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Reading: They’re Doing That Survey Again?
Reading: They’re Doing That Survey Again?
The NGO Local Pay Survey is now in its 5th year, and has grown steadily each year. This growth is the strongest testament to the value that the survey provides to the development community across the 80+ countries where the survey is now conducted. NGO Local Pay is designed to serve the needs of the community as a resource that is available when you need it.
A survey is a unique product in that the very consumers of the product are in fact responsible for its success or failure. Without survey participation, the survey cannot be sustained. One of the biggest challenges in sustaining a survey is ensuring consistent participation each year. A survey that maintains at least an 80% retention rate amongst participants from one year to the next assures the community of a sustainable survey with high quality, consistent data.
For a long time, the customary practice amongst NGOs was to participate in market surveys once every two or three years, and make adjustments to salaries according to inflation and other factors in the interim years. Part of the reason for these practices was the cost of surveys — often a customized or sponsored survey cost as much as US$10,000, and few organizations could afford to participate every year. If they were lucky, they might have funds to sponsor every third year and hope another organization would sponsor in the “off” years.
NGO Local Pay was created by the community to provide a solution, and to allow NGOs to follow the best practice of annual compensation reviews. We developed a product which meets the needs of the development community and is affordable to purchase every year. Compared to the old way, you could buy 13 years of NGO Local Pay surveys for the same US$10,000! We urge each NGO to participate every year to help sustain the survey and maintain the high quality and reliable data on which the community now relies.
So, why should your organization participate annually? Here are the top seven reasons:
Now you know the top reasons to participate in NGO Local Pay every year. Registration is ongoing. Don’t miss out!
To register, visit our registration page, or contact us.
Did you know? Almost 50 organizations are NGO Local Pay Preferred Partners, participating in a minimum of 10 countries every year under a three-year contract with added benefits and a per country cost of only US$525. Find out more about Preferred Partners here.