Public Safety Assessment Center Consultant

AlphaGov (Casa Moon LLC d/b/a AlphaGov) delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans public-safety workforce systems, emergency management and continuity planning, housing and community development, grant administration technical assistance, research and program evaluation, and applied field operations support. We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with travel as required for client and field sites. We build teams for current live pursuits. This opportunity is contingent upon contract award and final staffing approval. Permission will be requested before including a candidate's name or resume in a proposal. AlphaGov is seeking a Public Safety Assessment Center Consultant to design fair, job-relevant promotional assessment centers for police and fire departments, including exercise development, assessor preparation, scoring, and defensible results reporting. What you'll do: Design assessment-center processes aligned to promotional competencies and department-specific job requirementsDevelop realistic exercises, structured interviews, rating guides, scoring tools, and candidate instructionsCoordinate subject-matter input, logistics, assessor training, candidate communications, and assessment-day executionApply consistent, job-related, and legally defensible evaluation methods and quality controlsAnalyze results and prepare clear selection documentation and leadership briefingsContribute specialist qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when permissioned Requirements Required: Demonstrated experience designing or administering public-safety promotional assessment centers or structured selection systemsKnowledge of competency modeling, behavioral assessment, structured interviewing, exercise development, and reliable scoringStrong facilitation, assessor training, documentation, and confidential-results reporting skillsComfortable as a 1099 / project-based collaborator; remote-first with travel as client work requires Nice to have: Experience with police, fire, emergency services, or other municipal public-safety departmentsFamiliarity with industrial-organizational psychology, validation, adverse-impact review, and equitable selection practicesExperience supporting civil-service, promotional, or collective-bargaining environments