Design and manage fair, competitive pay and benefits, using job evaluation, salary surveys, pay structures and incentive schemes while keeping reward costs under control.
This Compensation and Benefits Management course explains how organizations decide what to pay, how to structure pay and which benefits to offer. Participants learn the principles of total reward, the main job evaluation methods, how to interpret salary survey data and how to build grades and pay ranges. The course also covers allowances, variable pay and benefits, and how reward choices affect recruitment, retention, motivation and the organization's overall cost base.
Learning is practical and numbers-based. Participants work through job evaluation exercises, calculate compa-ratios and range penetration, model the cost of salary increases and review case studies of incentive schemes that worked or failed. They also consider how to communicate reward decisions clearly to employees. The course can be run as an in-house program, using the organization's own grading structure, allowance policies and annual reward review cycle.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Explain the components of a total reward strategy
Apply job evaluation methods to establish internal equity
Interpret salary survey data to set market-competitive pay
Design grade structures and pay ranges with clear progression rules
Evaluate variable pay, incentive and benefits options
Model and control the cost of annual pay reviews
This course is suited to professionals involved in reward decisions or pay administration.
Compensation and benefits specialists
HR managers and HR business partners
Payroll and HR operations staff
Finance professionals supporting pay budgets
Managers involved in salary decisions
Elements of total reward: pay, benefits, recognition, development
Linking reward strategy to business strategy
Internal equity versus external competitiveness
Reward policy and governance
Ranking, classification and point-factor methods
Running a job evaluation panel
Building job families and grade structures
Handling evaluation appeals
Selecting and using salary surveys
Market percentiles and pay positioning
Pay ranges, midpoints and range spread
Compa-ratio and range penetration
Bonus and incentive scheme design
Allowances such as housing and transport
Health, leave and end-of-service benefits
Recognition and non-cash rewards
Merit matrices and salary increase budgeting
Costing reward changes
Pay equity checks
Communicating pay decisions to employees
Reward in Qatar typically combines basic salary with allowances such as housing and transport, plus benefits like end-of-service gratuity, which makes pay structures more complex than in many markets. Employers in energy, banking, construction and hospitality compete for skilled staff from around the world while also attracting and retaining national employees. Well-designed, transparent reward structures help organizations remain competitive, control costs and treat employees fairly, in line with the general principles of the Qatar Labor Law.
Join a scheduled class at our training center in Doha or attend live online. For organizations, the course can run as an in-house program at your premises or online, tailored to your sector, case studies and timetable.
It is a practical course on designing and managing reward. It covers total reward principles, job evaluation, salary surveys, grades and pay ranges, allowances and benefits, incentive schemes, and how to cost and communicate annual pay reviews.
It is aimed at compensation and benefits specialists, HR managers and business partners, payroll and HR operations staff, finance professionals who support pay budgets, and managers who take part in salary and bonus decisions.
Basic spreadsheet and arithmetic skills are enough. The course explains each calculation, such as compa-ratios, range spreads and the cost of pay increases, step by step, and participants practice them through guided exercises.
Yes. It can be delivered at your premises or online and tailored to your sector, your grading structure and allowance policies, and your schedule. Contact Leaders Training Center to plan an in-house program ahead of your next reward review.
Tell us a little about yourself and an advisor will contact you about batch timings, fees and eligibility. No obligation.
Sat–Thu: 09:00–22:00Fri: 08:00–22:00
Gather accurate information about jobs using interviews, questionnaires and observation, and turn it into clear, consistent job descriptions and person specifications that support HR decisions.
Plan and conduct competency-based interviews, write behavioral questions, probe for evidence using the STAR method and score candidates consistently against a competency framework.
Apply advanced HR techniques such as workforce analytics, HR business partnering and change management, and turn organizational priorities into an annual training plan with a clear budget and schedule.
Kickstart your Human Resources career with the Associate Professional in Human Resources – International (aPHRi) course at Leaders Training Center in Doha, Qatar.
