Senior Compensation Specialist

AlphaHire • Stamford, CT

13h

About The Position

AlphaGov delivers public-sector consulting to cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Its work includes classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research.

The Senior Compensation Specialist will evaluate classification and total compensation for management and confidential employees. The role develops defensible pay structures, analyzes compensation relationships, and creates tools that HR teams can maintain. The specialist reviews job duties and organizational responsibilities, evaluates classifications and grade assignments, compares total compensation across employers, models implementation costs, develops salary-administration guidance, and communicates recommendations to management and public decision-making bodies.

Requirements

• Experience conducting classification and compensation studies for public-sector employers, including non-represented management or confidential staff.
• Personal participation within the past five years in a classification or compensation study for a Connecticut public-sector employer.
• Experience analyzing total compensation, including benefits, retirement, and paid time off, and pay relationships between represented and non-represented employees.
• Ability to develop defensible job evaluations, implementation cost models, and electronic data suitable for HR information-system import.
• Ability to identify and disclose relevant conflicts of interest and explain findings clearly to public-sector stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Connecticut municipalities and cross-state retirement-cost comparisons, including defined benefit plans.
• Experience developing salary-administration manuals and presenting findings to elected or appointed boards.

Responsibilities

• Review job descriptions and interview HR staff, supervisors, and department leaders to document duties and organizational responsibilities.
• Apply a transparent job-evaluation methodology and recommend revisions to classifications and grade assignments.
• Select defensible public-sector comparators and normalize comparisons of salary, benefits, retirement, and paid time off across employers.
• Analyze internal equity, compression, and pay inversion, including management earnings compared with represented employee earnings with overtime.
• Recommend salary ranges, incumbent placement, and operational pay-policy parameters supported by market evidence.
• Model immediate and phased implementation options, including payroll and retirement-related costs, in usable working spreadsheets.
• Develop salary-administration guidance, a classification-review process, and electronic outputs HR staff can maintain.
• Prepare reports and present clear recommendations to management and public decision-making bodies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed