Integrating Human Resources WorkshopA 5-day Workshop on Job Evaluation, Compensation Management, and

Performance Management featuring the Community™ Platform

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Who Should Join this Workshop?Building a community

of practice.

It is our firm belief that the

Human Resources is the most

critical function that focuses the

organization’s ability to reach and

effectively deploy talent.

Since 2014, Birches Group has

delivered its training program to

help strengthen human resource

professionals across the different

public and not-for-profit

communities we serve.

We have offered workshops on

Job Design and Evaluation,

Compensation Management,

and Recognition and Reward.

All three courses consistently

highlight the importance of

standards and clarity in human

resources.

We are pleased to offer a

workshop that integrates the

core concepts of our three 3-day

workshops into an intensive 5-

day course.

We invite you to learn more.

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Headquarters, regional, and

country-level HR decision-makers

who want to learn how to

optimize their HR programme

and maximize its impact.

Human resources professionals

who seek to build an

understanding of the science of

Human Resources.

Non-HR professionals and leaders

who want to extend their skills by

learning critical people

management concepts.

Translating job

structures to

pay structures.

The module on

Markets will be about

creating pay structures

that can attract, retain,

motivate, and exit staff,

ultimately aligning the

external market to the

internal workforce.

Capturing knowledge

and recognizing

experience.

The module on Skills

will use the same three

factors in job

evaluation to measure

growth in skill that can

be linked to growth in

pay.

Measuring and

rewarding

achievement.

The module on

Performance will

again use the three

factors to measure

performance in a

simple, multi-rater way

to celebrate most of

staff ’s contribution to

the organization.

Let’s begin with jobs.

The job evaluation

framework is the

foundation of effective

compensation design,

skills assessment, and

performance

measurement.

The module on Jobs

will focus on examining

jobs using the simple,

three factors of

Community™:

Purpose, Engagement,

and Delivery.

The Workshop FlowThe Challenge.

Human Resources is often asked

to be a strategic partner in

delivering the organization’s

mission. It is tasked with securing

the talent, building the workforce,

and enabling performance. The

challenge has been not just how to

accomplish all of these but how to

do it in an integrated way.

In the span of five intensive days,

workshop participants will learn

the fundamentals of how to link

four critical areas of

Human Resources:

• Evaluation of Jobs

• Design of Salary Scales

• Assessment of Skills

• Measurement of Performance

Learn from the experience and

expertise of our facilitators and

from other participants.

*Dedicated hours after the workshop

will be available for participants who

wish to discuss any organization-

specific issues in a more in-depth

setting. Slots will be limited and are on a

first come, first served basis.

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Learning ActivitiesHands on. Practical.

Learning requires being able to

apply principles and concepts in

practical exercises.

The five-day workshop will feature

interactive plenary sessions that

will allow participants to share

their experience, learn from the

trainers, and learn from each other.

Learning activities and materials

are developed to make

Salary Scale Design.

Participants will be given an Excel™-

based tool and be guided on how to

design an effective salary scale that targets

organization position and composition,

further supporting internal team cohesion

while attaining market competitiveness.

Skills Assessment.

Participants will examine fictional

individual employee profiles aligned to

job descriptions and job levels, to

determine each person’s level of

proficiency across multiple skills

indicators, and overall skills stage.

Performance Evaluation.

Carrying over the fictional employee

profiles used in the previous module,

participants will then assess their level of

achievement against job expectations

within a given performance period.

Job Evaluation.

The concepts from the Jobs module will

be supplemented by guided evaluation

exercises using job descriptions taken

from Birches Group client organizations.

Participants will learn the fundamentals

of design and how to develop and

discern roles across a team consistently

based on principles of equivalent worth.

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Practical Exercises.

While the Workshop covers a

broad range of foundational

principles and concepts, it has

been designed to maximize the

number of practical exercises that

will allow participants to quickly

apply their learnings.

Daily diagnostic activities will help

participants examine their own

organizations based on the

practices raised for each module of

the workshop.

Lastly, a case study of a fictional

international NGO country office

has been developed based on

Birches Group’s extensive work in

this sector. This fictional

organization, WeHelp, will serve as

a common reference for the

different practical exercises.

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Hands on analysis for all the learning activities

are enabled by the CommunityTM platform

Enabled by Community™The Integrated

Solution.

The workshop is built on

Birches Group’s integrated

Human Resource platform –

Community™.

The Community™ application will

be used across the job evaluation,

skills assessment, and performance

evaluation exercises.

