Career Opportunity

Senior Community Development Specialist I – Infrastructure – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission – (9774)

Recruitment: RTF0151902-01157529

Published: October 21, 2024

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About:

• Application Opening: 10/21/2024
• Application Filing Deadline: 11/08/2024
• Annual Salary: $110,760 to $134,602
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0151902-01157529 / TEX-9774-151903

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.

The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

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 at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc.

Role description

The Workforce and Economic Programs Services (WEPS) bureau, within the Infrastructure Division of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), supports the agency's planning, administration, and implementation of key workforce programming, small business strategies, and City, State, and Federal requirements on the agency's capital programs and enterprises’ needs.  Specifically, WEPS administers the agency’s Project Labor Agreement, which promotes efficient construction and private sector career opportunities, and its youth and young adult internship programs, which expose the next generation to public service careers.  Additionally, WEPS manages and staffs the SFPUC’s Contractors Assistance Center, a free resource for local, small businesses to access and participate on SFPUC contracts, and directs other economic development related initiatives including implementing small business programs on federally funded and regional projects.

The Programming Specialist (9774), reporting to the Director of Workforce and Economic Program Services, will support the WEPS team in leading programming initiatives that respond to needs in the San Francisco workforce and small business community to better access, compete, and perform on SFPUC projects. The Programming Specialist will work with the small business and workforce team leads to understand training and support needs and then take lead on developing programming suggestions, implementing approved programs, and managing the administration of the programs and policies.

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, experienced in planning, developing, and implementing programming based on complex analysis, and capable of working with a wide range of people and partners, including City agencies, community partners, contractors, local workers, and small business owners. In this capacity, the Programming Specialist will be responsible for the following:

Essential Functions:

• Working together with the workforce and small business teams, identifying training initiatives, support services, internship opportunities, and other related programming to meet the needs of the San Francisco workforce and small business community to ensure that they are better able to access, compete, and perform on SFPUC projects.
• Supporting initiatives within San Francisco and San Francisco regional territory impacted by SFPUC water, power, and wastewater delivery with strategic design, implementation, and ongoing management.
• Supporting with and/or leading program design, including drafting proposals, acting as a liaison and collaborator with community partners, designing and presenting proposals to senior management and SFPUC contractors.
• Compiling and analyzing information and data regarding current and future workforce and small business needs, and available resources and programming to better determine gaps and potential programming to respond to identified needs.
• Analyzing and interpreting existing, newly enacted and proposed local, state, federal legislation, and regulation for impact on the department and opportunities for programming.
• Determining budgetary requirements, planning, and performing economic and/or financial analyses including forecasting, revenue and/or expense projections, pursuing funding for programs, and managing budgetary and reporting requirements related to funding.
• Developing and employing administrative and organizational policies and practices related to newly implemented and existing workforce and small business programming.
• Coordinating and working with staff and community partners to improve program quality.
• Establishing and maintaining effective partnerships, communication, and collaboration with community partners and other City agencies.
• Designing and maintaining evaluation metrics and tools to monitor program effectiveness.
• Monitoring and tracking programs to determine program effectiveness and to identify and propose areas for improvement.
• Preparing complex reports, synthesizing, and presenting data in various ways, including creating tables and graphs, narrative descriptions, and oral presentations and PowerPoints.
• Developing, managing, and reporting on grants, contracts, MOUs and other interdepartmental or interagency agreements.

Class 9774 performs other related duties as required.

How to qualify

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.

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.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Desirable Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record of the following desirable qualifications.

• Experience with developing workforce- and/or small business-related programming.
• Experience collaborating with a wide array of partners, including City agencies, community organizations, business owners, and construction owners.
• Experience with evaluating program effectiveness and proposing changes to increase effectiveness.

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. Education verification information on verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at How to Verify Education Requirements | Department of Human Resources (sfdhr.org).

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.

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
• 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.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ 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 updated. 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 from notification@smartrecruiters.com 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.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Sari Mix at SMix@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.