Career Opportunity

Managers (1825) – Multiple Positions - Natural Resources & Lands Management Division - SFPUC (151146)

Recruitment: REF45206X

Published: December 18, 2024

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About:

This is a Position-Based Test conducted in accordance with CSC Rule 111A.

• Application Opening Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
• Application Filing Deadline: Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:59PM (PST)
• Recruitment ID: PBT-1825-151146/REF45206X

WHO ARE WE?
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care.

Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness.

We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality.

To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site here.

Role description

The result from this eligible list will fill multiple vacancies within the Natural Resources and Lands Management (NRLM) Division. Please review below for more details regarding each respective position.

Position Summary

• Tribal Engagement and Cultural Resources Manager (Class 1825): This position is located at Moccasin, California and manages the Tuolumne River watershed pilot tribal engagement and cultural resources program. This is an outward-facing, highly sensitive, and mission critical position.

Under the direction of the Manager of the Natural Resources and Lands Management Division (within the Water Enterprise at the SFPUC), this position functions at a senior staff level and provides an ongoing presence on behalf of the SFPUC with high-level counterparts at the State and Federal agencies (Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park), local governments (Tuolumne County), irrigation districts (Turlock and Modesto), and community and environmental organizations on tribal engagement and cultural resources issues.

This position will develop and implement pilot tribal engagement policies and procedures in coordination with these agency partners, and collaborate with SFPUC staff doing similar work in the Bay Area.

The SFPUC currently manages over 160 known archeological sites that intersect with the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power (HHWP) system infrastructure and operations; many of these archeological sites are managed in collaboration with federal partners, including Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park, and the Bureau of Lands Management. Approximately 50% of the HHWP system land base does not have comprehensive or modern archeological survey coverage. Given this data gap, it is likely that many additional archeological sites exist in these areas have not yet been identified. This project also seeks to address this deficiency by performing an archeological records search in coordination with planning and compliance staff, and analysis of archeologically sensitive areas where additional survey is needed and carry out the development of processes, procedures, and documentation of records and findings.

• Watershed Program Manager (Class 1825): Under the direction of the Manager of the Natural Resources and Lands Management Division (within the Water Enterprise at the SFPUC), this position functions at a senior staff level and provides an ongoing presence on behalf of the SFPUC with high-level counterparts at the State and Federal agencies (National Park Service, State Parks), local governments (Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties), regional park districts (East Bay Regional Park District, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District), and community and environmental organizations on tribal engagement and cultural resources issues in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Watershed Program Manager (Principal Administrative Analyst II) will manage the Watershed and Environmental Program (WEIP), which includes developing and implementing tribal engagement and cultural resources programs for the regional water system in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is an outward-facing, highly sensitive, and mission critical position.

This position will lead the development of the WEIP, which includes establishing program guidelines and criteria for identifying and prioritizing projects for implementation that will protect and restore natural resources within SFPUC lands and/or that affect or are affected by SFPUC water system operations. 

This position will also expand, develop and implement tribal engagement and cultural resources policies and procedures in coordination with these agency partners, and collaborate with SFPUC staff doing similar work in the Sierra Nevada.

The SFPUC owns approximately 61,000 acres of watershed lands in the San Francisco Bay Area, which include many known archeological sites that intersect with the SFPUC system infrastructure and operations.  Much of this Bay Area land base does not have comprehensive or modern archeological survey coverage.  Given this data gap, it is likely that many additional archeological sites exist in these areas that have not yet been identified.  This position also seeks to address this deficiency by overseeing an archeological records search in coordination with planning and compliance staff, and an analysis of archeologically sensitive areas where additional survey is needed and carry out the development of processes, procedures, and documentation of records and findings.

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Develops and implements the pilot tribal engagement and cultural resources management project, including development of tribal engagement guidelines, standard operating procedures for cultural resources management, and forecast modeling of future needs.
2. Serves as agency liaison to speak on behalf of the Water Enterprise (WE) with tribal communities/Native American groups in the Bay Area counties such as Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Tuolumne River watershed, Yosemite National Park, and San Joaquin Valley. Establishes, administers, monitors, and coordinates related agreements between agencies. 
3. Serves as the point of contact with private landowners, local governments, non-profit organizations, and State and Federal resource agencies on issues involving land acquisition (easements and/or title) by the SFPUC to protect and restore ecological resources and continue to continue providing high quality drinking water.
4. Works with diverse interest groups in the Peninsula, Alameda, and Tuolumne watersheds to identify, develop, and fund (e.g., seek cost-shares) high priority projects.
5. Interfaces with tribal communities/Native American representatives for ongoing SFPUC activities/projects and manages those relationships on behalf of the SFPUC, coordinating closely with agency partners such as CCSF Environmental Planning (EP,) US Forest Service, and Yosemite National Park Service.  Identifies potential impact of current policies and procedures on agency partners and effectively presents recommendations.         
6. Closely collaborates with HHWP staff on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives aimed at implementing the SFPUC Racial Equity Action Plan.   
7. Closely collaborates with Natural Resources and Lands Management Environmental Planning and Compliance staff in development of a new resource management database.
8. May oversees professional services contracts focused on archeology and cultural resources management, and environmental assessments and analysis.

