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Diversity Statement

The City and County of San Francisco is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, medical condition (cancer-related) or the conditions Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS Related Conditions (ARC). Read all City & County of San Francisco Equal Employment Opportunity statements.

Employment Applications and Minimum Qualifications

To take an examination, you must meet the job ad's minimum qualifications, which usually consist of educational and previous job experience. Your application should show that you meet the minimum qualifications; however, you may also be asked to present an official college transcript, or a license. All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Papers filed with an application are not returned.

City employees receive credit for the duties of their classification unless their appointing officer officially assigns other duties in writing, at the time of the assignment, and in accordance with Civil Service Commission rules. It is the supervisor's and the employee's responsibility to ensure that work out of classification is appropriately and timely documented. Failure to do so may mean disqualification for the examination.

Part-time and volunteer experience may also be used to meet experience requirements. One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. Any overtime hours worked above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification, or may lead to lower scores.

Identification/Right to Work

All persons employed by the City and County of San Francisco are required to comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 by presenting documents to verify identity and authorization to work in the United States. Acceptable forms of identification as required by the Federal Immigration and Naturalization Service may be found in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website.

Copies of Application Documents

Applicants are encouraged to keep copies of all documents submitted. Submitted documents become a permanent part of the exam records and will not be returned. The hiring department may require applicants to submit the same documents and/or additional documents at a later date.

Disaster Service Workers

By State law and City ordinance, all City employees are Disaster Service Workers (DSWs). The city requires employees to act as DSWs in response to a citywide emergency. DSWs support the response and recovery efforts coordinated through the Department of Emergency Management's Emergency Operations Center.

As a DSW, you may be directed to perform duties that are different from your regular work responsibilities, to report to a different work site, or to report at times that are different from your normal work schedule. You will not be asked to perform any duty or function you do not know how to perform.

While this guide is intended to assist you in understanding our hiring processes, each job class, position, department, and situation is different, and the exact process for the position that you are interested in may vary.