Talent Acquisition Manager - HRS - SFPUC (1246) (133642)

Company Description

• Application Opening: 06/29/2023
• Application Filing Deadline: 07/21/2023
• Annual Salary: $141,934 to $172,536 Annually (Effective 7/1/2023) 
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0133641-01098575 (133642)

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. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

WHO ARE WE?
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care.

Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness.

We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality.

To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc

Talent Acquisition Team

We are a team within the Human Resources Services at the SFPUC that includes the Exams, Classification and Hiring Operations units, engaged in hiring high performing employees to fulfill the mission of the SFPUC. As an evolving Talent Acquisition (TA) team, our vision is working towards:

• Building applicant pools to meet current and future business needs.
• Developing selection tools that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Improving hiring effectiveness and candidate experience.
• Creating strategic partnerships with our stakeholders.

We are looking for individuals who:

• Are highly organized and detailed-oriented to successfully navigate complexity and manage competing priorities.
• Think strategically and critically through their work and provide sound recommendations based on research and expertise.
• Are comfortable using professional judgment to provide talent acquisition consultation to managers.
• Are engaged, accountable, able to work independently and collaboratively, and open to feedback.

Job Description

Project: Recruiting Retention and Classification Project

As a Talent Acquisition Manager, you will work with other TA managers and report to the Deputy People Officer of Talent Acquisition.  You will focus on classification needs of the agency and develop and implement a talent acquisition strategy to recruit high performing candidates to join the SFPUC, as well as to create a positive candidate and hiring manager experience. This includes supervising senior and journey level analysts, interns, and technical staff, monitoring and evaluating recruitment and selection practices to identify enhancements and opportunities for improvement, while observing and implementing merit-based principles, labor laws and regulations.

The essential duties of this position include:

• Supervises subordinate employees in performing professional human resources work in the areas of classification, recruitment, examinations, and human resources operations.
• Coordinates and assigns recruitment activities for assigned classifications, including announcement preparation, and determining sources for recruiting.
• Leads and coordinates investigations and inspections and respond to complaints, protests, and appeals regarding selection processes, including drafting staff reports and presenting to the Civil Service Commission.
• Supervises and participates in classification studies and projects and the processing of departmental classification requests; coordinates the preparation of class specifications; makes recommendations regarding establishing, consolidating, or abolishing classes; investigates problems, complaints and appeals regarding allocations and status determinations.
• Provides training, coaching and feedback to direct reports; manages performance and conducts performance evaluations and one-on-one meetings.
• Provides expert advice, consultation, and information to SFPUC managers, supervisors, and employees regarding organizational structures, appropriate staffing patterns, competency-based selection, career paths and pathway programs
• Regularly meets with divisions including assistant general managers to provide status on recruitments and consultation around hiring and workforce needs.
• Reviews and approves work completed by analysts to ensure accuracy, quality and identify training needs.
• Serves as subject matter expert around the civil service hiring process and represents SFPUC HRS in various forums.
• Provides information tailored to relevant audiences, including departmental representatives, labor organizations, managers, employees, applicants, other agencies and the public, and represent department on personnel matters before boards and commissions and in meetings with other departments.

The 1246 Principal Human Resources Analyst will perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. AND

Experience:

Five (5) years of professional human resources experience in one or more of the following areas of activity: recruitment and selection; classification and compensation; employee and/or labor relations; benefits administration; human resources operations; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and personnel training of which one year must have been as (1) an advanced journey level classification, similar to 1244 Senior Human Resources Analyst, that performs difficult and specialized human resources work and thereby serves as a resource for special problems , or (2) lead or supervised a small team of professional staff involved in the more difficult and complex matters associated with recruitment and selection; employee and/or labor relations; classification and compensation; benefits administration; human resources operations; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and personnel training.

Substitution:

Experience Substitution - Possession of a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) or a Master’s degree in Personnel Administration, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Public Administration or Clinical/School/Industrial-Organizational Psychology may be substituted for one (1) year of the required non-advanced journey / non-lead/supervisory experience.

Education Substitution - Verifiable professional human resources work experience in one or more of the following areas may substitute for up to two years of the required education on a year-for-year basis: recruitment and selection; classification and compensation; employee and/or labor relations; benefits administration; human resources operations; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and personnel training. (30 semester units/45 quarter units equal one year.)

Experience Substitution - Completion of a 12 month human resources trainee program equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco’s 1249 Human Resources Training Pro-gram may substitute for one (1) year of the required non-advanced journey / non-lead/supervisory experience.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Verification of Education and Experience:

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, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Additional Information

• 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.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Linda Muir by email at [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.