Certified Compensation and Benefits Professional|Online

Overview

Why Attend

'Compensation and benefits' is the part of human resources that works behind the scenes. It is usually the HR specialization that professionals typically avoid for its seemingly complex nature and dependency on mathematics. Attending this course will change your mind about this HR specialty. You will learn an approach that is easy to understand, and that explains the specifics of compensation and benefits. This approach will also help you apply the principles of compensation and benefits at work.

In this certified course, participants will demonstrate the knowledge they have gained by taking an examination at the end of the course.

Course Methodology

The course will use a combination of theory and practical applications of course concepts. Participants will engage in simulation exercises that emulate real-life situations, allowing them to gain deep insights into the concepts covered.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Define and demonstrate an understanding of the importance of compensation to the overall aims of human resources management
Analyze jobs using a systematic approach and prepare a draft job description.
Evaluate jobs using the factor point system methodology
Design a comprehensive compensation system
Recite the principal steps in a compensation survey and answer questions relating to the criticality of job matching to the success of any compensation survey
Link reward to performance using a fair quantitative approach

Target Audience

Professionals with at least 2 to 3 years of experience in the compensation and benefits field, HR administrators, officers, specialists, team leaders, managers, and business partners who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in this critical area of human resources.

Target Competencies

Job analysis
Writing job descriptions
Job evaluation
Compensation system design
Analyzing surveys
Rewarding performance

Course Outline

Managing Compensation: An Overview
- Compensation objectives
- Total compensation
- Direct and indirect compensation
- Balancing compensation components
- Compensation and benefits cycle
- The hierarchy of needs and compensation
Job Analysis and Job Descriptions
- Uses of job descriptions
- Job analysis explained
- Carrying out the job analysis process
- Conducting a proper job analysis interview
- Explaining a typical job description
- Job analysis: a summary
Job Evaluation
- Definition of job evaluation
- Job evaluation systems
- Introduction to our institute's system
- our institute's job evaluation system explained
- Introduction to the Hay system
- Job grading
- Sources of error in the job evaluation process
Compensation Systems
- Objectives of compensation
- Decisions to take
- Designing base salary structures
- Allowances to offer
- The structuring of benefits programs
- Important considerations in compensation
- Managing your compensation programs
Competitive Compensation
- Staying competitive
- Designing and carrying out compensation surveys
- Four basic survey methods
- Data requirements
- Issues related to the implementation of change
Performance-Based Rewards
- The definition of Performance Management (PM)
- Objectives of Performance Management
- Current and prevailing PM systems
- Rewarding performance
- Rewarding the right behaviors and results
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

22 - 26 Nov, 2026

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

22 - 26 Nov, 2026

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

13 - 17 Dec, 2026

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

13 - 17 Dec, 2026

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

2027 Schedule & Fees

21 - 25 Feb, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

21 - 25 Feb, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

14 - 18 Mar, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

14 - 18 Mar, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

23 - 27 May, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

23 - 27 May, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

13 - 17 Jun, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

13 - 17 Jun, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

22 - 26 Aug, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

22 - 26 Aug, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

12 - 16 Sep, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

12 - 16 Sep, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

21 - 25 Nov, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

21 - 25 Nov, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

12 - 16 Dec, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

12 - 16 Dec, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300