HR Consultancy

Job Evaluation

Fair, consistent and defensible job grading — the foundation of a pay structure your people trust.

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Why job evaluation matters for your business

In years of advising organisations across Kenya and the wider region, I have watched the same costly pattern play out time and again: pay that grew through negotiation rather than design. Left unchecked, it breeds quiet resentment, avoidable turnover and managers who simply cannot explain why two people doing comparable work take home very different salaries.

Job evaluation solves this at the root. By objectively measuring the relative worth of every role — the skill, responsibility, effort and accountability each one demands — you replace guesswork with a fair, transparent and defensible structure. The payoff is tangible: you attract and retain the right people, keep your wage bill under control, stand firm in audits and pay-equity questions, and give every employee a clear, motivating path to grow.

Our consultants have designed and implemented job-grading systems across all industries and business sizes. Done properly, this is not an HR formality — it is one of the highest-return investments you can make in your people and your bottom line.

What's included

Everything you need for a complete, defensible job-grading framework.

Job analysis & documentation

Structured capture of duties, responsibilities and requirements for every role.

Factor-based evaluation

Roles scored against consistent factors so comparisons are objective and defensible.

Grading structure

A clear grade and band framework that maps every job to the right level.

Pay bands & benchmarking

Salary ranges aligned to the market so pay is competitive and fair.

Policy & guidance

A documented methodology your HR team can apply to new and changing roles.

Implementation support

Hands-on help rolling out grades and communicating changes to your staff.

Our process

  1. 1

    Discovery

    We understand your structure, goals and current pay challenges.

  2. 2

    Job analysis

    We gather and document the content of each role to be reviewed.

  3. 3

    Evaluation & scoring

    Each job is evaluated against agreed factors to determine its relative worth.

  4. 4

    Grading & pay structure

    We build the grade framework and fair, benchmarked pay bands.

  5. 5

    Implementation

    We help you communicate, embed and maintain the new structure.

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