City and County of San Francisco

Under administrative direction of the Superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, is responsible for developing, managing, and coordinating the Business and Community Development Department of the San Francisco Unified School District; directing department staff in developing strategy and preparing policy and recommendations for a wide variety of business and community development related activities; and representing the department and school district before boards, commissions and committees.

The Director of Business & Community Development is a Superintendent's Cabinet Member who reports directly to the Superintendent of Schools.  It is distinguished from Class 9981 Executive Director of Parent Relations, SFUSD, in that it has overall responsibility for agency grant policies, plans, and programs that relate to community development. 

Class 9982 Director of Business & Community Development supervises professional staff through subordinate supervisors, professional, technical, and clerical staff; and oversees the work of consultants and contractors performing duties or functions related to community development projects.

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 9, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

1. Plans, directs, administers and coordinates the District's citywide school to career partnership program; ensures compliance with federal and state legislation.

2. Directs the Business and Community Development department staff in developing policy and strategic plans; makes recommendation concerning the types and sources of grants for the District to apply for; ensures that grant funds are from appropriate grantors and the grant purpose will fill a need in the district; coordinates with the district's School-to-Career (STC) steering committee concerning grant applications and distribution of grant money; and designs new programs and initiatives to meet district needs and objectives, secure funding, hire program staff, and oversee the program and/or work.

3. Makes recommendation to the Superintendent on the distribution of grant funds that will fairly allocate funding to the diverse communities represented in SFUSD; and develops and maintains effective working relationships with diverse community organizations, the Office of the Mayor, Community College of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, the SF Chamber of Commerce, as well as, the Teacher's Union and the San Francisco Labor Council to develop a citywide, sustainable school-to-career program.

4. Makes recommendation to the superintendent and governing board regarding the selection of appropriate federal, state, and private grants to solicit funding from grantors; conducts presentations to the governing board and the public in support of grant recommendations; develops and implements a plan to provide affordable housing for SFUSD Teachers; and provides assistance to various district departments seeking to increase their budgetary resources by assisting them in locating and applying for local, state, federal, and private funds.

5. Provides direction in grants management of various programs including: fiscal management, grant application completion and review, and compliance with grant conditions and grant performance evaluation.

6. Directs the overall assignment of day-to-day department staff responsibilities and special projects; reviews and evaluates effectiveness and efficiency of program managers and program staff in relation to the goals and objectives of the department and of the district.

7. Represents the District on the City's Strategic Transition Committee for the Workforce Investment Act.

8. Performs related duties as assigned.

 

Knowledge of: principles, practices, purpose and scope of all aspects of San Francisco Unified School District's business and community development programs and available community resources; grant proposals and administration processes; and federal, state, and local rules and regulations regarding community development programs.

Ability to:  coordinate the business and community development objectives of the district with numerous governmental, community and private organizations, and their objectives; plan, organize, initiate, direct and review the work of subordinates; and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with District management and staff, Governing Board and elected governmental officials, and diverse community groups of varying ethnicities and socioeconomic status on complex issues as they relate to community development.

Skill in:  applying principles to define problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions; making complex decisions and appropriate recommendations under time constraints where there may often be conflicting interests; conducting presentations effectively before Federal, State and local governmental officials, business leaders, and community members; and preparing clear and concise reports.

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in public administration, planning, economics, social services or related field; AND eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in community development.  Five (5) years of the eight (8) years experience must include supervision of community development staff.

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.