• Understand job analysis and evaluation techniques
• Understand the stages involved in a job analysis and job evaluation project
• 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
• Develop and apply different compensation systems to pay and grading structures to reflect organisational culture.
• Examine different ways to implement the above processes

An Introduction to job analysis and job evaluation

• The corporate environment
  
• The HR role and line management responsibilities
• An introduction to job analysis
• An introduction to job evaluation
• The use of behavioural competencies
• The need for job analysis and evaluation
• The relationship with wider reward management planning
• Change Management

Job Analysis Techniques

• Definition of role and job analysis
  
• Compare various techniques to analyse specific jobs
• Examine different methodologies
• Designing appropriate job profile documentation
• Selecting benchmark jobs
• The role of the job analyst
• Collecting, recording and analysing information
• The job analysis interview
• Completing the job profile document

Types of Scheme

• Definition of job evaluation
  
• Uses of job evaluation
• Examine different methodologies
• Analytical and non-analytical schemes
• Points rating
• Factor comparison
• Job ranking
• Internal benchmarking or job matching
• Job classification
• Assessing evaluation schemes

Implementation and Operational Considerations

• Explore the links between job analysis and job evaluation
  
• Design and operational guidelines
• Grade structure guidelines
• Implementation framework
• Options for implementation - full or staged
• Communicating the results
• Managing appeals for re-grading
• Job Analysis and Evaluation

Employee Motivation

• Employee Motivation
  
• Equity Theory - Procedural and Distributive Justice
• Merit pay and incremental pay
• Pay progression
• Selecting and training analysts
• Putting in place arrangements for on-going maintenance
• Review of success criteria
• Personal planning