Who We Are.  Join our team and help the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF) make San Francisco a great place to grow up!

DCYF brings together City government, schools, and community-based organizations to help our city’s children and youth, birth to age 24, and their families lead lives full of opportunity and happiness. We strive to make San Francisco a great place to grow up, and this requires resources, community engagement, collaboration, coordination, and creativity. Through our work we help children and youth to be healthy; succeed in school and prepare for the future; engage in positive activities when school is out; contribute to the growth, development and vitality of San Francisco and live in safe and supported communities.  

 DCYF supports children and youth in all of San Francisco's neighborhoods and districts as a grant-making entity to community-based organizations, which requires data gathering and analysis to inform strategic funding. The primary areas of DCYF funding are Early Care and Education; Out of School Time; Educational Supports; Enrichment, Leadership and Skill Building; Justice Services; Youth Workforce Development, Mentorship; Emotional Well-Being and Family Empowerment. 

While DCYF traditionally follows a 5-year funding cycle, due to the pandemic, the Community Needs Assessment (CNA) process is postponed by a year. Additionally, DCYF is engaged in COVID Rapid & Sustained Response efforts including but not limited to the Community Hubs Initiative (CHI). This short-term project is designed to assess, measure, and inform DCYF’s investments during the pandemic to ensure equitable and holistic services, offering avenues to enhance learning, while simultaneously creating healthy family and community environments to support individual growth despite the pandemic-induced harms to San Francisco’s children, youth and their families. Please visit our website at www.dcyf.org for more information.  

 What You Will Do. 

 The job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• provide support for complex Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant (JJBRG) funds, an annual state apportionment to support local functions associated with the closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice (California's youth prisons), as outlined in San Francisco's DJJ Realignment Plan.
• participate in City partner level discussions with Justice Services Partners, Department of Public Health, and San Francisco Unified School District. Support the Juvenile Probation Department to ensure alignment with San Francisco’s Division of Juvenile Justice Realignment Subcommittee.
• provide support for complex Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant (JJBRG) funds. 

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. 

 Desirable Qualifications:    The desirable qualifications may be used to select among finalists at the end of the selection process. We do not expect any one candidate to have all the qualifications listed.  We highly encourage you to apply if you are interested in joining us.  

• Experience working with diverse stakeholders; knowledge of or experience implementing juvenile and or criminal justice system reforms. 
• Experience working with school age youth and / or youth transitional ages young adults age 18-24 years. 
• Working knowledge of San Francisco community-based organizations and or familiarity working in large urban communities.  

Compensation: $104,130 -$126,516 annual salary

Filing Deadline: Thursday, September 15, 2022   5:00 p.m.

 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.

Questions: Please e-mail Gilda Cassanego, Sr. Human Resources Consultant at [email protected] if you have questions about the application process. 

 Selection Procedures:

After the candidate submits their completed application, they will be e-mailed a link to complete a Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ) with multiple choice questions and 3 essay questions.

The purpose of this questionnaire is to evaluate your experience, training and education, and their relation to the job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the essential functions of this position.  These responses should be consistent with the information on your application and are subject to verification.

The information in the questionnaire will not be scored and is collected for informational purposes only.   Applicants must also complete the official application.

Candidates who send in a completed questionnaire by the deadline on the e-mail and meet the minimum qualifications will be considered for the position.  Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to advance through all steps in the selection process.

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

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.

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.