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Job Purpose

The Total Rewards Specialist is responsible to drive WV Ethiopia’s total rewards strategy and ensure a meaningful employee value proposition and an excellent employee experience. S/he will provide technical subject matter expertise, consultation and advice to People & Culture team and managers on compensation & benefits programs, policies and packages for all categories of staff. S/he will ensure that compensation and benefits programs are aligned to the Total Rewards Philosophy and are competitively positioned within the local and international labour markets. S/he will ensure the effective administration of compensation and benefit programmes and facilitate the understanding of these programmes through on-going communication, policy, and process development

Major Responsibilities

30%

Total Rewards Strategy

• Lead in the review, development and implementation of Total Rewards strategy in line with local and Global standards.

• Provide thought leadership as an internal expert on all total reward matters.

• Analyse, recommend, and implement compensation and benefits best practices, trends and cost-effective programs that are relevant and meaningful for World Vision Ethiopia and various staff demographics – including regular review external market data and participation in market surveys.

• Analyze staff feedback and retention data to ensure current total rewards programs are meeting staff needs and providing a meaningful employee value proposition.

• Ensure total reward program compliance with local legislative & governing body requirements.

• Lead staff communication and campaigns regarding total reward programs and changes.

20%

Compensation

• Design a meaningful & equitable compensation program including pay-for-performance and pay equity in alignment with organizational values and strategic objectives.

• Lead and coordinate the Hay Job Evaluation Committed and conduct evaluations for new/updated roles in a timely manner

• Review, establish, update and maintain WV job family title & description guidelines for all WV Ethiopia roles

• Collaborate with finance team in the preparation of salary budget and increases

• Partner with P&C Business Partners and Operations Effectiveness teams to implement changes and ensure ensure payroll and audit compliance

20%

Benefits/Pension/Wellness/Staff Care

• Provide strategic oversight in the administration of benefits for all employee life cycle changes (local & IAs)

• Promote stewardship by maintaining good benefits & pension vendor & broker relationships, conducting vendor assessments as needed.

• Design and develop staff care & wellness programs that ensure staff feel cared for and supported including functional oversight of employee assistance program for fragile context (Emergency Response) environments, disability management program and negotiate discounted rates with local service providers

15%

External Engagement

• Participate in local salary survey reviews with similar INGOs

• Maintain intelligence of changes in local business environment that may negatively impact WVE employee salary and benefits

• Keep abreast of new developments and innovations in the local and global total rewards centre of expertise

15%

Employee Services

• Partner and collaborate with Shared Service team to ensure timely administration of salaries and benefits

• Respond to Total Rewards related Help Desk queries and ensure staff have easy access to total rewards policies and guidelines

• Design and develop benefit orientation programs for new hires

• Partner with L&D to conduct benefit orientation refresher training for all categories of staff.

Contract Type: Local Fixed Term

Job Requirements

Knowledge/Qualification for the Role

Required Professional Experience

• Compensation and/or Benefits & Pension certification.

• 5+ years of experience in facilitating a meaningful total rewards program.

• Technical knowledge in HRIS systems (Workday).

• Strong collaboration, project management & communication skills, experience working in an Agile environment preferred.

• Strong analysis, critical thinking, problem solving, and discretion with highly confidential and sensitive personnel information.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• University Degree in Human Resource Management, Business, or other related field; Master’s level and/or post-graduate studies preferred.

• Certified Compensation Professional, Global Remuneration Professional or equivalent certification in compensation and/or Total Rewards

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Certification/course work in point factor job evaluations - Hay Job Evaluation certification preferred

• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement Internal travel to WVE programs, Occasional international travel

Physical Requirements - Ability to travel

Language Requirements English language – written and spoken proficiency

Applicant Type Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

How to Apply

Interested applicants should use the below link to apply THIS LINK

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