Communications Specialist – Communications & Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Human Services Agency (9252)
Job Description
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING (DEIB)
Working under the direction of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager, the 9252 Racial Equity Communications Specialist in the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) will work to assist with the communications needs for the Agency’s racial equity work.
The Racial Equity Communications Specialist will assist with managing the internal and external communications concerning the Agency’s racial equity work with staff, clients, and the community, including drafting agency-wide emails; coordinating the production and logistics of racial equity events; managing social media postings and other internet content regarding racial equity; and publication of the Agency’s racial equity newsletter. The Racial Equity Communications Specialist will also collect and analyze data to ensure communications are effective and responsive to the Agency’s goals to foster an inclusive work environment, convey information about racial equity concepts in an accessible manner, and strategically advertise the Agency’s job opportunities to the public to attract a diverse candidate pool.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Working under the leadership of the Director of Communications, the 9252 Internal Communications Specialist in the Agency’s Communications Department will lead and support SFHSA’s internal communications and employee engagement efforts.
The Internal Communications Specialist will assist with leading the Agency’s internal communications and employee engagement work with executive leadership and staff, including managing the Agency’s internal communications and engagement plan, enhancing engagement strategies and tactics, developing agency-wide communications, coordinating employee town hall meetings, engaging with City-wide PIOs on employee engagement efforts, partnering with internal stakeholders and teams on enhancing the Agency’s intranet, and serving as an advisor for departments wanting to improve employee engagement for their teams..
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:
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 exam/job announcement.
EDUCATION: Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Journalism, Communications, Public Administration, Business, or a related field
EXPERIENCE: Three (3) years of professional experience working in the field of internal communications, public affairs, public information, or public relations unit. Experience must include one (1) year of professional experience in social media, digital engagement or web content management.
SUBSTITUTION: Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years). Thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units equal one (1) year.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
The desirable qualifications may be used to select among finalists at the end of the selection process. We highly encourage you to apply if you are interested in joining us.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING (DEIB)
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
VERIFICATION OF EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION:
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.
SELECTION PROCEDURES:
The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements and assessment of candidates’ job-related knowledge, skills and abilities in an oral interview, which may include a written or performance exercise.
Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to continue in the selection process. Applicants meeting the minimum requirements are not guaranteed advancement in the selection process.
Additional Information
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are ONLY accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ to begin the application process.
· Select the “Apply” 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.
If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the exam analyst, Josephus Cassell, by telephone at (415) 439-3410 or by email at josephus.cassell@sfgov.org.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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.