Kenya: Consultant Salary Structure

*Finn Church Aid (FCA) is Finland’s biggest development co-operation organization and the second biggest organization in Finland working in humanitarian aid. Finn Church Aid is a member of the ACT Alliance (ACT), an alliance of faith-based development and humanitarian aid organizations forming one of the world’s largest aid organizations.*

FCA is looking for a consultant to design a salary structure for the office in Nairobi, Kenya.

To feed into FCA strategic plan 2013-2016 to reposition FCA human resources to attract, maintain and harness the human resources.To position FCA attract senior technically skilled staff within the current structure, ensuring that a dichotomy is not created between program and support staff.Provide a systematic, dynamic and sustainable staff motivation, staff performance and salary review, staff progression and staff development system.

The key deliverables include:-

Come up with job structures for the Regional Office/Kenya Country Office.Revised/update job descriptions for the Regional/Kenya Country Office.Create a grade and salary structure for the Regional/Kenya Country Office.Provide recommendations on career paths and staff development strategies.

The consultant will be expected to:

Undertake a process of job analysis in a manner that allows staff input both in the regional office and the other country offices. Use the outcome of the job analysis to update job descriptions for the regional office to adequately reflect the scope and responsibilities of the positions.Facilitate a job evaluation process and use the outcome to develop a grade structure. Further enrich the job descriptions based on additional information that may emerge during the job evaluation process.Use the outcome of the salary survey (conducted independently) and the grade structure determined above to develop a salary structure, and make recommendations on appropriate salary adjustments.Review and make recommendations on career paths, staff development, and motivation strategies for national staff.Review the performance management process and make recommendations on how it can be strengthened, and suggest ways and means of creating stronger linkages with the reward system for national staff.Develop an action plan for implementation of key issues in conjunction with Finn Church Aid management.

The evaluator will design participatory method and tools which among others will include focus groups, individual questionnaires and face to face interviews with staff, of which information gathered to will be submitted directly to the consultant.

The planned duration of the exercise is fifteen (15) days inclusive of report writing.

S/NoActivityConsultancy Days 1 Initial consultations and review of documentation 1 2 Job analysis 2 3 Update of job descriptions 2 4 Job evaluation 3 5 Salary structure and administration 2 6 Career paths and staff development 2 7 Draft Report 2 8 Final Report 1Total 15

Expert knowledge and understanding in the area of the assignmentMinimum of 5 years relevant work experience in human resources management and/or policy formulation with experience in an international organization.Experience in developing/drafting policies and procedures is required.Solid understanding of strategic human resources management principles, concepts and application.Deep business acumen and strategic thinking capability to formulate policy that supports the organization’s people management objectives.Ability to meet deadlines.

How to apply

To apply please provide:

A brief proposal detailing how you will respond to the assignmentCV with references.Daily rate for the consultancy and any other expenses.

Deadline for proposals is November 27th 2014 and be submitted by email recruitment.esaro@kua.fi indicatingin the subject line "Consultancy Services _Salary Structure ESARO

The proposal will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

The consultant’s/organization’s experience and capacity in carrying out similar assignment;The approach in responding to the TORs;Competitiveness from a financial perspective.

Final remuneration for the evaluation will be issued upon delivery of a final report that is satisfactory to both parties.

Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.