About

Job Classification: 0993

Salary: $134,939 - $183,656/annually commensurate with experience in a similar position

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (what does this mean?)

Hours: Full Time

Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school District in California, serving more than 50,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 136 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile. Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21^stcentury.

What It Means to Work Here

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:

● Student-centered: We put students’ needs first

● Fearless: We persist through challenges

● United: We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths

● Social Justice: We stand with those most vulnerable in our community

● Diversity-driven: We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision 2025, which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan, Transform Learning. Transform Lives. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE District, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and Vision 2025.

Who We Want

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are committed to and will champion our Core Values, are inspired by our mission steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, problem solvers and who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

As the Director, Employee Support & Evaluations (0993) you will be a key part of the Human Resources Leadership Team, reporting to the Executive Director, HR Operations. You will provide strategic leadership in the Human Resources department, ensuring new and continuing employees in SFUSD have a positive experience with the Human Resources department. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the District’s evaluation and professional growth mechanisms proceed in alignment with best practices and contractual guidelines.

We expect our Director, Employee Support & Evaluations (0993) to:

Demonstrate a Leadership Mindset

Direct the District’s employee performance evaluation program, ensuring that employees across the District receive a timely and effective evaluation and creating infrastructure and resources for managers to conduct employee evaluations where few have existed in the past;
Lead aligned communication efforts for the HR team by developing and managing a comprehensive, employee-focused communication strategy
Set and maintain service delivery standards for the Front Office team, ensuring that HR maintains a focus on excellent customer service

Manage to Results

Build a deep understanding of all performance evaluation tools including but not limited to the Leadership Evaluation Tool (for unrepresented Management), the Civil Service Evaluation Tool (for classified Civil Service staff), the Leadership Action Plan (for administrators), and the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (for certificated staff)
Create infrastructure inclusive of data/analytics, professional development and training resources, tracking tools and communication templates to support performance evaluations across the District and

strengthen the capacity of all employees to give and receive feedback

Oversee the administration of District training resources via resources like Clerical Training sessions and Independent Learning Modules (ILMs)
Develop measures that help us understand and improve our employee support and communication efforts and set us on the path of continuous improvement in those areas

Manage Relationships

Collaborate with hiring managers and District leadership to increase the effectiveness of programs and

processes that rely on employee evaluations, including PAR

Collaborate with members of the Human Resources Leadership Team to ensure information of importance to District employees is disseminated in a clear, thorough and timely manner
Serve as the District’s designee on all contractual matters involving performance evaluations in partnership with the Associate Superintendent, Human Resources
Build a strong working relationship with the Legal Division, and work closely with HR’s Labor Relations Division
Coach and support school leaders and other supervisors across the District in affirmative assistance

and, in particular, delivering effective performance evaluations

Manage Teams

Lead the HR Front Office team, working with the staff to innovate and improve service delivery to visitors to Human Resources
Supervise the Manager, Training & User Support in their work to support employees efficacy with HR’s systems of record and the rapid resolution of tickets submitted to Human Resources
Work collaboratively across teams in HR, and externally as needed, to ensure potential and current employees of SFUSD understand their benefits and responsibilities of working for the District

The strongest candidates will have:

Knowledge of San Francisco’s public schools/urban public schools and a passionate belief in SFUSD’s commitment to strong collaborative relationships with our labor partners as a lever toward delivering on the SFUSD Graduate Profile
Expertise in labor relations and/or human resources, including a proven record of effectively planning, organizing and using resources and systems to negotiate collective bargaining agreements
Knowledge of best practices in employee relations, including personnel investigations and discipline
Success in working with labor organizations, preferably in a K-12 setting
Knowledge of the Educational Employment Relations Act (“EERA”) and experience negotiating collective bargaining agreements under the EERA
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to convey complex financial information to a variety of audiences
A strong analytic, performance management, accountability, and systems-thinking orientation necessary to inform strategy development and execution
Active Administrative Services Credential

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (B.A. / B.S) from an accredited college or university
Four (4) years of professional-level experience in an educational institution or setting; at least two (2) years in a human resources/talent management capacity.

Substitution

Up to 4 years of education requirement may be substituted for additional experience on a year-for-year basis

What We Offer

SFUSD offers a competitive salary of $134,939 - $183,656 annually, commensurate with experience, and a comprehensive benefits package including dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options and vacation time. We also offer an inclusive and equity-centered environment where we encourage staff to bring their whole selves to work.

How to Apply

● Visit careers.sfusd.edu and create a new account to begin your application.

● You will be prompted to electronically attach a letter of interest, resume, list of professional references and any applicable credentials or licenses

● Our Human Resources team will then review your entire application to determine your eligibility status and contact you directly should you move forward in the process

Verification

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 http://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 from this and future job opportunities with the San Francisco Unified School District.

District Nondiscrimination Statement:
San Francisco Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, reproductive health decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, veteran or military status, or genetic information, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics or any other basis protected by law or regulation, in its educational program(s) or employment.

For more information about the District's non-discrimination policy, please review Board Policy 4030.

Title IX Nondiscrimination Statement and Grievance Procedures:
Any person may report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or sexual harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator, or by any other means that results in the Title IX Coordinator receiving the person's verbal or written report. Such a report may be made at any time (including during non-business hours) by using the telephone number or electronic mail address, or by mail to the office address, listed for the Title IX Coordinator.

District Title IX Coordinator:

Eva Kellogg
Office of Equity
555 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94102
415-355-7334 or equity@sfusd.edu

For more information on the District’s Sexual Harassment policy and grievance procedures, please review Board Policy 4034.

Title IX Nondiscrimination Statement and Grievance Procedures:
Any person may report discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Section 504 Coordinator.

District Section 504 Coordinator:

Alicia Rodriguez
1515 Quintara St., San Francisco, CA, 94116
(415) 242-2615 or rodrigueza@sfusd.edu

Director of Employee Support & Evaluations (0993), Human Resources