Organizational Culture & Compensation Strategy Consultant

Overview

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is a community of dedicated researchers, educators, consultants, and former practitioners who drive innovation and advancement in courts and justice systems. NCSC's reputation for trusted leadership allows us to work alongside top judicial officers to examine some of the most complex and significant issues facing society. Our team of experts and court leaders is deeply committed to advancing just, free, and safe communities.

NCSC is engaged in a period of meaningful organizational transformation. As the organization advances its remote-first operating model, modernizes its classification and compensation framework post-reorganization, and strengthens its organizational culture, NCSC seeks to engage a contract consultant to serve as a trusted internal facilitator and strategic advisor across this body of work. While a separate firm will conduct the Comps/Class and total rewards study, the consultant's responsibilities encompass facilitating the review of salary structures and job architecture, as well as the full picture of total compensation, including benefits, leave policies, professional development, and flexible work arrangements. It also addresses compliance across NCSC's multi-state remote workforce and the modernization of benefits administration systems and vendor relationships.

This role will serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership and a diplomatic liaison to staff at all levels, ensuring that the classification and compensation study proceeds on a well-informed foundation, that policy modernization reflects where NCSC is heading as an organization, and that employees are meaningfully engaged throughout the process. The consultant will also play a hands-on role in preparing and facilitating key all-staff activities as NCSC continues to evolve as a remote-first organization with a desired high-quality, collaborative, creative, and responsive culture.

Anticipated Scope of Services

1. Classification & Compensation Study: Facilitation & Coordination (Primary Focus)
2. Policy Modernization & Alignment
3. Organizational Culture & Staff Engagement
4. Assumptions & Constraints
5. Benefits Administration & Vendor Optimization Review (Separate Deliverable)

Consultant Requirements

NCSC seeks a consultant who brings demonstrated expertise across the full range of services described in this scope. The following requirements and preferences will guide the selection process.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in human resources consulting or organizational advisory work, with a demonstrated track record of managing engagements of comparable scope and complexity.
• Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating classification and compensation studies for nonprofit organizations with a United States-wide or multi-state workforce. Candidates without direct nonprofit sector experience will not be considered.
• Proven experience supporting organizational change management, including guiding staff and leadership through periods of structural transition, role redesign, or cultural shift.
• Experience providing organizational culture and transformation support, including assessment of current culture, facilitation of staff engagement processes, and development of strategies to build cohesion and alignment across teams.
• Provision of at least three professional references from nonprofit or quasi-governmental client organizations with 100 or more employees, for whom the consultant performed work of similar scope within the past five years.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience advising organizations on the management of fully remote or distributed workforces, including policy development, compliance, and culture-building in remote-first environments.
• Familiarity with HRIS platforms and experience supporting or advising on seamless HRIS or ERP implementations, including vendor evaluation, change management, and staff transition support.

This is a 1099 engagement. Visit: www.ncsc.org/careers-ncsc.org to view full scope of work.