Career Opportunity

Grants Specialist, Community Economic Development - Office of Economic and Workforce Development (9772)

Recruitment: RTF0135733-01122578

Published: March 12, 2024

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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.

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)

The San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) supports the City's ongoing economic vitality through key programs focused on neighborhood commercial corridors, workforce development, joint development projects, industry focused business recruitment and retention, small business assistance, and international business development. OEWD’s goal is to work continually to make San Francisco an even better place to live, work and do business.   

About the Community Economic Development Division (CED) 

The Community Economic Development Division of OEWD focuses on neighborhood economic development including supporting small businesses, improving storefronts, and creating vibrant commercial corridors. 

Role description

Appointment Type: Permanent-Exempt (PEX) Appointment. This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitve civil service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the appointing officer.

Under the direction of the Small Business Programs Administrator, the Grants Specialist will be responsible for designing, implementing, and administering OEWD grants to business owners and community partners. The grant specialist will be working closely and collaboratively with small business owners, nonprofit community partners, designers, contractors, and City staff across departments. The grant specialist will also assist in the development and maintenance of data and metrics related to all Community Economic Development programs including data collection, management, analysis and reporting.

Specific Duties

1. CED Grants Administration 

• Project implementation assistance, including management of reimbursement requests, collaboration with City agencies and consultants, assistance with the control of project budgets and schedules, and coordination of closeout activities and deliverables 

• Review grant applications and programs to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations and policies 

• Manage a grant portfolio of funding to nonprofit organizations and maintain partnerships with grantees providing technical assistance and capacity building support when needed 

• Assist with program planning, development, procurement, project implementation, and evaluation 

• Continually conduct program evaluations to make recommendations and operational changes that will improve program performance and better meet community needs 

• Prepare notes, reports, and external communications about the program 

1. CED Program Data and Metrics 

• Help co-define metrics and analytics to evaluate the success of CED programs with community stakeholders and CED staff 

• Assist in implementing a standardized, routine process for qualitative and quantitative data collection to understand the outcomes of CED programs, recommend areas for improvement, and report out to relevant stakeholders, internally and externally 

• Maintain, and improve a database for analysis, and reporting for all CED programs 

• Ensure best practices and advance equitable data principles in collection, analysis, and dissemination. 

1. Communication and Engagement with Public 

• Ability to effectively communicate via email, in person and phone with a diverse set of public stakeholders including small business owners and nonprofit staff 

• Experience communicating complex information to diverse stakeholders in writing and in person 

• Experience working with customers or clients to deliver services and ability to understand, synthesize, and communicate client needs across a service 

How to qualify

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

Skills

• Experience in designing programs and initiatives
• Creative problem solving and adaptability
• Basic knowledge of data management with a strong attention to detail 
• Project management including budget tracking, creating and maintaining project timelines, and coordinating stakeholders 
• Experienced with data management and visualization software including Excel, Airtable, Power BI, ArcGIS, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar products  

How You Work

• Can effectively work in a diverse team 
• Experience navigating complex relationships with stakeholders including external partners and community members 
• Able to be creative and resourceful to remove obstacles and get things done 
• Can step back and understand big picture goals and concepts and also be meticulous and thorough with the details 
• Actively collaborates across disciplines to get and give feedback, and share knowledge 

Applications will be screened for relevant qualifying experience. Additional screening mechanisms may be implemented in order to determine candidates’ qualifications. Only those applicants who most closely meet the needs of the Agency will be invited to participate in the selection process. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview.

The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

These minimum qualifications are to be used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license which may be required for employment in the class. Although these minimum qualifications are typical of the class, additional minimum qualifications and special conditions may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the job announcement.

1. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND two (2) years of administrative/professional experience in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, criminal justice or elections related work; 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 one (1) 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 elections related work; 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; OR

4.Possession of a Ph.D. or Juris Doctor degree from an accredited college or university.

SUBSTITUTION:

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

Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualification requirements by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION

None

VERIFICATION OF EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION: 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 http://sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=456

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. 

What else should I know?

Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 19, 2024- 11:59PM

• 9772- Community Dev Spec | City and County of San Francisco (sf.gov)
• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

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Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact: Anabel Simonelli-Kupelian, Chief People Officer, at anabel.simonelli@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.