Recruitment #TEX-9910-071486
Department: City Planning
Date Opened :11/28/2016 8:00:00 AM
Filing Deadline: 12/19/2016 5:00:00 PM
Job Type: Temporary Exempt
Appointment Type
Temporary Exempt (TEX), As-Needed. TEX As-Needed position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive civil service examination pursuant to San Francisco Charter Section 10.104 and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.
Internship Period
The duration of the internship will be six months, working no more than 40 hours a week and not more than 1,040 hours within a six month period. Upon completing the internship, there is no implied offer of extension.
About the San Francisco Planning Department (CPC)
The San Francisco Planning Department (CPC) plays a central role in guiding the growth and development in our City. The Department works with other City agencies and the community to help achieve great planning for a great city.
Our mission, under the direction of the Planning Commission, shapes the future of San Francisco and the region by: generating an extraordinary vision for the General Plan and in neighborhood plans; fostering exemplary design through planning controls; improving our surroundings through environmental analysis; preserving our unique heritage; encouraging a broad range of housing and a diverse job base; and enforcing the Planning Code.
The Department serves a broad range of constituents, including the citizens of San Francisco, community organizations, elected and appointed policymakers, builders, architects, property owners, tenants, and advocacy groups. All rely on the City’s General Plan and the Planning Code to achieve the City’s development goals.
For more information about the CPC, please visit www.sf-planning.org
The San Francisco Planning Department currently has intern openings in our Citywide Planning Division this fall. This will be a rewarding and valuable experience for those interested in the planning field and desire introductory work experience or college credit. Interns will conduct research, collect and analyze data, and prepare draft documents for planning work related to urban design, historic preservation, archeology, housing, and sustainable development.
The Citywide Division is responsible for the long-range planning of San Francisco. The Division develops policy, maintains and oversees compliance with the City’s General Plan, prepares and implements community plans, acts as the urban design resource for the city, and gathers and analyzes data in support of land-use policy. The Citywide Division develops plans and proposes policy on a wide range of topics, including housing, transportation, urban design, land use, and sustainability policy and development of long-range plans at a city-wide or neighborhood scale.
This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and innovative department and share in our vision to make San Francisco the worlds’ most livable urban place – environmentally, economically, socially and culturally. We work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment with opportunities to work on a wide variety of projects and topic areas, both individually and on project teams. In performing our planning work, we work closely with staff of other City and regional agencies, the development community, and the general public. Community outreach and engagement is a big part of our work, and we hold frequent public forums to present and get input on our work.
The Following Internships are Available:
1. Sea Level Rise and Resiliency Internship
The Citywide Planning Division is accepting applications for a Sea Level Rise and Resiliency internship.The Citywide Planning’s Resiliency Program is an effort to help local and regional communities and systems become better prepared to withstand and bounce back from disruptive events due to natural hazards. The intern will primarily assist with development and implementation of San Francisco’s Sea Level Rise Action Plan’s communications and outreach strategy. The primary tasks include: research on organizations and stakeholders to include in the outreach program; assistance in scheduling stakeholder interviews; participating in and taking notes during stakeholder interviews; and organizing data collected during interviews. Other tasks may include development and design of communication materials. The ideal candidate should have excellent organization and written/oral communication skills; expertise in PowerPoint and InDesign; knowledge of resiliency and sea level rise principles; and a Bachelor’s Degree in planning or a related field.
2. Housing Affordability and Development Research Internship
The Citywide Planning Division is accepting applications for an intern to conduct research related to housing in the Bay Area. The Citywide Planning Division is responsible for long-range planning in San Francisco. The division is engaged in multiple policy and community planning efforts that seek to address the causes and effects of high housing costs and displacement in San Francisco. This epidemic of unaffordability is undermining the City’s diversity and ability to remain a beacon of opportunity and innovation. To inform these efforts, the Citywide Planning division is seeking to undertake research into various topics related to housing. Specific research topic(s) for the internship will be determined in consultation with the selected candidate and will be chosen to complement other research underway at Planning or other institutions. However, the following questions are particularly of interest to the Department at present:
Assessing any correlation between new housing development (particularly market rate development) and displacement and gentrification at the neighborhood-level.
