Career Opportunity

REAL ESTATE ANALYST - RES - SFPUC (1823) - (122994)

Recruitment: RTF0122993-01150955

Published: June 13, 2022

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About:

• Application Opening: 06/13/2022
• Application Filing Deadline: 06/27/2022
• Annual Salary: $105,118-$127,738 Annually 
• Recruitment ID: RTF0122993-01150955 (122994)

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt (TEX): 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

Project: Easement Recovery Project

The SFPUC is seeking a results-oriented Senior Administrative Analyst (Real Estate Analyst), who is passionate about public service, to assist in furthering the goals and objectives of the SFPUC in the acquisition or disposition of land or interests in land for the SFPUC and the documentation of the SFPUC’s existing assets and land interests. The Real Estate Analyst will report to the SFPUC Real Estate Director.

Under general administrative direction, the Real Estate Analyst will work on real estate projects benefitting the SFPUC’s Wastewater Enterprise and perform other job-related duties as required.

Project Review

The increased scope of development projects and redevelopment projects in San Francisco requires a Real Estate Analyst with a high level of analytical and real estate expertise to review and comment on deadline-driven street vacations, easement vacations, proposed subdivision maps and other projects regarding their potential impacts upon the SFPUC. This endeavor often involves significant research where there is no record of the SFPUC’s existing utilities in the land or incomplete title records.

Easement Recovery Project

The SFPUC’s Wastewater Enterprise maintains its sewer assets in public streets and in easements through private land in San Francisco. The SFPUC lacks real estate records for a number of its sewer assets.

The Real Estate Analyst will (i) review historical records to confirm the missing sewer easement data; (ii) confirm sewer assets for which no easements exist; (iii) negotiate the acquisition of new easements where required; (iv) work with appraisers, surveyors, title company and other consultants to facilitate the acquisitions; (v) prepare staff reports to request approval by the SFPUC’s Commission and Board of Supervisors of the easement acquisitions; and (vi) work with SFPUC staff and other City agency staff to populate the new and recovered easement data set on internal and external databases.

The Real Estate Analyst will work closely with staff in several SFPUC divisions and in other City agencies to facilitate the implementation of this project.

The Real Estate Analyst will work on other projects as directed by the Real Estate Director.

Essential skills and duties include:

1. Excellent written and oral communication skills.

2. Excellent attention to detail.

3. Ability to negotiate and draft complex deeds, purchase and sale agreements, easements, licenses, Memoranda of Agreements and other agreements.

4. Ability to analyze and comment on proposed street vacations, proposed subdivision maps and other mapping requests for potential impacts upon the SFPUC’s sewer assets. This endeavor often involves research where there is no record of the SFPUC’s existing utilities in the underlying land.

5. Ability to negotiate fee dedications, utility easement relocations, easement vacations and new easements agreements for development and redevelopment projects that impact upon SFPUC utilities.

6. Ability to prepare complex real estate reports, graphics, and spreadsheets for the department, the Commission and the Board of Supervisors.

7. Ability to make recommendations regarding land-related environmental, economic and legal issues, including evaluations and reports pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, local ordinances, general plans, and transfers of title and deeds.

8. Ability to review projects for compliance with SFPUC policies and standards.

9. Ability to serve as a liaison for the SFPUC to associated regulatory and advisory bodies; and work with SFPUC staff in other divisions to resolve sensitive land use and environmental issues requiring the SFPUC use of SFPUC lands.

10. Ability to perform other job-related duties as required.

Nature of Work

Nature of work requires driving a vehicle to various work locations.

The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record and ability to exercise the following competencies which are the most critical to the Real Estate Analyst position.

How to qualify

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

3. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) 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 college coursework as described in Note B and three (3) years full-time equivalent 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 1823, 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 1822 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 1823.

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.

• Experience in negotiating complex real estate agreements.
• Experience in managing a database or large sets of data.
• Experience in analyzing deeds, maps and other title instruments.
• Experience in making presentations to public officials, agencies and community organizations.
• Juris Doctorate or Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Urban Studies, Planning, or Public Policy, or a closely related field.

The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

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. 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.

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
• 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 “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.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Linda Muir, by email at LMuir@sfwater.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.