Career Opportunity

Public Works Housing Coordinator (Manager II) - SF Public Works (0923 TEX)

Recruitment: RTF0133923-01154012

Published: April 13, 2023

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About:

San Francisco Public Works (SF Public Works) has a far-reaching portfolio with a $352 million annual operating budget, an active capital portfolio that exceeds $3 billion and a workforce of 1,600-plus employees. The department operates around the clock, touching every neighborhood in San Francisco. The staff designs and manages construction of civic buildings and streets; cleans and greens the right of way; maintains civic buildings; manages multi-million-dollar bond programs; trains people for jobs; keeps the right of way free of hazards; paves the roads; repairs bridges and public stairways; expands accessibility; and works at the forefront addressing some of San Francisco’s biggest challenges, including homelessness. With a mission to enhance the quality of life in San Francisco for residents, visitors and business owners, Public Works is committed to providing outstanding public service through an equity lens.

We invite you to learn more about the three workplace core values we live and embrace every day here at Public Works, visit our site here: Respect, Integrity, and Responsiveness.

San Francisco Public Works is currently recruiting for a Public Works Housing Coordinator (0923 Manager II).

Appointment Type: Temporary-Exempt (TEX), Category 18. This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer and not exceed 36 months.

Application Opening: Friday, April 7, 2023
Application Deadline: This is a continuous recruitment.
*Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately as this recruitment may close at any time, but no earlier than Friday, April 14, 2023
Compensation Range: $151,918 - $193,856 Annually
Recruitment ID: RTF0133923/ TEX-0923 -1154012

Role description

Reporting directly to the department head, the Public Works Housing Coordinator will lead all aspects of housing development for the department. This includes being the leader within the department working to improve and expedite permitting processing to ensure full compliance with the Mayor's Executive Directive 23-01 Housing for All. As the department's Housing Coordinator, you will take responsibility for producing and implementing a Housing Delivery Performance Assessment and Improvement Plan.

This includes developing specific measures necessary to achieve the Housing Element goals. You will analyze existing housing permitting performance and propose measures to streamline and reduce permitting timelines by fifty (50) percent. In this vital role, you will coordinate with citywide housing delivery efforts including the Infrastructure Task Force, other departments, elected officials, key stakeholders, and other high-ranking officials

Working Relationships:

This position will work with senior officials throughout the city, including elected officials, department heads, and other executive-level staff. This position will also work with developers, Public Works staff, and other external stakeholders.

The Housing Coordinator's essential duties include, but are not limited to the following :

• Coordinate and streamline the department’s efforts to approve and permit new housing development.
• Coordinate internally within their departments, often across large enterprises or divisions.
• Work proactively and quickly to resolve Executive Directive issues within Public Works.
• Educate their department on the scope and relevance of the Executive Directive and contracts.
• Serve as department-external Point of Contact for the Public Works Task Force, developers, other departments' Housing Coordinators, and Housing Delivery Agencies and work proactively and quickly to resolve housing issues between agencies.
• Create and communicate department standards, whenever possible, and meet with all parties when variances are required.
• Ensure that housing approval functions are adequately staffed; take advantage of developer-reimbursable opportunities to add staff where needed for expediting housing approvals.
• Participate in ongoing Executive Directive meetings and work, including review of quarterly Housing Delivery reports and attendance at monthly ED meetings.
• Provide the Director of Housing Delivery with department housing-related organizational charts and staffing projections.

How to qualify

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: 
Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Political Science, Business Administration, Public Policy, Finance, Economics, or a closely related field;

AND

Experience:
Three (3) years of professional experience performing complex policy work with large public sector organizations and/or non-profit agencies.

Substitution: Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for up to 2 years of the required education. One year (2,000 hours) of additional qualifying experience will be considered equivalent to 30-semester units/45 quarter units.

Notes:

1. One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week). Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.
2. Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

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.

• Two (2) years of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of housing development and San Francisco (SF) permitting and contracting processes.
• Law degree from an accredited college or university

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, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Selection Procedure:
The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluation qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will move forward in the recruitment process.

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ):
Candidates may be required to complete an MQSQ as part of the employment application. 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.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to advance through all of the steps in the selection process.

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
• 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 “I’m Interested” 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, 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.

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the Exam Analyst, Lateef Taylor, at Lateef.Taylor@sfdpw.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.

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.