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The San Francisco Adult Probation Department values the individuality and diversity of justice involved adults, recognize the unique challenges they face, and invest in their success through services designed to help them permanently exit the criminal justice system. Our pretrial, reentry, violence responsive and rehabilitative services complement our supervision strategies by providing a unique blend of opportunity and accountability. We extend a continuum of integrated services to address our client’s criminogenic needs and empower them to become productive members of the community. SFAPD dedicates endless energy toward enhancing public safety, seeking victim restoration and accountability, providing structured and evidence-based supervision, violence response, and pretrial services all on the behalf of the Superior Court of San Francisco. The citywide violence response is a collaborative effort between Adult Probation Department (APD), Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF), and Department of Public Health (DPH).

The City and County of San Francisco is committed to ensuring generations of families lead lives full of opportunity and happiness. We strive to make San Francisco a great place to grow up, and this requires resources, community engagement, collaboration, coordination, and creativity. Through our work we help families and communities thrive and be healthy to succeed in school, work, health, education, and prepare for the future. The goals are for San Franciscans to engage in positive activities to contribute to the growth, development and the vitality of San Francisco in safe and supported communities.  

Under general direction, the Adult Probation Department (APD) in the Prevention and Restoration Division the Violence Response Analyst supports a full range of program operations. Lead technical assistance and capacity building tasks. Assist with data collection, analysis, and program evaluation. Liaison between the CBOs, community partners, and community to connect them with the CASC for services and supports.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Class 1823 Senior Administrative Analysts may supervise a small staff performing moderately complex analytical work.

Must be able to work flexible hours, which may include nights and some weekends.
 
Various Shifts for example: 

• 7am-4pm
• 3pm-11pm
• On-Call 11pm-7am

Examples of Important and Essential Duties

• Support the planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of citywide violence prevention, intervention, response, and recovery strategies involving multiple City departments, community-based organizations, service providers, justice partners, clients, victims, and community stakeholders.
• Collect, monitor, and analyze quantitative and qualitative information to identify violence trends, service gaps, emerging needs, geographic or population-level concerns, and opportunities for prevention and intervention. Lead and develop the data collection reporting protocols for state, local, and federal reporting requirements, such as the BJA performance measures.
• Coordinate cross-departmental and community responses to incidents of violence, helping ensure timely communication, appropriate service connections, and continuity of support for victims, individuals responsible for harm, families, and impacted communities.
• Develop and strengthen strategies that address violence across the continuum, including early prevention, intervention with individuals at elevated risk, crisis response, reentry, stabilization, restorative justice, and long-term community healing.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, residents, community leaders, credible messengers, violence interrupters, service providers, and other stakeholders to strengthen the Department’s presence, credibility, and responsiveness in communities most impacted by violence.
• Represent the Department at community meetings, neighborhood events, public forums, stakeholder convenings, and other activities; listen to community concerns, communicate available resources, and identify opportunities for partnership and engagement.
• Collaborate with CCSF departments and community partners to identify individuals and populations who may benefit from preventive supports before involvement or further involvement in the justice system, and develop coordinated pathways to appropriate services.
• Strengthen connections among violence-response initiatives, APD supervision, the Community Assessment and Services Center (CASC), reentry services, behavioral health, housing, employment, treatment, restorative justice, and other community-based resources.
• Coordinate with community-based organizations and contracted providers to support program implementation, resolve operational barriers, strengthen service delivery, and ensure programs remain aligned with initiative goals and community needs.
• Provide technical assistance, training, tools, and capacity-building support to community partners related to program implementation, documentation, performance expectations, data collection, and effective practices.
• Engage clients and community members to identify barriers to participation and service access and develop practical solutions that improve engagement, trust, retention, and successful connection to services.
• Develop and evaluate strategies, programs, and services using performance measures, participant outcomes, community feedback, and other available data to determine effectiveness and recommend improvements.
• Facilitate information sharing and coordinated planning among City departments, providers, and community partners while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and information-sharing requirements.
• Identify gaps or duplication across City and community violence-response resources and recommend strategies to improve coordination, maximize existing resources, and strengthen the overall continuum of services.
• Prepare reports, presentations, recommendations, briefing materials, and program updates for Department leadership, City partners, community stakeholders, and other appropriate audiences.
• Support contracts, grants, procurements, budgets, program monitoring, documentation, and other administrative functions necessary to implement and sustain violence-prevention and response initiatives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification. Please note, additional qualifications (i.e. special conditions) may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the job ad.

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three (3) years full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work. Qualifying professional-level analytical work includes analysis, development, administration, and reporting in major programs and functions of an organization in the areas of budgets, contracts, grants, policy, or other functional areas related to the duties of positions in the 182X Class series.

License and Certification:

None

SUBSTITUTION:
Possession of a graduate degree (Master's degree or higher) from an accredited college or university with major coursework in specialized subject matter areas such as public or business administration, management, business law, contract law, public policy, urban studies, economics, statistical analysis, finance, accounting or other fields of study closely related to the essential functions of positions in the Class series may be substituted for one (1) year of required experience.

Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of 2 years). Thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units equal one year.

Desired Competencies

Knowledge of: principles of violence prevention, intervention, and community-based violence reduction; reentry and restorative justice practices; trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches; community engagement and partnership development; governmental organization and interagency coordination; program development, implementation, and evaluation; contract and vendor management; data collection and performance measurement; and applicable laws, policies, and regulations affecting departmental programs and operations.

Ability or Skill to: build credibility and effective relationships with diverse communities, clients, victims, service providers, City departments, and justice-system partners; work effectively with individuals and communities impacted by violence and trauma; coordinate complex initiatives involving multiple agencies and stakeholders; collect, synthesize, and analyze quantitative and qualitative information; identify problems and service gaps and develop practical solutions; evaluate programs and recommend improvements; facilitate difficult conversations and collaborative problem-solving; communicate effectively with community members, senior leadership, public officials, vendors, and partner agencies; represent the Department professionally in community settings; negotiate and resolve operational challenges; and translate community needs and data into actionable violence-prevention and response strategies.

Verification:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.

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.

Selection Procedures:
The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to participate in the next stage of the selection process.

The City offers robust health, retirement, and other benefits. For more information please visit: https://sfdhr.org/benefits-overview. This position is represented by the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, Local 21, which has a Memorandum of Understanding with the City that can be found at MOU.

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
• 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.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “Apply Now” 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, @sfcityatty.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.

Human Resources Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please send your inquires to Janet MacEachern, Sr. HR Analyst, at janet.maceachern@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.