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We Value Equal Employment Opportunity!

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.

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) advances equitable and shared prosperity for San Franciscans by growing sustainable jobs, supporting businesses of all sizes, creating great places to live and work, and helping everyone achieve economic self-sufficiency. 

OEWD’s programs are responsible for strengthening San Francisco’s many diverse neighborhoods and commercial corridors, creating a business climate where companies can grow and prosper, and ensuring a continually high quality of life for all San Franciscans. By providing one point of contact for a variety of essential City programs and services, OEWD’s goal is to ensure that San Francisco will always be what it is today: one of the best places on the planet to live, work, and play.  OEWD’s portfolio of work includes major programs and projects such as the Dream Keeper Initiative, the City’s Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Job Sector Training Programs, Neighborhood Access Centers, Small Business Grant and Loan Programs, and Housing Development and Delivery. 

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (PEX) Appointment. 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 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager (“DEI Manager”) is responsible for directing and developing OEWD’s Racial Equity Action Plan (REAP), providing project management support to OEWD’s Racial Equity Working Group and Subcommittees, coordinating with relevant City and public stakeholders, leading policy development and alignment of equity goals within major departmental initiatives, and leading a series of related projects to embed racial equity into all areas of work at the organization.

Under general direction from the Chief Operating Officer, the DEI Manager will perform complex job duties which include, but are not limited to:

Strategic Leadership

• Conduct difficult, sensitive, highly visible, culturally humble, and complex  work focused on racial equity including analyzing citywide programs, policies, and legislation.
• Consult closely with relevant City and community-based agencies on policy issues related to racial equity, in coordination with OEWD’s Racial Equity Working Group and Subcommittees
• Collaborate with OEWD leadership, staff, other City departments and public stakeholders to clarify needs, issues, and parameters of emerging trends and policy needs in racial equity;
• Support the development and implementation of key ORE legislative mandates including, but not limited to: Citywide Racial Equity Frameworks, Racial Equity Action plans, Citywide Racial Equity index and scorecards, and related racial equity dashboards, reports and data.
• Develop and implement policy and budget recommendations related to racial equity for all Divisions under OEWD.
• Lead the development and implementation of comprehensive metrics and key performance indicators to track, measure, and evaluate departmental REAP initiatives, in partnership with OEWD Leadership, COO, Racial Equity Core Team and Subcommittees
• Collaborate with Data and Performance and other OEWD Teams in evaluating the impact of existing and proposed programs/policies designed to uplift racial equity, and recommend plans for implementation and ongoing evaluation of programs/policies addressing racial equity.

Project Management and Cross Functional Coordination

• In partnership with the Racial Equity Working Group, and stakeholders, project manage the preparation of written reports that effectively communicate potential racial equity opportunities, priorities and gaps, and make timely recommendations to address programmatic, budgetary and policy constraints.
• Organize and facilitate regular meetings with OEWD’s Racial Equity Working Group and subcommittees, and guide implementation on action items generated.
• Serve as the Department’s primary point of contact to the City’s Office of Racial Equity (ORE) and act as a spokesperson all relevant meetings and events as directed by ORE and OEWD Leadership.
• Support and facilitate convening of key stakeholders and community partners to advance racial equity.
• Project manager development of reports, findings and recommendations to staff and oversight bodies as appropriate, including formal presentations to Executive leadership, employment partners and commissions.
• Identify, convene and facilitate conversations, trainings, and sessions, that foster collaboration and communication on racial equity topics.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience (3+ years) developing or leading equity and inclusion programs and change initiatives within a local government or public agency setting;
• Experience (3+ years) working with diverse groups of community members especially groups from historically disenfranchised or marginalized communities;
• Fluency in principles and practices of effective institutional change management necessary to achieve diversity, equity and inclusion goals;
• Ability to lead individuals and teams to understand the impact of structural, institutional and interpersonal racism on policies, activities and programs
• Ability to see situations from several different lenses and angles in order to inform conclusions, demonstrating strong judgment while taking into account varied perspectives. 
• Ability to build strong relationships across a variety of stakeholders, influence others, and manage laterally to outcomes. 
• Completion of racial equity, race and privilege related training classes or programs, and/or experience developing and/or delivering racial equity workshops or training
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to lead on development and implementation of organization-wide policies, programs, and initiatives
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to produce multiple deliverables with overlapping deadlines 

The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in public policy, law, race or gender studies, social work, or a related field AND 

2. Three (3) years of full-time equivalent experience performing professional level work as described in the job description.

Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualification requirements by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

VERIFICATION OF EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION: 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 http://sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=456

Applications will be screened for relevant qualifying experience and education.  Additional screening mechanisms may be implemented in order to determine candidates’ qualifications. Only those applicants who most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to continue on in the selection process.  Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement in the process.

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. 

Application Deadline: Sunday, May 7, 2023- 11:59pm

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• 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.

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

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.

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

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact: Anabel Simonelli-Kupelian, Chief People Officer, [email protected].

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.