Professional Job Analyst

Course Introduction

This Oxford Professional Job Analyst training Course is designed to provide participants with an understanding of job analysis and job evaluation and the critical role these activities play in motivation, engagement and job satisfaction. Participants will consider the varied approaches to job analysis and evaluation and how these processes are used to design jobs that are meaningful and rewarding.  The links to pay and other forms of remuneration will also be examined and participants will also explore how different compensation systems can be applied to pay and grading structures to ensure a sense of fairness and ensure high levels of productivity.

Highlights of this Oxford training Course include:

• How the reward systems affects the ability to recruit talented employees
• A comprehensive review of motivation and engagement
• Reviewing different formats for the development of job profiles
• Acquiring competency in a number of job evaluation techniques
• Exploring how different approaches to compensation, including performance-related pay, bonuses and overtime rates affect performance
• Developing a strategic view of pay, grading and compensations systems that will enable participants to advise the senior management team on compensation related issues

Objectives

At the end of this Oxford training Course, you will learn to:

• Understand the role of job design in motivation and engagement
• Appreciate the difference and importance between monetary and non-monetary reward
• Apply job analysis and evaluation techniques
• Understand compensation systems within the broader context of the culture and the operating environment
• 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

Training Methodology

The learning approaches applied during the training course will involve both theoretical understanding and the practical application of various techniques. Participants will work on an individual and group basis to analyse job profiles and evaluate them applying both non-analytical and analytical job evaluation schemes. Participants will have the opportunity to develop a pay and grading structure and a complementary compensation systems that will enhance engagement and motivation.

Organisational Impact

Organisations will benefit as follows:

• The organization will be able to attract and retain the talent they need to be successful
• The organization will be competitive in the market place in relation to having the right pay, reward and grading structures
• Pay and grading structures will be appropriate and aligned with organisational objectives
• Managers and HR professionals will have the necessary skills and knowledge to implement an effective pay and grading structure
• Having appropriate, competitive and well maintained pay and grading structures will result in employees feeling valued and motivated
• Organisations will have managers and HR professionals who are aware of the need to control the cost of pay and grading structures and the knowledge to maintain such structures within affordable limits

Personal Impact

Those attending will benefit as follows:

• Understand how different approaches to compensation can impact on employee motivation and organisational performance
• Acquire knowledge and understanding of job analysis and job evaluation
• Appreciate that job design has a significant impact on personal performance and commitment
• Understand a variety of different job evaluation techniques
• Understand how job evaluation contributes to the pay and grading structure
• Be able to strategically advise senior management the value of different approaches to compensation

Who Should Attend?

This Oxford training Course will greatly benefit HR Professionals, Compensation and Benefit Specialists but is also highly relevant to:

• HR Professionals who have responsibility for influencing compensation policy and structures within their organisation
• HR Professionals who need to understand more about pay and grading structures and how they are designed and implemented
• Any Line Manager who makes compensation/bonus decisions after completing appraisals
• HR Professionals who advise senior managers on compensation issues
• Senior Management Professionals and HR Professionals who need to have a strategic understanding and view of employee compensation

Course Outline