Project Manager - Invest In Neighborhoods - Office of Economic and Workforce Development (9774)

Career Opportunity

Project Manager - Invest In Neighborhoods - Office of Economic and Workforce Development (9774)

Recruitment: REF10686J

Published: May 05, 2022

Accepting applications until: May 26, 2022

Contact:

Anabel Simonelli - anabel.simonelli@sfgov.org

Apply using SmartRecruiters, the City and County of San Francisco's application portal.

Department: Economic & Workforce Development
Job class: 9774-Senior Community Development Specialist I
Salary range: $112,424.00 - $136,630.00
Role type: Permanent Exempt What does this mean?
Hours: Full-time

About:

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.

We Value Equal Employment Opportunity!

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 (OEWD) 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’s programs are responsible for strengthening San Francisco’s many diverse neighborhoods and commercial corridors, creating a business climate where companies can grow and prosper, and ensuring a continually high quality of life for all San Franciscans. By providing one point of contact for a variety of essential City programs and services, OEWD’s goal is 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 from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Job Sector Training Programs, Neighborhood Access Centers, Small Business Grant and Loan Programs, and Housing Development and Delivery.

Role description

The Invest In Neighborhoods division of OEWD focuses on neighborhood economic development including supporting small businesses, improving storefronts, and creating vibrant commercial corridors. The OEWD 9774 Project Manager (Senior Community Development Specialist I) will be assigned to the Invest In Neighborhoods Division to support Opportunity Neighborhood Program efforts with a focus on supporting the Excelsior District, Cultural Districts and implementing culturally intelligent practices to serve all San Francisco small businesses.

The Opportunity Neighborhood Program targets neighborhoods that have experienced historic divestment and have an economic development strategy that promotes an approach to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. These neighborhoods have an assigned Project Manager that works closely with community stakeholders and other city departments to strategically disburse investments and support an economic development strategy.

The Project Manager will work as a member of the Invest in Neighborhoods team reporting to a Senior Program Manager. The Project Manager will lead the successful coordination, development and implementation of Invest in Neighborhoods policy and programs with a focus on commercial corridors within historically disinvested neighborhoods. In addition, the Project Manager will be responsible for supporting interagency, community and staff coordination, engaging and managing economic development investments.

Specific Duties

The Project Manager will act as the point of contact to the Excelsior District Opportunity Neighborhood. The position is responsible for executing IIN initiative duties as assigned including, but not limited to the management of grants, assisting in strategy and program development, coordinating resources for small businesses and property owners, supporting interagency and community coordination, and facilitating community engagement for the Excelsior District opportunity neighborhood while working in conjunction with other OEWD team members, a range of City agencies and community partners.

Project Implementation, Coordination and Communication

Serve as a liaison to neighborhood partners, support small business resource coordination, assist with capacity-building; and manage grant funding for projects and programs;
Serve as a point of contact for other City agencies and external groups seeking to learn more about the OEWD’s economic development and investments policy, programs, and related processes;
Coordinate across departments on interdepartmental programs;
Lead the coordination of economic development sector stakeholders as it relates to assigned projects (including small business, non-profit partners, advocacy groups, public officials and community members, to best connect local businesses to resources and services;
Support culturally intelligent practices in the implementation of economic development programs and services

Grant Management, Evaluation and Reporting

Coordinate procurement, negotiate scopes of work and budgets, manage reporting, and provide ongoing oversight for grants and contracts to nonprofit or consultant partners to deliver services and programs that include merchant engagement; small business assistance; neighborhood marketing and promotions; leasing and business attraction; physical improvements; and other programmatic areas as needed.
Track ongoing activities and accomplishments for evaluation and communications purposes
Collect and evaluate qualitative and quantitative data through reporting systems.
Prepare reports with program data and program analysis to present to small business and community stakeholders, OEWD management and City officials.
Collect, prepare and present a wide variety of reports, memoranda and correspondence.

Support Select Invest in Neighborhoods and OEWD Programs as Needed

Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, remain flexible, positive, proactive, resourceful and efficient, with a high level of professionalism.
Excellent communications and consensus-building skills with diverse stakeholders
Provide excellent customer service to our program staff and maintain positive collaboration with team peers and everyone associated with OEWD and City.
Be committed to working in a collaborative team environment
Other duties as assigned

How to qualify

Desirable Qualifications

Substantial experience working in San Francisco neighborhoods with community partners to implement projects that improve the quality of life in historically disinvested neighborhoods;
Substantial community development, grant management and program management experience - including supervising multiple subcontractors; experience with community processes, development and implementation of strategies;
Familiarity with issues impacting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, (and) People of Color) and substantial experience working in BIPOC communities through community engagement and implementation of projects;
Demonstrate successful program implementation experience from development to implementation;
Track record in with range of City, small business, nonprofit and neighborhood stakeholders
Experience working in politicized neighborhood environments desirable
Experience working across public sector agencies to implement programs desirable
Be able to deploy, coordinate and leverage City resources, knowledge and relationships on behalf of marginalized individuals and communities;
Have knowledge of and experience successfully providing social services and technical assistance to community-based organizations;
Ability to read and synthesize data, and to communicate complex ideas to non-technical audiences orally and in writing
Ability to work with minimum supervision in a team environment, to meet deadlines and to manage highly detailed work with accuracy.
Strategic thinker with the ability to develop and pursue a coherent theory of change
Fluent in Spanish or Cantonese: reading, writing and speaking
Computer skills and proficiency in working with basic software programs e.g., word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation applications

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

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.

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

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: Extended to Thursday, May 26, 2022 - 11:59 pm

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.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.