Career Opportunity

Legislative Compliance Analyst - Office of Economic and Workforce Development (1822)

Recruitment: RTF0148003-01096596

Published: July 26, 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 Office of Economic and Workforce Development advances equitable and shared prosperity for San Franciscans by growing sustainable jobs, supporting businesses of all sizes, creating great places to live and work, and helping everyone achieve economic self-sufficiency.

OEWD strives to create an economic climate where companies of all sizes can start, stay, and grow and so that our residents have access to ensure that San Francisco will always be what it is today: one of the best places on the planet to live, work, and play. OEWD’s portfolio of work includes major programs and projects such as the Dream Keeper Initiative, the City’s Economic Recovery, Job Sector Training Programs, Neighborhood Access Centers, Community Economic Development in key corridors and communities, Small Business Grant and Loan Programs, and ongoing Business Development.

Role description

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

The Legislative Compliance Analyst reports directly to the Legislative and Government Affairs Manager of OEWD. Under general direction, the Legislative Compliance Analyst is responsible for day-to-day oversight and management of OEWD’s programmatic and operational compliance. The Legislative Compliance Analyst would work with executive leadership, senior management, and program staff. The position also has lead responsibility for managing implementation of new policies, procedures, and practices/protocols, and monitoring and reporting on program effectiveness.

The following include some of the responsibilities of this position:

• Maintain a strong understanding of applicable ordinances, regulations, policies, procedures, and systems related to local and state level laws that OEWD is subject to;
• Develop and implement standardized procedures for all processes related to compliance review, internal and external communications to ensure compliance deadlines are met, filing assistance, records management, and program documentation;
• Ensure that staff provide timely compliance guidance and assistance by communicating filing requirements, maintaining compliance dashboards and contact lists in the department's systems, troubleshooting problems, performing research and analysis for inquiries, providing advice, and documenting communications while engaging with other divisions to ensure that guidance is accurate and in line with departmental policies;
• Enable knowledge-sharing and staff collaboration amongst department divisions to support department-wide processes related to operational and programmatic compliance;
• In collaboration with relevant divisions, ensure that staff provide requirements for compliance systems, policies, and related processes to implement legislative and technology changes. Perform system testing to ensure changes meet specified requirements and lead necessary activities to roll-out the changes;
• Promote knowledge sharing and training among staff regarding laws, policies, processes related to operational and programmatic compliance items;
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive and confidential information obtained through the course of completing assignments while working comfortably in an open government environment;
• Maintain and retrieve documents, records, and correspondence in accordance with established procedures for data retention and public records requests;
• As required, participate in significant program planning, database management, policy implementation, program evaluation, and prepare a wide variety of reports, memoranda and correspondences related to program and policy activities for OEWD.
• Support OEWD’s response to sunshine or public records requests;
• Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

How to qualify

Desirable Qualifications 

• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong understanding of best practices for effective project and program management.
• Exercise sound judgment and exceptional problem-solving skills.
• Exercise strong skills in maintaining confidentiality of sensitive material, data, and information.
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, including effective listening skills.
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with: Microsoft Office suite (including Excel and PowerPoint), collaboration tools (SharePoint or similar), and digital signature tools (DocuSign or similar).
• Ability to create and deliver presentations on complex provisions of law to a wide range of audiences in an engaging manner.
• Experience preparing well-organized, concise, and accurate documents such as reports, memos, operational handbooks, FAQs, correspondence, and digital content.
• Ability to work quickly and accurately in a deadline-driven environment.
• Adaptability, flexibility, and openness to new ideas and practices.

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 establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification. Additional qualifications (i.e. special conditions) may apply to a particular position and will be stated in the job ad.

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, and one (1) year full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work. Qualifying professional-level analytical work includes analysis, development, administration, and reporting in major programs and functions of an organization in areas such as budgets, contracts, grants, policy, or other functional areas related to the duties of positions in the 182X Class series.

Substitution:

Possession of a graduate degree (Master's degree or higher) from an accredited college or university with major coursework in specialized subject matter areas such as public or business administration, management, business law, contract law, public policy, urban studies, economics, statistical analysis, finance, accounting or other fields of study closely related to the essential functions of positions in the Class series may be substituted for the required one (1) year of experience.

Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of 2 years). Thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units equal one year.

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. 

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?

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

Filing Deadline: Friday, August 9, 2024- 11:59PM

• Compensation -1822- Administrative Analyst
• 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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• Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

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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.