Career Opportunity

Senior Capital Planning Analyst - Office of Resilience and Capital Planning (1823)

Recruitment: RTF0151736-01133384

Published: October 16, 2024

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About:

The Office of Resilience and Capital Planning (ORCP) promotes the preservation and sustainability of San Francisco's public capital assets and the city's overall resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Part of the Office of the City Administrator, ORCP oversees policies, programs, inter-agency initiatives, and financial strategies that increase the resilience of San Francisco's infrastructure and the communities it serves. ORCP is strongly committed to ensuring efficient and effective government services and supporting racial equity and inclusion in its decision-making processes and recommendations.

Learn more about our work here!

Role description

Why Join the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning?
As the ORCP's Senior Capital Planning Analyst, you will play a key role in the development and implementation of the City's 10-year capital plan and the annual capital budget, with particular attention to critical topic areas, including neighborhood development, climate and seismic resilience, affordable housing, and racial equity.

Under direction from the Capital Planning Manager, the Senior Capital Planning Analyst will evaluate complex and diverse capital planning programs and special projects, develop funding plans, and track progress toward project completion. Projects will range from streetscape improvements, and ADA barrier removal, to affordable housing and health care facilities.

What You Will Typically be Responsible For:

1. Research, analyze and evaluate complex and diverse capital planning programs and special projects with highly visible issues, such as neighborhood development, climate and seismic resilience, affordable housing, and racial equity; respond to informational requests including those of a highly sensitive nature; and may represent the Capital Planning Program to stakeholders.   

2. Work with the Planning Department to manage the Interagency Plan Implementation Committee (IPIC), including coordinating and documenting meeting sessions, promoting open communication amongst stakeholders, reconciling accounts, and developing a strategy to measure level of service performance and equity impact in concert with other City stakeholders.

3. Assist management in the budget development and loading process; assist with preparation of budget line-item narratives, analyses, and justifications for annual and supplemental requests; and collaborate with budget and finance offices.  

4. Analyze trends in budget expenditures and revenues, including capital projects and programs financed through the City’s debt programs; prepare financial/statistical reports for management, Mayor’s Office, Board of Supervisors, Controller’s Office, and other agencies; monitor activities and measure performance; and interpret results

5. Coordinate the activities related to the management of multiple source capital projects; monitor detailed and complex budgets and ensure expenditures remain within budget; coordinate and monitor departmental reporting.

6. Analyze existing and proposed legislation, regulations and policies. Plan and perform economic and/or financial analyses including forecasting, revenue and/or expense projections, and evaluation of financing alternatives; and prepare reports with financial/policy recommendations and appropriate supporting documentation.

7. Support and advance the use of a racial equity lens across all capital programs and projects.

8. Develop communication materials such as agendas, minutes, memoranda, summaries, presentations, graphics, and reports; coordinate and/or conduct stakeholder meetings; and may assist in the management of related online content.

9. Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

We are looking for someone who:

• Possesses government-related analytical experience, some municipal administration preferred
• Has experience facilitating meetings and making presentations
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail, ability to work independently and on a team
• Possesses knowledge of public finance and complex budgeting

A few reasons you might love this job:

• Your voice will be heard and valued
• You will join a small and dynamic team that works together to make a difference
• You will perform a role that is critical to the City’s core operations
• You will make a difference in how the City improves its infrastructure and resilience.  Your work will impact everyone who visits, works, or lives in San Francisco.

How to qualify

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three(3) years 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.

Verification:

Please make sure it is clear in your application exactly how you meet the minimum qualifications. Applicants will be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience during the recruitment and selection process. For information on how to verify experience and/or education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, please visit Verification of Experience and/or Education.

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.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final application deadline unless otherwise noted.

What else should I know?

Selection Procedures

The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements and assessment of candidates’ job-related knowledge, skills and abilities. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to evaluate candidate qualifications. This typically includes an oral interview and/or a written or performance exercise.

If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the Department needs will be invited to continue in the selection process. Applicants meeting the minimum requirements are not guaranteed advancement in the selection process.

To find Departments which use this classification, please see: https://sfdhr.org/sites/default/files/documents/Forms-Documents/Position-Counts-by-Job-Codes-and-Department-FY-2022-23.pdf.

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
• 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.

• Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as this job announcement will close at any time, but not before Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 11:59pm.

• Select the "Apply Now" button and follow instructions on the screen
   
• You must include a cover letter with your application.

For best practices on the application process, please visit Apply for Jobs in the City and County of San Francisco Best Practices Guide. Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement 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.

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

HR Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact Connie Poon at Connie.Poon@sfgov.org.

Condition of Employment: 

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.

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.