ILRI management realizes the integral part that staff play in the support and furtherance of the science and as such, it became apparent the need for ILRI to adopt a cohesive, integrated and modern approach to Compensation and Benefits to enhance the attraction and retention of a motivated, high caliber workforce, making ILRI a premier research-for-development Institute and in the league of being an Employer of Choice. In that regard, ILRI has contracted Hay Group, a leading Human Resources Management consulting firm of international repute to; review and develop a job evaluation system which is universal in nature; develop a career-pathing framework for non-scientific roles; and lastly to develop competency models that will drive the behaviors required to drive success in the context of ILRI’s 2013 – 2022 strategy.

In light of the above, I am pleased to advise you that the Compensation and Benefits redesign has kicked off and the project will be implemented in two phases:

1. Phase one – June to December 2016

– Development of standard operating procedures / policy related to job evaluation; reviewed, updated and implementation of an online job evaluation system, standardized job descriptions and job families, evaluation of all positions and defined career paths for non-scientific roles. The competency models will also be developed in this phase.

2. Phase two – January to June 2017

– Review of Pay and Benefits (including benchmarking of Pay and Benefits for both local employees and foreign nationals).

– Development of an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) based on other research and available data to date.

Hay Group team will consist of a team of Consultants with a mix of expertise and knowledge and they will be available regularly on site. Gareth Hallet will be the Project Lead and will manage the project deliverables.

In an effort to understand the institute and gather relevant information the consultants will conduct one-on-one interviews, workshops and training with a cross section of staff including visits to our key offices. To support this initiative, different committees will be constituted as key resources in this exercise. Please note that this is an Institute-wide exercise and I wish to echo the importance of this project and to kindly request all those who will be invited to participate to give the project the due priority that it deserves.

You will be provided with more information on the project activities as we proceed.

Thank you all for your expected support and contribution to the successful implementation of this important organizational development initiative.

Best regards,

Jimmy Smith| Director General
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