Discover how IFEAT partnered with Membership Bespoke to gain valuable market insights, benchmark salaries against industry peers, and make more informed decisions around attraction, retention and reward.
IFEAT is a highly specialised international trade association operating across membership, education, events and commercial activities.
The organisation sought an independent salary benchmarking review to assess whether remuneration levels remained competitive and appropriate across a number of key roles.
As with many membership organisations, the challenge was not simply finding salary data. Many roles combined responsibilities across multiple disciplines, including events, education, partnerships, membership and operations, making direct market comparisons difficult.
In addition, job titles alone did not accurately reflect the scope, commercial impact or strategic importance of individual positions.
Membership Bespoke undertook a detailed role-by-role assessment, drawing upon:
Particular focus was given to commercially important positions supporting IFEAT's flagship conference and future education growth plans, where benchmarking against both association and commercial-sector markets was required.
The review also assessed retention and attraction risks, identifying roles most vulnerable to external approaches and changing market conditions.
IFEAT received a strategic benchmarking report that provided:
By combining specialist sector knowledge with live recruitment intelligence, the review enabled IFEAT to make evidence-based decisions around pay, benefits, retention and organisational capability, helping ensure they remained competitive in an increasingly challenging talent market.
"Dennis quickly got to grips with our organisation and understood that many of our roles don't fit neatly into standard job descriptions. The benchmarking exercise gave us a clear picture of where we sat in the market and highlighted areas we needed to think about from both a salary and benefits perspective. It helped us identify potential retention risks and gave us practical recommendations that we could actually act on. The insights have been really valuable in supporting our people strategy and future planning."