Ceasefire Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Salary : $172,963.68 - $212,374.44 Annually
Location : Oakland, CA
Job Type: Full Time Civil Service
Job Number: 26-EM211-08SC
Department: Police Department
Opening Date: 08/14/2026
Closing Date: 9/4/2026 5:00 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: UM2
The Position
The City of Oakland is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity, inclusion, and equity. Oakland has a long history of activism around issues of justice and equity. Both oppression and this resistance to oppression have shaped the city's historical roots and the lives of its residents to this day. As public servants in one of the most diverse cities in the nation, we strive to develop employees who understand the harm and impacts of systemic inequity to create lasting, meaningful outcomes for everyone. Oakland strives to establish an environment that embraces the richness of culture, community, and individualism of employees.
Why join the City of Oakland's CeaseFire Unit?
The City of Oakland is seeking an experienced, collaborative, and community-centered leader to serve as its Ceasefire Director-an opportunity to lead one of the City's most important and successful strategies for reducing gun violence, saving lives, and building safer communities.
The Ceasefire Director will be at the center of a powerful partnership committed to preventing violence and creating pathways to safety, healing, and opportunity. Serving as the primary liaison among the Mayor's Office, the Oakland Police Department, the Department of Violence Prevention, community-based organizations, service providers, faith leaders, survivors, victims' families, and criminal justice partners, the Director will bring diverse stakeholders together around a shared mission.
This role offers the opportunity to coordinate Oakland's overall Ceasefire strategy, strengthen collaboration across agencies and communities, and ensure that every partner remains aligned, informed, and focused on achieving measurable results.
We are looking for someone who is:

• A strong leader. You inspire confidence, provide clear direction, hold others accountable, and lead with integrity, vision, and purpose.
• Discerning and decisive. You carefully assess situations, consider the facts, and confidently make thoughtful, timely decisions.
• Deeply committed to advancing public safety. You understand and are committed to achieving the three pillars of the CeaseFire program: reducing gun violence and saving lives, reducing recidivism, and building trust between the community and the Oakland Police Department.
• A team builder. You embrace collaboration and possess a solution-focused attitude, support others, and work collectively to achieve shared goals.
• Analytical and data-driven. You effectively interpret, evaluate, and analyze data, and use that information to inform sound decisions and strategic actions.
• An effective communicator. You will monitor performance data and prepare reports, briefings, recommendations, and updates for City leadership, CeaseFire partners, and the public.

What you will typically be responsible for:

• Coordinating the City of Oakland's Ceasefire gun violence reduction strategy and ensuring consistent implementation across all partners.
• Serving as the central liaison among the Mayor's Office, City departments, law enforcement agencies, service providers, and community partners.
• Working with intelligence and violence-prevention partners to identify individuals and groups at the highest risk of gun violence.
• Planning and leading custom notifications, call-ins, and other direct communications that deliver a clear and respectful message of accountability, concern, and opportunity.
• Recruiting, training, and preparing community leaders, clergy, survivors, service providers, and agency representatives who participate in direct communications.
• Convening partners, facilitating strategy meetings, addressing implementation barriers, and maintaining trusted relationships with communities most affected by gun violence.
• Monitoring performance data and preparing reports, briefings, recommendations, and updates for City leadership, Ceasefire partners, and the public, as needed.
• Tracking data such as referrals, follow-up, and outcomes

The Project Manager II Selective Certification - CeaseFire position requires additional qualifications above the general Project Manager II qualifications. The general Project Manager II job description is posted below:
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A few reasons you might love this job:

• You enjoy opportunities to unite people, strengthen communities, and help save lives in a city with tremendous resilience, pride, and possibility.
• You want to lead a proven strategy to reduce shootings and homicides using partnership, teamwork, and consistent action.
• You are excited to bring community, services, and public safety partners together to promote accountability and create opportunities for change.
• You are looking for an opportunity to make a direct impact by connecting high-risk individuals to support and helping communities in Oakland feel safer.

A few challenges you might face in this job:

• Coordinating many partners: Keeping the Mayor's Office, police, violence-prevention staff, service providers, community organizations, faith leaders, and criminal justice agencies aligned around one strategy.
• Maintaining strategy fidelity: Preventing Ceasefire from becoming inconsistent, overly broad, or disconnected from its core evidence-based practices.
• Managing competing priorities: Navigating political pressure, public expectations, limited resources, staffing challenges, and differing views about public safety.

