Career Opportunity

Jail and Reentry Services - Administrative and GIS Analyst (1822) - SFPL - Temporary Exempt

Recruitment: RTF0120073-01150614

Published: March 11, 2022

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About:

San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) is dedicated to free and equal access to information, knowledge, independent learning and the joys of reading for our diverse communities. The library system includes the architecturally significant Main Library in the city’s Civic Center, 27 neighborhood branch libraries, two administrative buildings and four bookmobiles. With a collection of more than 3.7 million items, and circulation exceeding 11 million each year, SFPL serves more than 6 million visitors annually. The library system has extraordinary political and fiscal support that mandates an annual funding allocation from the city’s property tax revenues, resulting in a budget of $171.2 million in FY 22. With a strong budget, SFPL has approximately 900 employees committed to outstanding public service.

In June 2018, the Library was named Library of the Year by Gale/Library Journal for its active promotion of San Francisco’s values of inclusion, diversity, and equity and its ability to create programs and policies that support those democratic values. The library embraces its role as the most democratic of institutions, providing safe and welcoming facilities for all. Through a robust array of services and programs, the library places an emphasis on literacy and learning, digital inclusion, social justice, equity and healthy communities.

Statements on Racial Equity
San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) must build a culture, space, and workplace that is accessible and welcoming to all current and future employees, and to actively build an environment in which all people, regardless of background, identity, or ability, can be equal participants. In this way, our staff at all organizational levels can reflect the communities we serve. A safe, equitable public library is an actively anti-racist public library. Creating an inclusive public library means aligning with the lived realities of people of color. The San Francisco Public Library is committed to advancing racial equity for our workforce and community. SFPL will actively engage in anti-racist practice, programs, and collection development in carrying out the Library’s mission.

Role description

Position Description:

San Francisco Public Library has received funding through Public Knowledge at Mellon Foundation to conduct a two-year research project focused on identifying, locating, and sharing information about library and information services available to people who are incarcerated. A central aspect of this project is to integrate information about these services into a layered, interactive, and publicly available online map. This map will be used by librarians, information scientists, researchers, and the friends and family members of incarcerated people.

The Administrative & GIS Analyst will join a small team located in the Jail and Reentry Services Department at San Francisco Public Library. The Analyst will play a vital role in the ongoing work of Jail and Reentry Services by conducting identifying library and information services for incarcerated people, which may involve directly contacting local jails and juvenile detention centers, state juvenile detention facilities and prisons, and Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities, managing data about library services and information access for people who are incarcerated, portraying this information as layers on a map created in ArcGIS, working with IT professionals at an outside organization to ensure the map is available online, and creating materials, templates, and, in conjunction with a research group, creating white papers, reports, and other materials with the aim of increasing library and information services for people who are incarcerated. This is an ideal opportunity for an individual with strong research, administrative and communications skills who is a doer. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, creative, tech savvy, flexible, collaborative, committed to social justice, and keen to grow professionally in a dynamic role.

Essential Duties:
Research Support (75%): This position will extend ongoing research conducted by San Francisco Public Library’s Jail and Reentry Services staff. The research duties may include but are not limited to:
• Utilize multiple methods to identify local, state, and federal level library and information services for incarcerated people, including through direct contacts, surveys, and other research approaches
• Conduct interviews or focus groups to gather key information about what information is most useful to librarians, library staff, and the public
• Identify parameters for organizing information about these services as separate layers on a publicly accessible map (created through ArcGIS)
• Support all needs of the GIS framework (databases, GIS software products); software licenses will be acquired by the library
• Analyze, visualize and evaluate patterns in existing services and growth or other trends in services over the course of the two-year position
Communications (25%): Throughout the course of this project, the administrative analyst will assist with the generation of reports and other materials that will raise public awareness of trends in library and information services to incarcerated people and advocate for increased access. Communication duties include but are not limited to the following:
• Contribute to reports and issue briefs on library and information services for incarcerated people
• Design templates and edit content for blogs, newsletters, reports and briefs
• Coordinate development of e-newsletters and other communication channels
• Develop PowerPoint presentations, talking points, and presentation materials as needed
• Work with an IT professional at an outside organization to update website content to reflect current news, program changes and announcements
• Conduct community outreach, including distributing communications materials, providing trainings to nonprofit service providers, and scheduling listening sessions with community groups as needed.
• Represent San Francisco Public Library’s Jail and Reentry Services department externally as needed.

How to qualify

These minimum qualifications are to be used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license which may be required for employment in the class. Although these minimum qualifications are typical of the class, additional minimum qualifications and special conditions may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the job announcement.

1. Possession of a graduate degree (Master's degree or higher) from an accredited college or university; and one (1) year full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work,as described in Note A; OR
2. Possession of a graduate degree (Master's degree or higher) from an accredited college or university with major coursework as described in Note B; OR
3. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, and two (2) years full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work as described in Note A; OR
4. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework as described in Note B and one (1) year full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work as described in Note A;

SUBSTITUTION: Applicants may substitute up to 2 years of the required education with additional qualifying experience in budget analysis, financial analysis and reporting, legislative/policy analysis, or contract/grant administration. One year (2000 hours) of additional qualifying experience will be considered equivalent to 30 semester units/45 quarter units.

Notes on Qualifying Experience and Education:

A. Qualifying professional-level analytical experience must be in one or more of the following functional areas: complex budget analysis, development and administration; complex financial/fiscal analysis and reporting; development of complex contracting systems and administration of competitive bid processes and complex contractual agreements; development and evaluation of complex management/administrative policy; complex grant administration and monitoring; complex program evaluation and planning; complex legislative analysis; complex economic analysis; or other functional areas related to the duties of positions in Class 1822, where the primary focus of the job is complex professional-level analysis for evaluation, recommendation, development and implementation of major programs and functions of department/organization. Analytical experience equivalent to the duties of Class 1820 is considered qualifying.

B. Coursework applicable to a baccalaureate or higher degree 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 Class 1822.

Desirable Qualifications:

1. Demonstrable skill in creating complex, layered maps and other forms of data visualization (either through education, professional experience, or through portfolio)
2. Demonstrable proficiency with complex datasets (either through education, professional experience, or through portfolio)
3. Expertise in ArcGIS
4. Experience conducting qualitative research
5. Equivalent of six years higher education and employment experience relating to GIS mapping, administrative analysis, and/or complex and data-driven research.
6. Strong ability to take initiative on new projects.
7. Organized and detail-oriented with excellent time-management skills and ability to follow through.
8. Excellent communication skills
9. Strong analytical thinker. Experience tracking, managing, and analyzing data in Excel or other tools.
10. Candidates directly impacted by issue areas strongly encouraged to apply

Important: Your application MUST include a cover letter and resume.  To upload these items, please attach using the "additional attachments" function.

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

What else should I know?

Application Opening: March 10, 2022

Application Deadline: March 25, 2022

Compensation Range: 1822 Compensation Range

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• Diversity Statement

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

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.  For details on how it is applicable to your employment, please click here.

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.