About the paper
Unequal pay is a core part of the ongoing inequality in the international development sector. Difference in how staff and consultants are paid are increasingly highlighted as inappropriate, and challenge efforts to decolonise and shift power.
As part of efforts to address pay inequality, Project Fair and INTRAC have collaborated to explore this further. Our intention is to raise awareness of the issues, from perspectives of INGOs, NGOs, consultants and commissioners of consultancy. It is also important to ground this in practical guidance and real examples, drawing on human experience and existing resources.
Our first resource specifically on this topic, is the short paper Fair pay and ethical and values-driven consultancy: addressing pay inequality. This briefly introduces the topic, provides initial recommendations, and draws together Project Fair’s and INTRAC’s existing, complementary, approaches, research and resources.
Our intention is to go more deeply into the issues and recommendation, to provide practice guidance and case studies, and to continue to advocate for change. There will be more to follow. We invite you to join us to discuss and explore this topic. Please get in touch with either Paul or Ishbel: pknipe [at] intrac.org and ishbel.mcwha [at] ed.ac.uk
About the authors
Ishbel McWha-Hermann is the Founder and Director of Project Fair, which brings together HR and reward managers from INGOs, to develop research based pathways to fairer reward policies and practices. She is also Personal Chair of Work and Organisational Psychology and Deputy Director (Academic) of the MBA Programme at the University of Edinburgh Business School.
Paul Knipe provides strategic direction for INTRAC’s consultancy and network services and is a member of the Senior Management Team. Paul has held advisory, management and leadership roles in civil society, academia, and government for 15 years. He is an experienced knowledge broker, familiar with accompanied learning processes to influence policymaking and believes strongly in the importance of locally-led development.