Provision of Consultancy Services: Conduct Salary Survey, Job Evaluation and Revision of Staff Grade and Salary Structure

Tender no. RK02/2022

Organizational Profile

RefuSHE Kenya protects, nurtures, educates, and empowers orphaned, unaccompanied, or separated refugee girls, young women and their children in Nairobi, Kenya to help them build healthier and more resilient futures for themselves. Through a unique holistic model that provides shelter, education, case management, counseling, childcare, legal advocacy, and vocational training, RefuSHE has over the years become a leading institution and global thought leader in the field of refugee protection.

Founded in 2008, RefuSHE Inc is a U.S. nonprofit with headquarters in Chicago with affiliate operations in Nairobi, Kenya through RefuSHE Kenya. RefuSHE Kenya is registered in Kenya under Section 10 of the Non-Governmental Organization Co-ordination Act. It currently operates solely in Nairobi, Kenya with the main office located off Gitanga road, a safe house within Nairobi and a site office in Eastleigh.

Objective of the Assignment

RefuSHE Kenya seeks to engage a reputable suitably qualified professional consultant(s) to undertake a salary survey and benchmarking exercise based on latest prevailing comparable organizations & labor market segments, job evaluation of current roles at RefuSHE Kenya and consequent recommendation on restructuring of RefuSHE Kenya’s staff job grading and salary structure.

The objective of this process is to determine the competitiveness of RefuSHE Kenya’s current salary scales through tailored comparisons to salary scales and percentiles of relevant sectors, industry, regions and other relevant comparable labor market segments. Additionally, the process seeks to evaluate the various job roles in the organization for the purpose of restructuring through revising and streamlining of the current organizational job grading and salary structure.

Scope of Work

The consultant(s) shall be expected to:

1. Undertake an inception meeting with RefuSHE Kenya’s management team to get an overview of the organization and agree on expectations and priorities and workplan of the consultancy
2. Work closely with the Human Resource and Administration Manager and other relevant RefuSHE Kenya staff in the organization throughout the consultancy
3. Conduct a job analysis/evaluation of all RefuSHE Kenya’s existing roles and their respective salaries
4. Conduct detailed review of RefuSHE Kenya’s existing job grading and salary structure and identify areas of improvement
5. Provide a report of the existing job grading and salary structure with recommendations for improvement
6. Conduct a comprehensive salary benchmarking survey against comparable organizations, that is, but not limited to, non governmental organizations in the same sector, industry, locations, of similar size and scope or work as RefuSHE Kenya amongst others comparable relevant labor market segments.
7. Provide a report of the salary benchmarking survey with recommendations for management action
8. Develop a revised job grading and salary structure incorporating findings from the job evaluation and salary benchmarking process with recommendations on a roll out plan

The selected consultant will not be required to work from the RefuSHE Kenya physical offices throughout the duration of the consultancy but may from time to time work from their offices with coordinated visits to RefuSHE Kenya physical offices.

RefuSHE Kenya targets to have the above assignment completed within 6 weeks of signing of the consultancy contract but is open to negotiate amendment to this expectation based on workplan justifications by the selected consultant.

The selected consultant shall be expected to maintain confidentiality of all the data and documents provided by RefuSHE Kenya before, during and after the consultancy assignment and shall not share the same with third parties without prior written consent from RefuSHE Kenya. The selected consultant shall be expected to exercise the highest standard of professional and ethical values throughout the consultancy assignment.

Expected Deliverables

The consultant shall be expected to deliver the following within the agreed timeframe:

1. Detailed workplan of the consultancy
2. Report of job evaluation of existing roles at RefuSHE Kenya, key findings, outcomes and recommendations
3. Report of evaluation of RefuSHE Kenya’s existing job grade and salary structure: findings, outcomes and recommendations
4. Report of salary benchmarking survey which shall include amongst other items, the organizations benchmarked, the job roles benchmarked, the minimum, median and maximum salary levels for various comparable relevant market segment percentile levels, recommendations for management action etc.
5. Proposed revised job grading and salary structure for RefuSHE Kenya
6. Proposed roll out plan for transition from existing to recommended revised job grading and salary structure

The above reports shall be expected to be presented in the English language with financial figures expressed in Kenya Shillings. The final approval of the above reports will be undertaken by the Chief Executive Officer.

Eligibility Criteria

Interested applicants will be required to meet the following criteria:

1. Registered member of the Institute of Human Resource Management Kenya with valid IHRM practicing license certificate.
2. Proven track record in conducting job evaluations, compensation surveys and developing job grade and salary structures, preferably in the non profit sector (5-10 years)
3. Knowledge of the labor market in Kenya, desirably, non profit sector labor market segment
4. Strong research, data collection, quantitative & qualitative analytical skills
5. Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills
6. Excellent writing and presentation skills
7. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
8. High standards of confidentiality.