Data used in the salary scale design

module will be extracted from

Birches Group salary survey

reports that have the

Community™ job levels at their

core.

Access to the Community™

system will be provided for

participants to use during the

workshop.

Participants are encouraged to

bring laptops with Microsoft

Excel for use during the salary

scale design exercises.

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Community™ Jobs Community™ Markets

Community™ Performance

Community™ Skills

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A Few Words from Our Participants

"Overall, the course is quite rich because it covers all aspects of HR especially organization management of staff

within different aspects of the organization- from when you formulate the job to evaluating and looking at the skills assessment and performance appraisal. What I

found innovative was the skills assessment- I would like to look at this further and see how we can adopt that. I also liked the simplicity of the performance evaluation- it does not complicate the process and it is easy to understand.

There is very little training needed and it is quite straight-forward. It helps us see what we can adopt and what we can

do differently to make our work much easier"

-Beatrix Gacho, HR Organization Development Manager, World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)

“The integrated approach makes it clear for everybody so it is great for transparency. It is also great for accountability and it is very empowering for the HR function and for the employees because you can see how we’ve taken you through the journey and what are the next steps. We can now look critically at what we have so far and say maybe we need to change this.”

-Sophie Paradis, Global Compensation and Benefits Analyst, VSO International

"As a new HR person, I liked the entire concept and because of this

workshop, I really started to appreciate the bigger picture of

Human Resources. When we start using the Birches model, this workshop will facilitate better

understanding and better implementation and clarity in the

organization. We really need to start defining and clarifying the jobs"

-Imelda Abalos, Asia HR Coordinator, EDUCO

Where We’ve Done Training

Public Birches Group Workshop

Client-Sponsored Workshop

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We Are Global.

Over 400 Human Resources,

Support Services, and Programme

Personnel representing over 120

organizations have attended

Birches Group’s public workshops!

We’ve held 27 public workshops

in 9 countries: Ethiopia, Ghana,

Kenya, Philippines, South Africa,

Thailand, Turkey, UAE, and USA!

Over 10 organizations have asked

us to do customized workshops

for them!

Interested in other locations?

Interested in a customized

workshop for your organization?

Let us know!

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Meet Our Team

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Gary McGillicuddy

PJ Manalo

Jeffrey Slater

Gary is the Managing Partner of Birches Group based in New York. He also leads

Birches Group’s international consulting services team, and has advised clients

including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Union,

among other major international, bilateral governmental, and international

NGOs. His background is in organizational design, job design, and compensation

policy design. Prior to establishing Birches Group, Gary served in various HR

leadership functions in the United Nations Development Programme for over 20

years.

PJ is the Training and Advisory Services Manager based in the Philippines. He

specializes in Job Evaluation and Organization Design, and has been deeply

involved in the design and development of Birches Group’s Community™

platform as well as its training programme. He has trained Birches Group staff

and clients since 2007.

Jeffrey is one of five Birches Group partners and is based out of Bangkok. He

manages major client relationships for Birches Groups and leads its Information

Technology function in the development of Birches Group’s Community™

platform. He worked with Gary in the United Nations Development Programme

as part of the Compensation Survey programme, as well as led trainings within

UNDP and now with Birches Group. Jeffrey is fluent in French and Spanish.

About Birches Group

Birches Group is an international human resources consultancy that works

extensively with clients from the public and private sectors, working with national

governments as well as non-governmental organizations. We provide advice on

varied aspects of human resources policy and management. We also conduct salary

surveys in 156 high-growth and developing country labour markets globally.

Through our expertise in the study of work and our experience in designing and

deploying simple and practical solutions to complex Human Resource challenges,

we have developed our integrated Community™ Human Resources platform. It is

the foundation of Birches Group’s organization design, job design, training,

information technology solutions, and salary surveys.

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Workshop Fees

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The workshop fee is 2,000 USD per participant.

The workshop fee includes workshop materials, a USB drive with soft copies of the

presentation and other supplementary documents, and the case study materials. Also

included are coffee and tea and lunch meals for all five days. Excluded from the fee

are visa, travel, accommodations, and other fees incurred by participants.

Payments may be made through bank transfer or credit card. We implement a strict

“No Payment, No Participation” policy. Other terms and conditions may apply.

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Johannesburg, South Africa

May 20-24, 2019 Register Here

Nairobi, Kenya July 29-August 2, 2019 Register Here

Dubai, UAE October 14-18, 2019 Register Here

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