Advisor

Advisors are employed by both the Royal Court and the courts of the individual kingdoms, along with local/city advisors. Advisors are the main legislators on the Fae Continent and are responsible for coming up with the rule of law.  This is a position of power that one must be voted to, unlike the hereditary monarch positions, and an advisor must be careful of the advice they give towards the making of current laws for they are easily voted out by the people who voted them in (or summarily dismissed by a monarch not willing to take their rebellion or disobedience).

Career

Qualifications

Before becoming an advisor, one must profess some kind of mastery or wisdom that makes them a pillar of the community.  Business leaders, top financial analysts, scholars, and even master farmers and craftspeople all work to perfect their trades in hope of getting the honor of serving on their local or kingdom councils.  There are no organizational limits to these smaller councils and their numbers tend to vary depending on what issues the locality is dealing with (for instance in times of crop crisis the number of farmers appointed as advisors tends to triple).

Career Progression

If the head of the kingdom thinks one of its advisors is particularly wise, it will appoint that person to be one of the four advisors from that kingdom appointed to the Royal Court.  It is in every kingdom's advantage to appoint their best and brightest (as they are all heavily judged on who gets voted to Royal Court, and the pressure to deliver the monarch's most trusted advisor is enough to drive some to an early grave.)  Most kingdom advisors in the position will only stay with the Royal Court for a couple of seasons before "retiring".

Payment & Reimbursement

Local and kingdom-wide advisors are not paid positions.  The honor of serving, and the clout and power these positions bring is enough of a reimbursement for your time.  A term or two as a local advisor can raise a family's status by leaps and bounds, and being seen as accepting money for this is very vulgar (it also makes it seem like you have the type of lower moral standard that you might be easily acceptable to bribes).   
A royal advisor is essentially "paid" for their service.  While not talked about that way, the monarch traditionally gives gifts to the royal court of high financial value at the end of Festival season, as a thank you for their service.  These gifts, because they are from the monarch, are seem more as a gift of loyalty, instead of something so base as payment.

Type

Government