Large Municipal Multi-Structure Classification & Compensation Lead (Sworn + Civi
AlphaHire Open · verified Oct 19, 2026 At a glance
Senior Compensation & Benefits role at AlphaHire. Remote, United States · $150,000–$250,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Run classification and pay studies across civilian and sworn plans, covering hundreds of municipal job titles
- Select comparable public employers and build market surveys suited to cities, coastal or tourist areas, and fast-growing suburbs
- Examine pay compression among police, fire, paramedic, and general schedules
- Propose job classifications, pay grades, and phased implementation, then present recommendations to councils and management
- Write technical proposal content and bring in utility, K-12, or benefits specialists when project scope calls for them
What you bring
- At least seven years in public-sector classification and compensation consulting, or equivalent municipal HR compensation leadership
- Hands-on completion of a multi-structure study that covered sworn police or fire pay plans
- Experience with an organization of roughly five hundred or more full-time employees, or at least two hundred distinct job titles
- You can point to specific government projects and identify the agency, your role, and the year
Who this fits
This senior, project-based role suits someone who can lead complex municipal pay studies and present findings to public-sector stakeholders. The position is remote within the United States.
From the employer
AlphaGov is seeking a Large Municipal Multi-Structure Classification & Compensation Lead for project-based engagements with mid-to-large cities and counties that maintain multiple pay plans (general, police, fire, paramedic, and related public-safety structures).
You will lead or co-lead full classification and compensation studies covering hundreds of titles across civilian and sworn structures — including market surveys, internal equity/compression analysis, and implementation cost modeling for public employers typically in the mid-fee band ($150k–$250k+ studies).
What you'll do:
- Lead multi-structure municipal class/comp studies (civilian + sworn/public-safety pay plans)
- Design peer sets and market surveys appropriate to mid/large cities and tourist/coastal or high-growth suburbs
- Analyze compression across police, fire, paramedic, and general schedules
- Recommend classification structures, grade assignments, and implementation phases
- Prepare council/management presentations and proposal technical content for AlphaGov
- Coordinate with specialist SMEs (utility, K-12, benefits) when scopes expand
Requirements
- Required:
- - 7+ years public-sector compensation/classification consulting (or equivalent municipal HR compensation leadership)
- - Direct experience completing at least one multi-structure study that included sworn police and/or fire pay plans
- - Experience with organizations of roughly 500+ FT employees or 200+ distinct titles
- - Strong analytical, writing, and stakeholder presentation skills
- - Ability to cite concrete past government projects (agency, role, year)
Nice to have:
- CCP/WorldatWork
- SC/NC/Southeast municipal studies
- Total rewards/benefits valuation
- FLSA public-safety fluency