9774-Senior Community Development Specialist I

Company Description Appointment Type: This is a Temporary Provisional (TPV) position excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process.
It is considered "at will" and shall serve at the discretion of the Department Head.
This position will be subject to the Permanent Civil Service examination process at a later date.
Successful participation in the Permanent Civil Service examination and selection through an open competitive process is needed in order to be considered for the permanent appointment.
Application Opening: Monday, March 4, 2024 Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 The San Francisco Adult Probation Department values the individuality and diversity of justice-involved adults, recognize the unique challenges they face, and invest in their success through services designed to help them permanently exit the criminal justice system.
We extend a continuum of integrated services to address our client’s criminogenic needs and empower them to become productive members of the community.
SFAPD dedicates endless energy toward enhancing public safety, seeking victim restoration and accountability, providing structured and evidence-based supervision, all on the behalf of the Superior Court of San Francisco.
Job Description Position Description: Under direction of the Reentry Division Director, the Reentry Services Coordinator develops, implements, and monitors reentry services contracts with community based providers, ensuring that services are implemented in accordance with evidence based practices and restorative justice principles for the San Francisco Adult Probation Department.
The Reentry Services Coordinator may participate in significant program planning, development, project implementation and evaluation; reviews project plans, programs, conducts program analyses, makes recommendations on operational corrections to comply with contractual requirements; develops methods of evaluating effectiveness of grant funded projects: prepares reports and records and performs related duties as required.
The Reentry Services Coordinator may also conduct regular outreach to communities throughout the year on the intersection of trauma, victimization, and criminal justice involvement, and helps to coordinate multi-jurisdictional strategies that advance progress and solutions for people reentering the community after incarceration or criminal justice involvement.
Additionally, the Reentry Services provides strategic support to ensure efficient administration of the Reentry Council, its three subcommittees, and the CCP.
Distinguishing Features: Positions in this class function at the senior journey level in the Community Development Specialist series.
Employees in this class carry out their assignments with considerable independence and do not receive day to day supervision.
Positions in this class are distinguished from the lower class 9772 Community Development Specialist by their significant coordinating and monitoring responsibility over a variety of grant funded Reentry Services/Programs.
Employees in this class may serve in a lead role for subordinate personnel.
Examples of Duties: (The duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.
) Makes on-site visits to monitor projects for contract compliance: establishes and coordinates operational methods and procedures: recommends project or program modifications and adjustments to assure contract adherence and responsiveness of programs to community needs: collects and evaluates performance data and prepares written evaluation reports.
Identify strategies that expand and strengthen services for people impacted by the criminal justice system in San Francisco, focusing both on in and out of custody services.
Using the National Institute of Corrections’ Reentry Policy and Practices Assessment and related tools; make recommendations about improving services, policies and therapeutic environment to address the needs of clients, particularly those with trauma histories.
In collaboration with deputy probation officers, enhance probationer accountability and increase successful satisfaction of community service obligations and conditions of probation through implementation of community service internship opportunities and restorative justice programming.
Collaborate with state parole, federal probation, and other local halfway and transitional programs to seed best practices for engaging criminal justice involved people as they reenter the community.
Oversee contracts for programs that provide reentry services, such as transitional housing programs and employment programs.
Develops Statements of Work (SOWs) and comprehensive budgets for various types of Reentry Services/Programs and services funded by the Adult Probation Department.
Provide regular reports to the Reentry Council of San Francisco and its subcommittees and the Community Corrections Partnership and its Executive Committee on various reentry related issues and Reentry Division projects.
Prepare and present reports, and make policy, practice and budget priority recommendations on best and emerging Reentry related policies and practices.
May coordinate the implementation of new collaborations, systems and/or procedures to improve service delivery to diverse populations impacted by the criminal justice system by working with community based providers, deputy probation officers, or reentry division staff.
May represent the Division to the Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, Controller's Office, other City officials, outside agencies and the general public.
Perform related duties as assigned, including Division-wide planning, project management, and administrative activities.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND three (3) years of administrative/professional experience working with women/transgender women, and/or in community development, housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, strategic planning, fundraising, or criminal justice; OR Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in one of the following fields: public administration or policy, urban planning, government, social work, education, or criminal justice AND two (2) years of administrative/professional experience working with women/transgender women, and/or in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, strategic planning, fundraising, or criminal justice; OR Possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in public policy, planning, social work, public administration, education, criminal justice, or business administration; AND one (1) year of administrative/professional experience working with women/transgender women and/or in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, strategic planning, fundraising, or criminal justice OR Possession of a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited college or university AND one (1) year of administrative/professional experience in working with women/transgender women, and/or in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, education, social work, children/youth work, strategic planning, fundraising, or criminal justice.
SUBSTITUTION: Verifiable administrative/professional experience involving work with women/transgender women, community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, 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.
Additional Information 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 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.
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 or disqualification.
SELECTION PROCEDURES The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements and assessment of candidates’ job-related knowledge, skills and abilities in an oral interview, which may include a written or performance exercise.
Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate qualifications of candidates.
If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the department will be invited to continue in the selection process.
Applicants meeting the minimum requirements are not guaranteed advancement in the selection process.
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.