NASCEE's Salary Benchmarking Webinar

NASCEE's Salary Benchmarking Webinar

What does the South African non-profit education sector actually pay? If you've ever wondered whether your organisation's salaries are aligned with the sector, this is your opportunity to find out. Join NASCEE's Salary Benchmarking Webinar as we present the findings from the first salary benchmarking survey for South Africa's non-profit education sector. All attendees will receive the full benchmark report. Facilitator: Giles Gillett, CEO of NASCEE Presenter: Esté Buchholz, Let Us Thrive
  • NASCEE's Salary Benchmarking Webinar
  • 2026-08-13T12:00:00+02:00
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  • What does the South African non-profit education sector actually pay? If you've ever wondered whether your organisation's salaries are aligned with the sector, this is your opportunity to find out. Join NASCEE's Salary Benchmarking Webinar as we present the findings from the first salary benchmarking survey for South Africa's non-profit education sector. All attendees will receive the full benchmark report. Facilitator: Giles Gillett, CEO of NASCEE Presenter: Esté Buchholz, Let Us Thrive
  • When Aug 13, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM (Africa/Johannesburg / UTC200)
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This pilot survey, conducted by Este Buchholz of Let Us Thrive, gathered salary data from 28 NASCEE member organisations across five job families:

✔ Executive Leadership
✔ Programmes
✔ Finance
✔ Communications
✔ Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Monitoring & Learning (MERL)

 

Here are five insights from the data:

📌 CEO salaries vary more than many expect. Organisational size, complexity and mandate have a significant impact on executive remuneration.

📌 Programme Manager is not a one-size-fits-all role. Similar titles often represent very different levels of responsibility, resulting in distinct salary ranges.

📌 Investment in M&E remains consistent across organisations of different sizes. Donor expectations continue to shape investment in monitoring and evaluation capacity.

📌 Dedicated CFO roles remain uncommon. For many organisations, the Finance Manager is the senior finance benchmark.

📌 Bigger budgets don't always mean higher salaries. The findings show that organisational priorities often have a greater influence on remuneration than budget size alone.

 

This is the first edition of what NASCEE intends to become an annual salary benchmarking initiative, providing education organisations with evidence-based insights to support recruitment, retention and remuneration decisions.

 

Click here to register. For NASCEE Members only.