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