Payroll management services

Tender description

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office undertook a global data collection exercise in 2016 which, for the first time, gathered data from our Posts across the Network and used salary benchmarking suppliers to compare this data against the local market and generate reports. This is the first time that our Human Resources Directorate centrally managed Local Staff salary benchmarking. The reports provided an overview of Local Staff pay across the Network, which enabled us to compare salaries by region in order to understand where the pressure points/problem areas are. We want to maintain this strategic overview by moving to an annual data collection exercise. This will involve benchmarking local salaries in every Post, as far as possible, against comparator organisation in their local market each year. To facilitate this, we require a global benchmarking contract which will give us a consistent Network-wide overview of Local Staff pay. Design, delivery and an evaluation framework for a comprehensive training offer for staff working in communication roles for the FCO, focusing particularly on using communication to explain and deliver foreign policy outcomes, planning and delivering successful campaigns to international audiences, developing engaging and impactful content, understanding and using relevant communication channels and methods including working with the international media, using audience insight to engage and influence, applying internal communication and staff engagement techniques to improve coordination across arms of HMG overseas, and tools and campaigns to project the UK positively. The offer should be fully compatible and dovetailed with the L&D offered to UK government communicators by the Government Communication Service.