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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in public-safety compensation and classification studies, with a strong focus on analytical skills and the ability to communicate findings effectively to non-HR stakeholders. Experience in municipal HR work, particularly with police and fire pay plans, is essential.
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Public-Safety Compensation AnalysisClassification StudiesMunicipal HR ExperienceAnalytical SkillsReport Writing
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Hard Skills
Compensation AnalysisClassification StudiesMarket Survey DesignData AnalysisPay-Plan RedesignRank Structure AnalysisOvertime Pattern AnalysisFindings DraftingTechnical Content SupportGovernment Project Citation
Soft Skills
Strong Analytical SkillsEffective CommunicationWriting Skills
Industry Keywords
Public-SafetySworn EmployeesPolice Pay PlansFire Pay PlansCollective Bargaining FamiliaritySoutheast Municipal ExperienceParamedic SchedulesEMS Schedules
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead or co-lead sworn/public-safety portions of classification and compensation studies
- Select peers for public-safety markets and design market surveys
- Analyze rank structures, steps, specialty/incentive pay, and overtime patterns
- Assess compression between sworn schedules and civilian plans
- Draft sworn-section findings and recommendations for reports and council briefings
- Support proposal technical content for mid-band municipal studies with multi-structure scopes
Requirements
What you’ll need- 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)
- Both police and fire experience (nice to have)
- Paramedic/EMS schedules (nice to have)
- Collective bargaining familiarity for analysis only, not labor negotiation (nice to have)
- Southeast municipal experience (nice to have)