Career Opportunity

Early Learning Division Program Officer (multiple positions), (9774 TPV) Dept. of Early Childhood

Recruitment: RTF0142249-01149048

Published: December 01, 2023

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About:

Application Opening: December 1, 2023
Application Deadline: December 17, 2023
Compensation Range: $106,730-$129,688

Appointment Type: Temporary Provisional (TPV), limited to no more than 3 years in duration. This temporary position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process. A provisional appointee must participate and be successful in a Civil Service examination for this classification and be selected through an open competitive process in order to be considered for permanent appointment.

About the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood 
The Department of Early Childhood (DEC) is a City and County of San Francisco Department dedicated to our young children's healthy development. As the City’s largest funder of early childhood, DEC is committed to creating a system that ensures every child can thrive and learn. We provide public investment, expertise, and leadership to put resources into the hands of those who care for our City’s youngest children. 

DEC is the result of a merger of two existing city departments, First 5 and the Office of Early Care and Education. Both First 5 and OECE have long histories of supporting young children and families in San Francisco through innovations in early care and education, family support services, and programs to support children’s healthy development. They merged to expand their capacity and funding and to better integrate the City’s early childhood services.

Racial Equity Commitment 
The Department of Early Childhood condemns all forms of racism, sexism, homo/biphobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, and other forms of discrimination; and affirms that all people including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color – have a right to be in our City and have a right to safe and affordable housing, neighborhoods free from pollution and violence, opportunities for educational advancement and wealth creation, healthy births, early childhoods with abundant opportunities to thrive free from the toxic effects of racism, and access to essential services such as parks, transportation, health care, and child care. The Department of Early Childhood is committed to the principles of racial equity and continues to implement new strategies to ensure that every child can learn and thrive.

Role description

The Early Learning Division
The Early Learning Division  administers  core department strategies that advance opportunities in support of teacher preparation and compensation, enhance program quality, and improve early care and education affordability and access; and collaborates closely with the other DEC divisions to form a cross-sector approach that ensures universal developmental screening that promotes access to health and mental health services for children and their families; and that families have opportunities for social and professional connections, linkage to resources, and information on parenting and child development.

The Early Learning Division is building a high-quality early care and education system that improves equitable access to high-quality, affordable early care and education for all children from birth to five years of age to provide the best start in life and enter kindergarten ready to succeed and focuses on:

• Developing and supporting opportunities that achieve continuous eligibility for families and continuity of care for children ages birth to five.
• Using a racial equity framework that creates the conditions that will ensure school readiness experiences.
• Ensures that quality and assessment systems are responsive to the diverse needs of ECE programs and the children they serve.
• Embracing culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate environments across a mixed delivery system.
• Support policies and strategies that enhance coherence and alignment for Universal PreK (UPK).

The Department of Early Childhood has multiple 9774 positions in the Early Learning Division for the following units below. Carefully read the linked job descriptions (the blue underlined position titles) for position specific functions, minimum qualification, desirable qualifications, and special conditions (additional required experience).
 

Workforce Initiative Unit

The positions will require some evening and weekend meetings, including travel regionally and nationally.

1.  Workforce Compensation Program Officer
   The Workforce Compensation Program Officer for the Workforce Development Initiative is part of a diverse team dedicated to the advancement, retention and working conditions of early educators. This position reports to the Workforce Initiatives Manager under the Early Learning Division and oversees the Workforce Compensation grant portfolio and programming.
   The Program Officer will work closely with the Workforce Professional Development Pathways Program Officer, members of the Quality Early Learning, and the Evaluation, Policy, and Communications Teams to implement an array of grant making, capacity building, grants management, technical assistance, evaluation, communication, and funder and stakeholder organizing efforts while supporting and fostering key relationships within the department and with community-based partners.
    
2. Professional Development Pathways Program Officer
   The Professional Development Pathways Program Officer for the Workforce Development Initiative is part of a diverse team dedicated to the advancement, retention and working conditions of early educators. This position reports to the Workforce Initiatives Manager under the Early Learning Division and oversees the Professional Development Pathways grant portfolio and programming.
   The Program Officer will work closely with the Workforce Compensation Program Officer, members of the Quality Early Learning, and the Data & Evaluation, Policy and Communication Teams to implement an array of grant making, capacity building, grants management, technical assistance, evaluation, communication, and funder and stakeholder organizing efforts while supporting and fostering key relationships within the department and with community-based partners.

Access & Enrollment Unit

1. Early Childhood Education Program Officer
   The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program Officer is responsible for implementing and supporting activities that promote access to high-quality early childhood education programs. This position reports to the Access and Enrollment Manager in the Early Learning Division. The ECE Program Officer will assist with Federal, State and local policy analysis, the planning and implementation of early childhood projects and initiatives within DEC. The ECE Program Officer will have expertise in early childhood and a strong base of program design, implementation, budget management, project management, evaluation experience, and technical skills. They must demonstrate the ability to effectively manage relationships, communicate professionally, develop community partnerships, facilitate collective problem-solving, and understand the unique responsibilities and accountabilities of representing a public funding agency.

Quality Early Learning Unit
The position will require some evening and weekend meetings, including travel regionally and nationally.

1. Program Quality Assurance Officer
   The Program Quality Assurance Officer will serve as the lead in performing validation and monitoring activities and is part of our diverse team dedicated to supporting the coordination, and implementation of San Francisco’s quality improvement system. This position reports to the Quality Early Learning Programs Manager under the Early Learning Division and oversees the implementation of validating new and expanding programs into the Early Learning San Francisco network, including coordinating the monitoring activities for existing funded programs using DEC’s quality standards and program quality improvement plans.
   This position will lead efforts to coordinate monitoring systems that will be used to support continuous quality improvement, requiring strong collaboration with Data and Evaluation and Quality Support teams to identify the types of technical assistance needed by providers; ultimately strengthening our early care and education system by identifying issues that arise across multiple programs and may require a broader, systems-level change.
   Finally, the Program Officer will work collaboratively with the entire program team and staff to advance an intersectional approach across our work and deliver on the goals and objectives of the department.​​​​
    

How to qualify

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1.  Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND three (3) years of administrative/professional experience in community development, housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, or criminal justice; OR
    
2. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in one of the following fields: public or business administration, urban planning, government, social work, education, finance or criminal justice AND two (2) year of administrative/professional experience in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, criminal justice; OR
    
3. Possession of a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in public policy, planning, social work, public administration, finance, education, criminal justice, or business administration; AND one (1) year of administrative/professional experience in community development, housing and /or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, or criminal justice; OR
    
4. Possession of a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited college or university AND one (1) year of administrative/professional experience in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, or criminal justice.

SUBSTITUTION:
Verifiable administrative/professional experience involving community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, or criminal justice may substitute for the educational requirement in Minimum Qualification #1 on a year-for-year basis.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Please see attached job descriptions for specifics on each position.

Verification: Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

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.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility or disqualification.

What else should I know?

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY
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HR Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the HR Analyst Lynn Tran at lynn.tran@sfgov.org.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.