Appointment Type: This is a Temporary Exempt Category 17 position limited to no more than two (2) years in duration. Category 17 employees are used to backfill a Permanent Civil Service (PCS) employee on a leave of absence. This position is exempt from Civil Service and shall serve at the discretion of the appointing officer.
The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector (TTX) serves as the banker, tax collector, collection agent, and investment officer for the City and County of San Francisco. As the entity responsible for safeguarding the City's money, the Office uses this expertise and authority to assist San Francisco residents through award-winning programs and initiatives that help low-income families build economic security and mobility.
We are committed to providing excellent services for taxpayers, customers, and our community. By promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, we are a stronger, smarter, and more informed government agency.
The Office of the San Francisco Treasurer & Tax Collector serves as the banker, tax collector, collection agent, and investment officer for the City and County of San Francisco. Our mission is to collect and safeguard the City's money and use our expertise to assist low-income San Francisco families build economic security and mobility.
The Human Resources division supports the Department with all aspects of employment. We aspire to foster an environment that elicits purpose and nurtures a sense of belonging. To truly be stronger with a diverse workforce, we institute equitable practices to hire, develop, and support our team, including ongoing social, emotional and professional development. This ensures that from the start, employment with the Department and the City begins in a positive way.
As the manager of this Human Resources team, you will utilize your skills and experience in all areas – recruitment and exams, operations, employee and labor relations, EEO, ADA, workers' compensation, payroll and personnel functions, leaves, and more. In addition, you support the Department by advising all staff and consulting with management regarding all employee issues.
Under direction, the Departmental Personnel Officer plans, monitors, evaluates, and supervises the operation of the Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector's Human Resources and Payroll unit, including: recruitment and selection, classification, certification, EEO/ADA, employee and management training, employee/labor relations, human resources management, and other related HR and Payroll programs; serves as an HR Business Partner and plays a key role in assessing business performance to develop HR solutions that enable business strategies, foster leadership success, and drive the employee and customer experience by developing initiatives to increase, measure, and maintain both employee and customer satisfaction. Incumbent champions the organizational culture by helping staff build individual competencies, improving teamwork & communication, securing the support of senior management for new initiatives, and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. Incumbent serves as one of the Racial Equity leaders for the Department and ensures Department recruitment, hiring, and employment policies foster an environment of inclusion and comply with local, state and federal law.
The essential duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:
These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification.
Education: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college.
Experience: Five (5) years of verifiable professional human resources experience, performing duties in one or more human resources functional areas, such as recruitment and selection, labor relations, employee discipline, personnel and/or payroll records, human resources policies & procedures interpretation & administration, EEO or ADA investigations or compliance, or classification or compensations studies. Qualifying experience must include three (3) years verifiable experience supervising professional staff engaged in one or more of these same functional areas.
Substitution: Master's degree or graduate degree with major coursework in HR, business or public administration, industrial psychology or a related field may substitute for one year of experience.
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
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.
Applicants must complete the Supplemental Questionnaire at the time of application submission.
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 evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to an 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 for an interview.
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit and begin the application process.
Computers are available for the public (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday) to file online applications in the lobby of the Department of Human Resources at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor and at the City Career Center at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 110.
Ensure your application information is accurate, as changes may not be possible after submission. Your first and last name must match your legal ID for verification, and preferred names can be included in parentheses. Use your personal email address, not a shared or work email, to avoid unfixable issues.
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.
Recruitment Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact, Gerald Buss at ...@sfgov.org.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
The Department is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and 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, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.
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.