Assistant Director – Department of Building Inspection

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Permanent Exempt (PEX), this position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Under general direction, the Assistant Director acts as the principal assistant to the Director of DBI in planning, organizing and directing the activities of the Department of Building Inspection. This position assists in formulating and implementing department policies. The Assistant Director serves as the department’s Director of External Affairs. The position will design and implement the department’s communication and legislative strategies. The position will oversee the department’s organizational messaging, as well as, the department’s legislative agenda. The position reports to the Director and serves on the DBI’s executive team. The position manages legislative affairs, communications, community/stakeholder engagement, disaster coordination and social responsibility and equity. The position requires excellent written, oral and inter-personal communication skills including the ability to work with diverse communities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assist the Director in developing, implementing and obtaining adherence to department goals, strategic plans, administrative policies and procedures for effective operation of the department;
• Represents the Director or the Department at public meetings including Building Commission, Board of Supervisors, state/federal regulatory, and community meetings;
• Design, implement and manage DBI’s communication plan to include internal and external communications, media relations, social media, department webpage, briefing materials, public information requests, crisis communication and other communication events and strategies;
• Serve as department’s Legislative Liaison to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors;
• Write and edit documents including, but not limited to, press releases, announcements, Board and community presentations, fact sheets, DBI newsletters, Executive communications, complaint responses and other internal or external written materials;
• Develop and maintain positive and professional relations with staff, elected officials, the public and the media in support of DBI and City programs and priorities;
• Ensure accurate representation of DBI’s service portfolio, programs and outcomes at all times. Update all relevant sources as needed;
• Write, edit and manage home pages, sites, emails and social media to promote DBI’s program, services and outcomes;
• Draft correspondence and other documents for the department director and executive staff as needed;
• Supervise staff; and
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Possession of bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major in communications, journalism, public administration or related field. AND

2. Six years of experience coordinating or managing communications for a municipal department or an organization that generates high public interest and media coverage, of which all must include supervisory experience.

SUBSTITUTION:

VERIFICATION: Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point in the application and/or departmental selection process. Written verification (proof) of qualifying experience must verify that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications stated on the announcement. Verification of experience is typically submitted on employer’s official letterhead, specifying name of employee, dates of employment, types of employment (part-time/full-time), job title(s), description of duties performed, and the verification must be signed by the employer. City employees will receive credit for the duties of the class to which they are appointed. Credit for experience obtained outside of the employee’s class will be allowed only if recorded in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Commission Rules. Experience claimed in self-employment must be supported by documents verifying income, earnings, business license and experience comparable to the minimum qualifications of the position. 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. 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.

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit http://www.jobaps.com/sf to register an account (if you have not already done so) and begin the application process.

• Select the desired job announcement
• Select “Apply” and read and acknowledge the information
• Select either “I am a New User” if you have not previously registered, or “I have Registered Previously”
• Follow instructions on the screen

Computers are available for the public (from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday) to file online applications in the lobby of the Dept. of Human Resources at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco.

Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement 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).

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 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.

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the recruitment analyst, Michele Nieve by telephone at 415-865-5741, or by email at Michele.nieve@sfgov.org.