Job Evaluation & Grading
A practical professional development programme focused on job evaluation & grading, designed to strengthen people capability and organisational performance.
- Type
- Specialist
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Job Evaluation & Grading develops the capability to assess the relative value of jobs systematically and translate evaluation results into coherent grade structures.
The programme examines job-evaluation principles, compensable factors, scoring, consistency, governance and the relationship between job evaluation, grading and compensation.
Participants learn to evaluate jobs rather than individuals and to apply structured methods that support internal equity and defensible reward decisions.
Objectives
Understand the principles and purpose of job evaluation.
Distinguish job value from employee performance or market pay.
Apply structured job-evaluation criteria.
Translate evaluation outcomes into grade structures.
Strengthen consistency, governance and internal equity.
Learning outcomes
Analyse jobs using defined evaluation criteria.
Apply factor-based evaluation consistently.
Document and justify job-evaluation decisions.
Support the development of grade structures.
Identify common job-evaluation risks and inconsistencies.
Who it is for
Compensation and benefits professionals.
Job evaluation specialists.
HR managers.
Organisation design professionals.
HR business partners involved in grading decisions.
Programme modules
1. Job Evaluation Foundations
Purpose of job evaluation
Job versus person
Internal equity
Evaluation methodologies
2. Preparing Jobs for Evaluation
Job information quality
Job descriptions
Role scope
Evaluation evidence
3. Evaluation Factors
Knowledge and expertise
Problem solving
Accountability
Role complexity
4. Scoring and Evaluation Decisions
Factor scoring
Consistency
Panel evaluation
Decision documentation
5. Job Grading
Grade design
Job hierarchy
Grade boundaries
Handling anomalies
6. Governance and Maintenance
Appeals and reviews
Role changes
Evaluation governance
Maintaining grade integrity
Methodology
The programme uses job profiles, factor-scoring exercises, evaluation panels and grading scenarios. Participants practise applying structured criteria and defending evaluation decisions.
Assessment
Assessment includes practical job-evaluation exercises and a final task requiring participants to evaluate selected roles and recommend appropriate grading outcomes.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
Institutional needs addressed
Related expertise
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Structured professional learning that develops practical, role-relevant knowledge and capability.
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Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Systems and evidence for understanding performance, results, impact and organisational learning.