Competencies Required:

• Analyzing & Interpreting Data: Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative or qualitative data
• Building & Maintaining Relationships: Establishing rapport and maintaining mutually productive relationships
• Decision Making: Choosing optimal courses of action in a timely manner
• Driving Results: Demonstrating concern for achieving or surpassing results against an internal standard of excellence
• Group Facilitation: Enabling constructive and productive group interaction
• Interpersonal Savvy: Considering and responding appropriately to the needs and feelings of others in different situations
• Leading Cross-Functional Collaboration: Demonstrating cooperation and teamwork while working within and across divisions, functions, or teams
• Presentation Skill: Formally delivering information to groups
• Professional & Technical Expertise: Applying technical subject matter knowledge to the job
• Project Management: Ensuring that projects are on-time, on-budget, and achieve their objectives

Minimum Requirements for Application
This recruitment will produce two eligible lists. The restricted list will be for full-time, permanent part-time, or part-time City and Port of Oakland employees who maintain employment for the duration of the recruitment and pass all stages of the recruitment process. The open list will be for all other applicants who pass all stages of the recruitment process.
Selective Certification - CeaseFire
This recruitment is being announced in accordance with Section 5.03 of the Civil Service Rules. The eligible list generated from this announcement will only be used to fill Project Manager II positions specialized in CeaseFire, including full-time and permanent part-time positions, if applicable, and may be used to fill future vacancies with the same Selective Certification.
Any combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the following minimum qualifications may be acceptable:
Education:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in public or business administration or other relevant degree for particular project assignment. A Master's degree is desirable.
Experience:
Three (3) years of experience providing senior level management in applied violence reduction strategies including two (2) years of experience working with law enforcement, direct outreach, reentry services and workforce development.
License or Certificate / Other Requirements:
Individuals who are appointed to this position will be required to maintain a valid California Driver's License throughout the tenure of employment OR demonstrate the ability to travel to various locations in a timely manner as required in the performance of duties.
Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience in a sworn public safety or criminal justice role is preferred
• Experience in community engagement and partnership development is preferred
• Experience with data-informed program implementation and performance management is strongly preferred

Supplemental Information
The Recruitment Process:
The City of Oakland works with a Civil Service system. Applicants apply online, and HR staff reviews their experience, education, and training listed on the application against the "minimum qualifications" listed for each position.
Candidates who demonstrate that they meet the minimum qualification requirements are then invited to participate in an assessment process (or testing) to measure their knowledge, skills, and abilities in job-related areas.
Candidates who do not demonstrate that they meet the minimum qualification requirements will have an opportunity to request a final review. Candidates must request a final review within 5 business days of being notified that they did not meet the minimum qualifications.
In the final review, candidates may clarify information already provided on their application. No additional work history, education, or certifications will be accepted. Any decisions made during this review process will be final.
For this recruitment, all qualified applicants will be sent a writing exercise (weighted 100%), which will then be evaluated and rated by subject matter experts. You will have 7 days from the time you receive the exam link to complete and submit your written responses. Tentatively, the writing exercise will be sent during the week of September 21, 2026.
Candidates requesting reasonable accommodations for the examination process must request accommodations no later than one week before they are scheduled to take the exam; otherwise, it may not be possible to arrange accommodations for the selection process. Please complete the Request for Reasonable Accommodation in Testing form by clicking on this link or by copying and pasting the link into your browser to open it: Send the completed form and any supporting documentation to the exam analyst: Terry Stanley at
Candidates who pass each stage in the process will be placed on an eligible list. Some candidates may receive extra points, for example, if you are a Veteran with an honorable discharge, or if you are a current City of Oakland resident. If you're applying to a "restricted" posting and you are eligible as a current City employee, you may also receive additional points for your City service. Extra points are only applied to passing scores, so if you do not pass every element of the testing process, you cannot use extra points to pass.
The City of Oakland reserves the right to modify the selection process and date of examination as necessary to conform to administrative or business necessity. The information contained in this announcement is subject to change and does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.
What's in it for you?

• Work/Life Balance: 37.5-hour work weeks
• 15 paid holidays
• Vacation: 2 weeks per year minimum with the ability to accrue more depending on public sector years of service
• Retirement: CalPERS (California Public Employees' Retirement System) with a pension formula of 2.5% @ 55 (for Classic CalPERS members) and 2% @ 62 for new CalPERS members. Classic Employees contribute 8% of pre-tax wages. The City of Oakland does not participate in Social Security
• Health: The City of Oakland pays the full cost of employee and eligible dependent coverage at the Kaiser rate. Other plans include Anthem, Blue Shield, United Health Care, and other HMO and PPO plans
• Dental: Delta Dental full premium for employees and eligible dependents
• Vision: VSP full premium for employees and eligible dependents
• Sick leave: Employees accrue 12 days per year
• Deferred Compensation: 457(b) pre-tax plan and an after-tax ROTH 401(k)plan
• Other benefits include a Flexible Spending Account, Wellness Program, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance up to $200k & Employee Training.

*Benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice. Additional information can be found here:
Applicants are required to submit criminal history information upon request after receiving a conditional offer of employment. If the requested information is not furnished in a timely manner, applicants will not qualify for further consideration and will be removed from the eligible list.
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