How The Hunger Project used Salary Benchmarking to ensure competitive pay

A global NGO needs to offer competitive salaries

Global NGO The Hunger Project (THP) sought support undertaking a global salary benchmarking exercise for its Programme Countries in 2023.

The Hunger Project wished to offer competitive salaries, in line with local expectations, for 150 job descriptions across nine countries.

About The Hunger Project: tackling hunger around the world

The Hunger Project is a global movement creating a world without hunger. The organisation believes that, with communities leading the charge, the causes of hunger can be collaboratively overcome.

Poverty, gender inequality, conflict, and climate change are the global challenges that must be faced. The Hunger Project wants a thriving planet where everyone has enough to eat, no matter where they were born or what their gender is.

Problems faced

The Hunger Project wished to find a service that would accurately benchmark salaries for 150 roles across nine countries, ensuring that workers were being offered equitable and attractive remuneration packages in line with local averages and expectations.

The quantity of roles and diversity of locations meant that they needed support from experts to adequately tackle this project and ensure they attracted and retained top talent in all of their countries of operation.

Partnering for success: finding a solution

Key takeaways

• Mauve Group leveraged 30 years’ experience to benchmark 150 job roles across nine countries.
• The Hunger Project was enabled to make strategic, informed decisions around remuneration and offer competitive salaries in line with local averages.
• Factors such as legal and ethical considerations, local costs of living, economic conditions, wage brackets, immigration status, and salary thresholds were all taken into account.
• THP was then able to attract and retain top talent globally.
• Improved retention rates and enhanced employee morale.

Client quote

When benchmarking salaries for 150 job roles across nine countries, Mauve tailored the benchmark against similar organisations in size and budget in each country. The benchmarking data received provided THP with strong data to support higher salary requests in both existing grants and new grant proposals.

Moreover, the newly implemented salary levels have helped to retain current staff while also supporting THP in attracting talented and experienced candidates. The experience working with Mauve was seamless, efficient, and professional and provided THP with a valuable resource we continue to use in our annual budgeting process for staff salaries.

We look forward to working with Mauve again in the future!

-  Anna Slattery, Associate Director of Global Communications and External Affairs for The Hunger Project