Classification & Compensation Consultant

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Motor Vehicles in Virginia is seeking a Classification & Compensation Consultant to lead job structuring and pay practices across a large agency. You will partner with managers, conduct analyses, maintain position descriptions, and support Upshift career pathing to advance DMV staff.

This role offers growth, exposure to policy, and the chance to influence statewide compensation decisions with data-driven insights. Ready for Your Next Step in HR?

Qualifications

• Knowledge of job analysis and job evaluation principles and methods sufficient to determine the appropriate classification of positions.
• Experience developing or revising position descriptions in partnership with managers, including ensuring the accuracy of position details such as role title, working title, and FLSA status.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and policies governing classification and compensation, and ability to apply them to classification and pay determinations.
• Experience conducting compensation analyses using salary, labor market, and position data to develop data-based pay recommendations.
• Experience preparing routine and ad hoc reports that present analytical findings to support decision-making.
• Experience using spreadsheet software, including formulas and lookup functions, to analyze and organize data.
• Experience entering, maintaining, and verifying the accuracy of data in human resource information systems.
• Experience advising managers, HR staff, and other stakeholders on classification and compensation policies, and communicating decisions and recommendations to requesters.
• Experience managing a high volume of requests and inquiries, including tracking, prioritizing, and routing work to meet deadlines.
• Experience recommending improvements to processes, programs, or initiatives based on research and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and evaluate new and existing positions for correct classification.
• Partner with managers to develop and update Position Descriptions and FLSA status.
• Administer the DMV's compensation program per policy with defensible analyses.
• Build salary analyses in Excel and support pay recommendations.
• Manage the Compensation mailbox and workflow to avoid missed requests.
• Use market and position data to generate standard and ad hoc reports.
• Support compensation initiatives and Upshift program development.

Skills

Job analysis

Position descriptions

FLSA knowledge

Compensation analyses

Reports & analytics

Excel & spreadsheets

HRIS data management

Advising managers

High-volume workload

Process improvement

Tools

Cardinal

PageUp

Job description

Title: Classification & Compensation Consultant

State Role Title:Human Resource Analyst II

Hiring Range: $70,975-$81,621

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Department of Motor Vehicles

Location:HUMAN RESOURCES

Agency Website:www.dmv.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: State Employee Only - E

Ready for Your Next Step in HR?

Whether you're looking to grow into a higher-level role or you're an experienced HR professional ready to try something new, this position offers a path forward.

Maybe you've built a strong foundation in HR and you're ready to take on more. Maybe you've spent years in benefits, employee relations, talent acquisition, or HR operations, and you've found yourself drawn to the questions behind the work: Why is this position classified this way? How do we know this salary is fair? What does the market say?

Either way, this is your opportunity to move from supporting HR decisions to shaping them.

DMV's Human Resources team is looking for a Classification & Compensation Consultant who is ready to become the go-to resource on how jobs are structured and how employees are paid across one of the largest and most visible agencies in the Commonwealth. You'll build specialized expertise in one of the most in-demand areas of HR, work directly with managers across the agency, and see the real impact of your work on employees' careers and paychecks.

Why This Role Is a Career Builder

Grow up or grow across.

For those seeking advancement, this role is a meaningful step up in responsibility and influence. For experienced HR professionals, it's a chance to add a specialty to your toolkit and broaden your career options without starting over.

Your HR experience counts here.

If you've worked in recruitment, you understand how pay decisions affect hiring. If you've worked in employee relations, you know how classification concerns surface. If you've worked in benefits or operations, you know the systems and policies. All of it transfers.

Specialized expertise that travels.

Classification and compensation skills are among the most valued in public and private sector HR. The analysis, benchmarking, and policy application you'll do here will strengthen your profile for years to come.

A seat at the table.

You'll partner with managers and supervisors, advise HR colleagues, and collaborate with Talent Acquisition on pay decisions. Your recommendations will carry weight.

Help shape career paths.

You’ll support DMV's Upshift and career pathing efforts, contributing to work that helps employees see where their careers can go.

A team invested in your growth.

You’ll join a Human Resources division committed to consistency, accuracy, and problem-solving, with colleagues who share knowledge and support one another.At DMV, growth doesn't always require changing jobs. Upshift, our in-house career progression program, sets clear, well-defined criteria for advancing within your current working title, so you'll always know what proficiencies to build next. Hiring range: $70,975 to $81,621. Earning potential within this title: up to $92,267.

What You'll Do

Job Analysis and Evaluation.

Evaluate new and existing positions to ensure they are classified correctly. Partner with managers to develop and revise Position Descriptions, including role title, working title, SOC code, and FLSA status. Conduct job evaluations and complete crosswalks, document your recommendations, and communicate outcomes clearly.

Compensation Administration.

Help administer DMV's compensation program in line with Commonwealth policy and agency practice. Review salary requests and build defensible, data-based salary analyses in Excel for individual pay recommendations, working title benchmarking, and agency compensation studies. Document pay actions on the Pay Action Worksheet and keep data accurate in Cardinal, PageUp, and internal reports. Serve as a resource to HR staff, managers, and Talent Acquisition on pay determinations and adjustments.

Compensation Request Management.

Own the Compensation mailbox and tracker, responding to inquiries, routing requests, and making sure nothing falls through the cracks.

Market and Data Analysis.

Use market, state, and position data to perform compensation analyses and produce routine and ad hoc reports that inform real decisions.

Special Projects.

Contribute to compensation initiatives through research, analysis, and project planning, and support strategic, long-term Upshift and career pathing development.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of job analysis and job evaluation principles and methods sufficient to determine the appropriate classification of positions.
• Experience developing or revising position descriptions in partnership with managers, including ensuring the accuracy of position details such as role title, working title, and FLSA status.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and policies governing classification and compensation, and ability to apply them to classification and pay determinations.
• Experience conducting compensation analyses using salary, labor market, and position data to develop data-based pay recommendations.
• Experience preparing routine and ad hoc reports that present analytical findings to support decision-making.
• Experience using spreadsheet software, including formulas and lookup functions, to analyze and organize data.
• Experience entering, maintaining, and verifying the accuracy of data in human resource information systems.
• Experience advising managers, HR staff, and other stakeholders on classification and compensation policies, and communicating decisions and recommendations to requesters.
• Experience managing a high volume of requests and inquiries, including tracking, prioritizing, and routing work to meet deadlines.
• Experience recommending improvements to processes, programs, or initiatives based on research and analysis.

Additional Considerations

• Knowledge of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption criteria and DHRM Policy 3.05 (Compensation).
• Current or previous work experience with the Commonwealth of Virginia performing classification and compensation work.
• Familiarity with Cardinal and PageUp for processing and viewing classification and compensation information.
• Advanced Excel skills, including statistical formulas, pivot tables, and data visualization.

Contact Information

Name: DMV Employment

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.