Waste Receptacle Manager - Bureau of Street Environmental Services - SF Public Works (1824 PEX)

Specific information regarding this recruitment process is listed below.

Application Opening: Monday, October 07, 2024
Application Deadline:  Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Compensation Range: $136,214 - $165,594 Annually
Recruitment ID: RTF0151670-01155165

Appointment Type: Permanent-Exempt (PEX), Category 18. This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer and shall not exceed 36 months.

San Francisco Public Works (Public Works) has a far-reaching portfolio with a $453 million annual operating budget, an active capital portfolio that exceeds $3 billion and a workforce of 1,700-plus employees. The department operates around the clock, touching every neighborhood in San Francisco. The staff designs and manages the construction of civic buildings and streets; cleans and greens the right of way; maintains civic buildings; manages multi-million-dollar bond programs; trains people for jobs; keeps the right of way free of hazards; paves the roads; repairs bridges and public stairways; expands accessibility; and works at the forefront addressing some of San Francisco’s biggest challenges. With a mission to enhance the quality of life in San Francisco for residents, visitors and business owners, Public Works is committed to providing outstanding public service through an equity lens.

Please visit the “About Us” section of our website at https://www.sfpublicworks.org/about to learn more about the department’s core values, Racial Equity Initiative, leadership team, history, budget and more.

Bureau of Street Environmental Services
Keeps the City’s streets, sidewalks and other public spaces clean with mechanical and manual sweeping, graffiti abatement and power washing. The 24/7 operation runs specialized operations, including the Hot Spots teams that focus on encampment cleanups, CleanCorridorsSF, which provides a weekly deep cleaning to neighborhood commercial corridors, and proactive illegal dumping runs in the most impacted areas. The team also supports volunteer programs to advance San Francisco’s cleaning and greening initiatives.

Public Works currently has one (1) Permanent Exempt – Category 18 vacancy for a Waste Receptacle Manager (1824) within our Bureau of Street Environmental Services.

Under the leadership of the Public Works, Bureau of Street and Environmental Services, and working collaboratively with the Bureau of Planning and Performance Management, the Waste Receptacle Manager will provide an analytical overview of the City's 3,300 waste receptacles. This position will analyze the deployment of waste Receptacles, lead the procurement process for new waste receptacles, analyze the effectiveness of waste receptacle collection, and identify and recommended operational improvements.

Important and Essential Duties:
As a Waste Receptacle Manager, your duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Coordinating with the Public Works Outreach and Enforcement Team and other Bureau of Street Environmental Services (BSES) supervisors to analyze the impact and effectiveness of waste receptacle location and placement.
• Leading all departmental analytical works related to the waste receptacle sensors that show data on waste in the receptacle and when collected.
• Implementing and leading the effort to expand Waste Receptacle sensor data for all public waste receptacles.
• Monitoring, analyzing, and presenting waste receptacle-related data.
• Leading collaboration efforts with Public Works staff, including Information Technology staff, Performance and Planning staff, and other staff, as well as external staff at Recology, 311, Controller's Office, Department of Environment, and various Community Benefit Districts (CBDs).
• Managing installation and removal of waste receptacles and managing and analyzing maintenance of waste receptacles with Public Works and Recology.
• Supporting the procurement process of waste receptacles and waste receptacle sensors.
• Identifying best practices for waste receptacle management.
• Analyzing and recommending compliance with city-wide service level agreements for waste receptacle replacement, maintenance, and servicing.
• Reviewing and analyzing 311 service orders (SOs) and documenting work performed.
• Supporting development and delivery of presentations (for Public Works and Sanitation and Streets Commissions and Refuse Rate Board).
• Supporting development and implementation of the refuse rate process.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience:
Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, and five (5) 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.

Substitution:
Experience 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.

Education Substitution: Additional experience as described above may substitute 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.

Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring:

• Experience with project management and process improvement frameworks, methodologies, and technologies (i.e., Lean and Six Sigma).
• Experience in the development and analysis of quantifiable indicators of performance, especially for operational programs.
• Experience with program evaluation and performance auditing.
• Experience with the contracting process in the government.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 applications (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint) and data management and tools (ie., PowerBI, Tableau, Excel, etc.).

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 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:
After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following:

The selection process will include an evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. 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 move forward in the recruitment process.

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ):
Candidates may be required to complete an MQSQ as part of the employment application. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through all of the steps in the selection procedure.

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

Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: At the City and County of San Francisco, we share a commitment to a diverse, inclusive and equitable community. Each member of our organization is responsible and accountable for what they say and do to make San Francisco an inclusive and equitable place to live and work by employing fair and just practices to and for all.

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 Analyst, Eric Chan, at [email protected].

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.