Objectives

The primary objective of this tender is to appoint a professional and reputable service provider to conduct a remuneration benchmarking survey for the South African Weather Service (SAWS). The survey aims to analyze and design pay scales at the 25th and 50th percentiles of the national market, ensuring that SAWS offers market-related and competitive remuneration packages to attract and retain skilled personnel.

Scope

The scope of work includes:

• Conducting a remuneration survey against organizations competing for similar skills, both locally and internationally.
• Accessing a national database with participants from the public and private sectors, including international meteorological institutions.
• Collecting salary and benefits data on a job-by-job basis for at least 150 job families.
• Gathering information on non-guaranteed benefits (monetary and non-monetary), review intervals, and salary increase percentages over the past three years.
• Providing a detailed comparative report with recommendations to ensure SAWS remains competitive in the market.
• Presenting findings to SAWS executives and organized labor, and designing pay scales based on the survey results.

Technical Requirements

The technical requirements for the service provider include:

• Having a comprehensive national database with participants from both public and private sectors, including international meteorological institutions.
• Providing signed reference letters for similar remuneration surveys conducted in the past five years for organizations with at least 150 positions.
• Demonstrating experience in conducting remuneration surveys, with a minimum of 3 years for team members and more than 6 years for the team leader.
• Submitting a detailed methodology outlining data collection, analysis tools, and visual presentation of findings.
• Providing a project plan with timelines addressing all phases of the survey, including data collection, analysis, and reporting, within an 8-10 week period.
• Submitting a sample final report that includes executive summaries, job architecture, market percentiles, segmentation, and pay gap metrics.
• Ensuring compliance with POPIA and other relevant legal and contractual conditions.

Skills Requirements

The skills and qualifications required from the service provider include:

• Proven experience in conducting remuneration benchmarking surveys, with at least 5 reference letters from relevant clients.
• Demonstrated capability to access and utilize a national and international database of remuneration data.
• Qualified team leader with a postgraduate qualification in Human Resources, Social Science, Finance, or related fields (NQF Level 8 or above).
• Team members with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in remuneration surveys and benchmarking.
• Ability to develop comprehensive methodologies and project plans, including data analysis and reporting techniques.
• Strong presentation skills for delivering detailed reports and recommendations to SAWS stakeholders and labor representatives.
• Compliance with all legal, contractual, and data protection requirements, including POPIA.