Overview
- Pharo Foundation seeks to engage an independent Compensation & Benefits C&B consultant to perform a swift, impartial, and market-benchmarked evaluation of all employee benefits across its operating regions. The consultant will provide recommendations for a new global benefits framework, organized by role tier, to be implemented starting January 2027.
Scope of Work SoW
The consultant’s scope will cover four workstreams as follows:
Job Grading and Job families Tiers Architecture
- Review and validate Pharo's existing job grading structure across all geographies.
- Propose a tiered benefits architecture of 3-5 bands aligned to role and compensation level.
- Benchmark against comparable international development organisations, and private sector employers operating in the same markets.
Medical Insurance
- Assess adequacy of current medical cover by country; identify gaps against market norms.
- Evaluate insurance market options per country, including group schemes and third-party administrator TPA models e.g. Independent Fund models.
- Recommend a hybrid or fully insured structure that mitigates provider overcharging risk in lower-capacity markets.
- Advise on minimum cover standards by tier inpatient, outpatient, maternity, dental, optical.
Pension & Retirement
- Review employer contribution rates by country against local market benchmarks.
- Model the cost-to-organisation of implementing employer contributions in non-mandated geographies.
- Advise on scheme structure, vesting, and portability across borders where relevant.
Allowances and other benefits
- Review current allowances telephone, travel, school fees by country and grade.
- Identify rationalisation opportunities and misalignments with market practice.
- Recommend a consolidated allowances policy by tier.
Deliverables
- Inception note confirming methodology, data requirements, and work plan - Within 5 days of engagement start
- Market benchmarking report: medical, pension, compensation and allowances by country - Week 3
- Draft tiered benefits framework with tiered band structure and costed options - Week 4
- Final report with recommended global benefits policy, implementation roadmap, and budget estimates - By end of August 2026
- Presentation to Talent & Compensation Committee - September 2026
Ideal Candidate
The ideal consultant should possess:
- Strong professional background in compensation and benefits management practise, methodology assessment and have a track record of successful implementation of similar assignments.
- Proven experience developing compensation and benefits frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating similar assignments in the past 5 -7 years.
- Familiarity with Human Resources practises aligned with compensation and benefits management within the context of international, multisectoral organisations.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and organizational skills
- Understanding of African labor market and legislative contexts is an added advantage
- Ability to work collaboratively with the client to deliver the assignment in a professional and timely manner.
