Location: Any MSF office
Contract: Fixed term at 100%
Duration: 12 months
Deadline to apply: 17 January 2023
Starting date: 1 February 2024 (or as soon as possible after then)
I. MSF INTERNATIONAL
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural disasters. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.
MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSF’s 24 sections, 25 associations and other offices together. Registered in Switzerland, MSF International provides coordination, information and support to the MSF Movement, as well as implements international projects and initiatives as requested.
II. POSITION BACKGROUND
MSF is currently developing and implementing new rewards policies and tools to address longstanding problems identified and explored through an extensive process known as the Rewards Review. These new policies and tools are grouped into three Rewards Review deliverables (Minimum Standards for Pay and Benefits; a model for new Staff Groups; and a Global Grading Framework), each of which is made up of several workstreams. The implementation of these new policies and tools will require changes in existing HR practices, support structures and governance and will be implemented over a number of years. Extensive stakeholder engagement and change management activities, essential for the successful implementation, are on-going.
The changes brought about through the Rewards Review will create a rewards system that provides more equity, transparency and consistency. This will better enable MSF to nurture an increasingly diverse workforce with the right balance of skills for today’s operational needs and tomorrow’s humanitarian challenges.
MSF’s leadership (the Full ExCom) have recently validated an implementation roadmap which encompasses changes to be rolled out in the coming years after different phases of design, feasibility and preparation for each workstreams.
III. PLACE IN THE ORGANISATION
The Compensation & Benefits Advisor is part of the International HR (IHR) team of MSF International and specifically of the team dedicated to the Rewards Review. They report to the International HR senior partner: Comp & Ben and work closely with the Rewards Review Senior Partner, the Project Management Lead and the other people working within the Rewards Review team.
IV. OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION
The purpose of the Compensation & Benefits Advisor position is to contribute to the successful implementation of the Rewards Review deliverables by leading the work on different pay and benefits workstreams and coordinating different intersectional working groups dedicated to them, while closely collaborating with other the IHR leads to ensure consistency across the proposed solutions and alignment with Rewards Review goals.
V. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordinate intersectional working groups assigned to design new rewards policies. In coordination with the intersectional working groups, develop and document proposals for new policies/solutions on assigned Rewards Review workstreams.Coordinate activities related with the preparation for the roll out of changes for specific Rewards Review workstreams, including final documentation of policies and development of the necessary tools, monitoring tools and maintenance processes where needed.Support the roll-out of changes related with the Rewards Review workstreams under his/her responsibility, including through communication and training activities. As coordinator of the intersectional working groups, liaise with the Global Rewards Platform, to update them on progress on workstreams they are in charge of, request input as needed by the working groups, and/or present final proposals for review and validation.Liaise with and advise the IHR Financial Modelling Advisor on information to enable the analysis of the financial impact of proposed new policies/solutions per workstream, and support data collection if relevant.Regularly attend weekly IHR and Rewards Review meetings.Contribute to other activities necessary to ensure progress of the workstreams and the implementation of the Rewards Review deliverables.