for talent
  • The Need for Job Analysis and Evaluation
  • The Role of the Job Analyst
  • Job Analysis Techniques
  • An Introduction to Job Analysis
  • An Introduction to Job Evaluation
  • The Use of Behavioural Competencies
  • Compare Various Techniques to Analyse Specific Jobs
  • Selecting Benchmark Jobs
  • Collecting, Recording and Analysing Information
  • The Job Analysis Interview
  • Completing the Job Profile Document
  • Types of Schemes for Evaluation
  • Definition and Uses of Job Evaluation
  • Examine Different Methodologies
  • Analytical and Non-analytical Schemes
  • Points Rating and Factor Comparison
  • Job Ranking
  • Internal / External Benchmarking or Job Matching
  • Job Classification
  • Assessing Evaluation Schemes
  • Implementation and Operational Considerations
  • Explore the Links between Job Analysis, Evaluation and Design
  • Design and Operational Guidelines
  • Grade Structure Guidelines
  • Implementation Framework
  • Options for Implementation– full or staged
  • Communicating the Results
  • Managing Appeals for Re-grading
  • Forms of Remuneration
  • Monetary vs. Non-monetary
  • Bonus, TOIL, Enhanced Holiday Entitlement
  • Merit Pay and Incremental Pay
  • Pay Progression
  • Selecting and Training Analysts
  • Review of Success Criteria