0902-Mayoral Staff XIV- Homelessness Policy Advisor

Career Opportunity

0902-Mayoral Staff XIV- Homelessness Policy Advisor

Recruitment: RTF0141818-01135107

Published: December 15, 2023

Contact:

Daniella Mattias - daniella.mattias@sfgov.org

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Department: Mayor
Job class: 0902-Mayoral Staff XIV
Starting salary range: $139,828.00 - $178,490.00 (Range A)
Role type: Permanent Exempt What does this mean?
Hours: Full-time

About:

Department: Office of Mayor London N. Breed
Starting salary range: $135,746- $173,264 (Range A) rate effective 01/06/2024.
Role type: Permanent Exempt What does this mean?
Hours: Full-time

What We Do: The Mayor’s Office is seeking a Homelessness Policy Advisor, directly reporting to the Mayor’s Policy Director. The primary responsibility of the Policy Team within the Mayor’s Office is to develop legislative and programmatic policy initiatives for the Mayor. Other functions include guiding implementation of programs, developing initiatives to be included in the City budget, and synthesizing complex governmental issues into clear written and oral communications.

What You’ll Be Doing: The Mayor’s Office is currently seeking candidates for a Homelessness Policy Advisor. Each Advisor within the office has specific topical areas of focus and responsibility, yet responsibilities may extend beyond core topical areas from time to time.

As a Policy Advisor to the Mayor, you will: develop legislative and programmatic initiatives for the Mayor within your core area of focus; engage with a broad array of stakeholders from the public, City departments, and other elected officials and their staff at the local, state, and federal levels; analyze and distill complex governmental issues for easy internal and external communication; monitor departmental and Commission actions; make recommendations to Senior members of the Mayor’s Office and the Mayor; and act as the primary public contact between the Mayor’s Office and external stakeholders on your areas of focus.

Role description

Position Details: The Mayor’s Homelessness Advisor will be charged with helping develop and advance the Mayor’s agenda regarding homelessness. That includes maximizing opportunities for individuals to be offered shelter and housing, improving street conditions, and ending homelessness for those currently experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. This role requires extensive coordination between multiple City departments, and engagement with service providers and members of the community. The role also requires engagement on policy and budgetary priorities on the state and federal levels.

Working Hours: Full-time, 40 hours/week. Additional hours may be required to complete assignments, as needed.

How to qualify

Minimum Qualifications: 3+ years of relevant public policy experience or advanced degree in public policy or related field.

Strong analytical, quantitative, and writing skills; strong interpersonal skills; ability to work well under pressure and with a variety of individuals, including city department staff and Mayor’s Office staff; computer literacy.

Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with San Francisco and/or local resident.

What else should I know?

Application Procedure: 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.

Please upload a resume and cover letter, which can be combined into a single PDF document. Cover letters may also be submitted through the “Message to the Hiring Manager” section. Cover letters should explain your interest in the role and how the experience and skills detailed on your resume makes you a qualified applicant. Applications lacking a resume or cover letter will not be considered.

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.

Selection Process: Applications and resumes will be screened for relevant qualifying experience. Additional screening mechanisms may be implemented in order to determine candidate’s qualifications.

Please refer questions regarding this posting to Andres Power by email at Andres.Power@sfgov.org. Qualified applicants with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodation in the application or selection process may contact this office by phone or in writing.

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.

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