9772 (Tpv)- Quality Program Support Specialist, Dept. Of Early Childhood

Application Opening: February 23, 2024
Application Deadline: March 10, 2024
Compensation Range: $94,198-$114,556
Appointment: Full-Time, TPV- Temporary Provisional

Appointment Type: Temporary Provisional (TPV), limited to no more than 3 years in duration. This temporary position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process. A provisional appointee must participate and be successful in a Civil Service examination for this classification and be selected through an open competitive process in order to be considered for permanent appointment.
About the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood
The Department of Early Childhood (DEC) is a City and County of San Francisco Department dedicated to our young children's healthy development. As the City’s largest funder of Early Childhood, DEC is committed to creating a system that ensures every child can thrive and learn. We provide public investment, expertise, and leadership to put resources into the hands of those who care for our City’s youngest children.

DEC results from merging two existing city departments, First 5 and the Office of Early Care and Education. Both First 5 and OECE have long histories of supporting young children and families in San Francisco through early care and education innovations, family support services, and programs to support children’s healthy development. They merged to expand their capacity and funding and to integrate the City’s Early Childhood services better.

Racial Equity Commitment
The Department of Early Childhood condemns all forms of racism, sexism, homo/biphobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, and other forms of discrimination. It affirms that all people including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color – have a right to be in our City and have a right to safe and affordable housing, neighborhoods free from pollution and violence, opportunities for educational advancement and wealth creation, healthy births, Early Childhoods with abundant opportunities to thrive free from the toxic effects of racism, and access to essential services such as parks, transportation, health care, and child care. The Department of Early Childhood is committed to the principles of racial equity and continues to implement new strategies to ensure that every child can learn and thrive.

Position Description
The Early Learning Division administers core department strategies that advance opportunities in support of teacher preparation and compensation, enhance program quality, and improve early care and education affordability and access; and collaborates closely with the other DEC divisions to form a cross-sector approach that ensures universal developmental screening that promotes access to health and mental health services for children and their families; and that families have opportunities for social and professional connections, linkage to resources, and information on parenting and child development.

The Early Learning Division is building a high-quality early care and education system that improves equitable access to high-quality, affordable early care and education for all children from birth to five years of age to provide the best start in life and enter kindergarten ready to succeed and focuses on:

• Developing and supporting opportunities that achieve continuous eligibility for families and continuity of care for children ages birth to five.
• Using a racial equity framework that creates the conditions that will ensure school readiness experiences.
• Ensures that quality and assessment systems are responsive to the diverse needs of ECE programs and the children they serve.
• Embracing culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate environments across a mixed delivery system.
• Support policies and strategies that enhance coherence and alignment for Universal PreK (UPK).

Under the direction of the 9774 Training & Technical Assistance Program Officers, the 9772 Quality Program Support Specialist will be responsible for a variety of administrative and programmatic support responsibilities that include and are not limited to:

• Representing the Department of Early Childhood/Early Learning Division to programs, educators, and funded partners.
• Managing and supporting communications and relationships with funded programs.
• Organizing and tracking information in written and electronic formats.
• Maintaining events and managing training calendar(s).
• Develop correspondence and other key documents for stakeholders.
• Coordinating intra-office communication and workflows.
• Managing logistics for the community, educational, and other DEC-sponsored events.
• Provide technical assistance to project personnel, funded partners, and community.
• Support the development of reports related to Quality Program Supports.
• Support tracking and analysis of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) and Professional Development (PD) offerings.
• Support the planning and development of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) and Professional Development (PD) offerings.
• Support grant management and assessment.
• Support the development of new strategies, initiatives, programming, and policy, and accompanying RFP/RFQ.
• Support the DEC on funding policy and strategy development related to Baby Prop C and other funding sources.
• Responsible for support and implementation of the DEC Strategic plan with concentration of racial equity strategies and early learning core values.
• Provide administrative and logistical support to Program Officers who conduct program site visits.
• Participate in program site visits.
• May occasionally work evenings and weekends, and travel regionally and nationally.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND two (2) years of administrative/professional experience in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, criminal justice or elections related work; 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 one (1) 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 elections related work; 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; OR
4. Possession of a Ph.D. or Juris Doctor degree from an accredited college or university.
SUBSTITUTION: Verifiable administrative/professional experience involving community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, criminal justice and/or elections-related work may substitute for the educational requirement in Minimum Qualification #1 on a year-for-year basis.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bilingual in Spanish, Chinese, Mandarin, or African American Vernacular English (AAVE) preferred but not required.
• 1-2 years of experience provide support and guidance in early care and education.
• Experience supporting programs, budgeting processes, and staff in a complex environment.
• Strong familiarity with early care and education, child development systems and early care and education quality standards, public-school systems, and/or other UPK systems.
• Strong understanding of P3-Alignment and UPK initiatives in California.
• Graduate degree in child development, education, public health, and/or public administration preferred.

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

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.
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

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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.

HR Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the HR Analyst Lynn Tran at lynn.tran@sfgov.org.

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.