Salary and Reward Benchmarking, City College Manchester
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- A number of smaller colleges merged to form City College Manchester in 1993.
- Full-time students in small classes receive individual support. This’ City Sixth Form’ concept has been commended by Ofsted (2004 Inspection Report).
- The college works with many local and regional employers and businesses every year. It is Greater Manchester’s largest provider of Offender Learning.
What did our client need?
- City College Manchester had not reviewed their senior staff salaries since August 2004.
- They sought guidance in allocating salary levels for the further education and private sectors.
- They also wanted advice about wider pay management issues, including performance-related pay.
How did we help?
- We organised feedback sessions to track progress at every stage of the project.
- The remuneration committee met after the first workshop to decide a way forward. We received these results and used them for further comment and finalisation.
Our approach involved:
- A series of individual interviews to discuss and position roles in context;
- Matching roles against market surveys from academic / private sectors; and
- Using the engagement questionnaire to organise data from individual interviews.
What challenges did we face?
- Creating a process which would still be suitable in the future, negating the need for more major reviews.
- Our management model is comprehensive, understandable, robust and adaptable.
- Establishing and retaining a good team ethos.
- The results were presented to the remuneration committee through workshops. Interactivity and debates made the whole process involving.
What benefits did our client gain?
- Our client gained a greater understanding of reward in its wider context.
- This includes the main drivers of internal vs. external relativity and job requirements vs. personal contribution.
- They also decided which approach best fitted their current culture and if any longer-term changes were desirable.
Contact
- Paul Robertson, Head of Practice and Managing Director
- 0870 890 9882
- enquiries@wayshrc.com
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