Isolating the relative weight and correlation (or lack thereof) of various factors that might affect housing affordability of both existing and new housing, specifically including: employment and wages at the local and regional level; neighborhood characteristics (eg proximity to transit or jobs); housing supply at a local and regional level; and quantity and characteristics of new housing development.
Research tasks would include: identifying data sources; compiling, organizing and interpreting/analyzing data; conducting statistical analysis; GIS mapping; writing summary memos; creating charts, tables, graphs, maps and other graphical display of information; creating presentations. The desirable candidate will be enrolled in a Master’s or PhD program in planning, public policy or economics or already possess such a degree. The candidate should be familiar with, and preferably experienced in, quantitative (eg statistical) and geo-spatial research and analytical methods, and have familiarity with housing and land use policy and practices. Candidates should be able to work independently, must have excellent organization and written/oral communication skills; and proficiency in typical software tools (eg Microsoft Office, Adobe InDesign).
Minimum Qualifications
Requires completion of three years (equivalent to 90 semester units or 120 quarter units) of education from an accredited college or university leading to a Bachelor’s Degree in Planning, Architecture, Urban Studies, or a related field.
Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.
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 athttp://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 being accepted through an online process.
Follow instructions given on the screen.
Computer kiosks 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.
Resumes may be attached to the application; however, resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.
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).
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 exam analyst, Michael Eng, by telephone at (415) 575-9143 or by email at [email protected]
Applications will be reviewed for qualifying experience and education. Only those applicants deemed best qualified will be invited to participate in the selection process. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an interview. Additional screening mechanisms may be implemented in the selection process.
As a finalist for a job, you will be fingerprinted, and your fingerprints will be sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The resulting report of your conviction history (if any) will be used to determine whether the nature of your conviction (or arrest, in limited circumstances) conflicts with the specific duties and responsibilities of the job for which you are a finalist. If a conflict exists, you will be asked to present any evidence of rehabilitation that may mitigate the conflict, except when federal or state regulations bar employment in specific circumstances, such as:
Candidates applying for positions with the Unified School District and the Community College District may be disqualified from consideration should their conviction history not meet the standards established under the California Education Code.
Candidates applying for positions with the Recreation and Park Department may be disqualified from consideration should their conviction history not meet the standards established under California Public Resources Code 5164.
Having a conviction history does not automatically preclude you from a job with the City.
If you are selected as a finalist, the hiring department will contact you to schedule a fingerprinting appointment.
All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.
Reasonable Accommodation Request:
Applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum eligibility requirements for this job announcement can find information on requesting a reasonable ADA Accommodation at:
http://www.sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=20#applicantswithdisabilities
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Important Employment Information for the City and County of San Francisco can be obtained athttp://www.sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=20 or hard copy at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103.
Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at:http://www.sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=20#announcementsdefinitions
Copies of Application Documents:
Applicants are encouraged to keep copies of all documents submitted. Submitted documents become a permanent part of the exam records and will not be returned. The hiring department may require applicants to submit the same documents and/or additional documents at a later date.
All persons entering the City and County of San Francisco workforce are required to provide verification of authorization to work in the United States. http://www.sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=20#identification
Micki Callahan
Human Resources Director
Department of Human Resources
Issued: November 28, 2016
Announcement No.: TEX-9910-071486
All employees hired on or after January 10, 2009 will be required (pursuant to San Francisco Charter Section A8.432) to contribute 2% of pre-tax compensation to fund retiree healthcare. In addition, most employees are required to make a member contribution towards retirement, ranging from 7.5%-13.25% of compensation. For more information on these provisions, please contact the personnel office of the hiring agency.
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