How to qualify

Minimum Qualifications: Minimum qualifications reflect the lowest level of acceptable education and/or experience required of an individual such that the individual reasonably could be expected to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position.  Candidates must meet all the requirements established by the MQs to be considered for the position. 

• Education: Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
• Experience: Seven (7) years of 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 the areas of 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 one (1) year of required 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.

Note: One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week.) 

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to advance through all of the steps in the selection process.

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

• Experience working directly with tribal communities on land management activities.
• Experience working on complicated cultural resource issues, particularly with tribal communities.

Verification of Education and Experience: Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. For more information on how to verify your experience or education please click here. 

Verification of required work experience typically must be on the employer’s letterhead, and must include the applicant’s name, job title, description of job duties, dates of employment, hours per week, and signature of the employer, supervisor, or appropriate representative.

Employees of the City and County of San Francisco may submit performance evaluations showing duties performed to verify qualifying City experience. City employees will receive credit for the duties of the class to which appointed. Credit for experience obtained outside of the employee's class will be allowed only if recorded in accordance with the provisions of Civil Service Commission Rules. CCSF employees will not receive credit for experience obtained outside of their classification unless recorded in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Rule 110.9.1/111A.11.2.

Experience claimed in self-employment will only be accepted if supported by documents verifying income, earnings, business license and experience comparable to minimum qualifications above. Copies of income tax papers or other documents listing occupation and total earnings must be submitted.

Verification of qualifying education is a copy of your transcript or diploma. For more information, please click here.

Verification of required valid licensure/certification typically must be a photocopy of the license/certificate including the name of the issuing agency as well as the name of the license/certificate holder, license/certificate number, and expiration date.

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, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

What else should I know?

Selection Procedures:
After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following: 

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ): (Weight:  Qualifying) Candidates will be required to complete a MQSQ as part of the employment application at a later time. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

Supplemental Questionnaire Evaluation (Weight:100%): 

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be sent a Supplemental Questionnaire via electronic mail after the closing of this filing period. The Supplemental Questionnaire is designed to measure the knowledge, skills and/or abilities in job-related areas required for the position.  Applicants will be given a deadline to return the Supplemental Questionnaire. Those who do not respond by the established deadline will not be eligible to continue in the examination process and will not be added to eligibility list resulting from this process. All applicants’ responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire are subject to verification. The Supplemental Questionnaire examination component may include but not be limited to:

• Knowledge of principles and techniques of governmental organization and management; the principles and techniques of financial/fiscal analysis and budgeting.
• Knowledge of applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations affecting departmental operations.
• Ability or Skill to work with authority to identify and define problems, determine methodology, and evaluate data.
• Ability or Skill to establish and maintain effective oral communication with management, officials, representative of other agencies, contractors, and the general public; negotiate effectively.

A passing score must be achieved on the Supplemental Questionnaire Examination in order to continue in the selection process and be placed on the eligible list. Candidates will be placed on the eligible list in rank order according to their final score. Candidate scores on this examination may also be applied to other announcements involving other job titles, when directed by the Human Resources Director.

The department may administer additional position-specific selection procedures to make final hiring decisions.

Eligible List/Score Report: A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created, and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will be established, so applicants can view the ranks, final scores and number of eligible candidates. Applicant information, including names of applicants on the eligible list, shall not be made public unless required by law. However, an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection, upon request, once the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referrals resolved. The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g., as a result of appeals), as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.

The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be of six (6) months, and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

Certification: The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be Rule of the Three, pending union approval for expanded certification rule. The hiring department may administer additional position-specific selection procedures prior to making final hiring decisions.

To find Departments which use this classification, please see here.

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights: Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at here.

The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is ‘abuse of discretion’ or ‘no rational basis’ for establishing the position description, the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date.

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
• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

How to Apply: Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “Apply Now” button and follow instructions on the screen 

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, @careers.sf.gov and @smartrecruiters.com).

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.

Having trouble? If you are having trouble with the application, please visit https://sfdhr.org/having-technical-difficulties or email supportfeedback@smartr.me. SmartRecruiters recommends using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge web browser to submit your application.

Recruitment Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst, Laurie Gee via email at LGee@sfwater.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.