Public Safety / Sworn Compensation & Classification Specialist

AlphaGov is seeking a Public Safety / Sworn Compensation & Classification Specialist for project-based engagements supporting municipal and county studies that include police, fire, EMS/paramedic, and related public-safety pay plans.

You will lead or co-lead the sworn/public-safety portions of classification and compensation studies — peer selection for public-safety markets, rank/step analysis, specialty pay, FLSA public-safety considerations, and compression between sworn and civilian structures. This role pairs with civilian class/comp leads on mid-to-large city studies.

What you'll do:

- Lead sworn/public-safety class/comp analysis (police, fire, EMS/paramedic)

- Design public-safety peer sets and market surveys

- Analyze rank structures, steps, specialty/incentive pay, and overtime patterns relevant to compensation studies

- Assess compression between sworn schedules and civilian plans

- Draft sworn-section findings and recommendations for reports and council briefings

- Support AlphaGov proposal technical content for mid-band municipal studies with multi-structure scopes

Requirements

• Required:
• - 5+ years public-safety compensation, classification, or municipal HR work covering police and/or fire pay plans
• - Direct experience on at least one completed study or major pay-plan redesign involving sworn employees
• - Strong analytical and writing skills; ability to explain findings to non-HR leaders
• - Ability to cite concrete past government projects (agency, role, year)

Nice to have:

- Both police and fire experience

- Paramedic/EMS schedules

- Collective bargaining familiarity (analysis only — not labor negotiation)

- Southeast municipal experience