Community Investments Senior Program Officer - San Francisco Arts Commission (Job Code 1844 Exempt)

The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is the City agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community, enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy. Learn more about our work at: http://www.sfartscommission.org/

SFAC Racial Equity Statement: The San Francisco Arts Commission is committed to creating a city where all artists and cultural workers have the freedom, resources and platform to share their stories, art and culture and where race does not predetermine one’s success in life. We also acknowledge that we occupy traditional and unceded Ohlone land. Fueled by these beliefs, we commit to addressing the systemic inequities within our agency, the City and County of San Francisco and the broader arts and culture sector. This work requires that we focus on race as we confront inequities of the past, reveal inequities of the present and develop effective strategies to move all of us towards an equitable future.

Application Opening: Friday, 2/28/2025
Application Filing Deadline: Friday, 3/21/2025
Annual Salary: $108,082 - $131,404
Recruitment ID:  RTF0154867-01127259

Appointment Type:  Permanent Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

Under direction from the Director of Community Investment, the Senior Program Officer will work with the Community Investments (CI) team to administer an estimated $15 million in Arts Impact Endowment, Cultural Equity Initiative, and other Special Grants.  This position will lead new and existing initiatives to foster cultural equity in grantmaking, including increased technical assistance to communities historically underrepresented in SFAC grant applications and awards, professional development workshops for San Francisco artists and arts organizations, and improve strategies for engagement and outreach within historically marginalized communities.

Job Duties:
The duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

Community Engagement

• Conduct partner focus groups and collaborate with community arts organizations and local Cultural Districts to refine Arts Equity strategies.
• Support the implementation and facilitation of technical assistance workshops.
• Work with the Director of Community Investments to interpret focus group data to identify ways to make our grants more accessible to all communities.
• Engage in community outreach to ensure underserved pockets of the community are aware of funding opportunities.

Grant Management and Administration

• Facilitate grants processing to ensure that all applications are processed adequately and timely.
• Monitor the panelists facilitation deliberation process and ensure quality control.
• Negotiate and create Accountability/Evaluation plans with and for grantees.
• Review grantee’s reports and provide a feedback report to support grantees in improving their performance.
• Make final approval of invoices submitted for payment, ensuring that fiscal policies are adhered to.
• Review grantee reporting requirements and administer outstanding reporting requests.
• Monitor City compliance documentation requests and annual renewals for grantees in the portfolio.
• Approve and administer final payments to compliant grantees. 

City Supplier Compliance Support

• Assist grant review panelists with Supplier/Vendor account registration for City’s disbursement process.
• Lead the preparation of panelist schedules to review and score grant applications. 

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Possession of a Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university, AND

Experience: Three (3) years full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level administrative duties in functional areas such as: program/office/operations management, budget development and/or administration, development and administration of contractual agreements and/or grants, or other closely related functional areas.

Substitution: Additional qualifying experience in program/office/operations management, budget development and/or administration, or contract/grant administration may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis. One (1) year (2000 hours) of additional qualifying experience will be considered equivalent to thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units.

One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Desirable Qualifications/Skills:
The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

• Knowledge of best practices in arts philanthropy, cultural equity, community arts, and arts education
• Demonstrated grantmaking experience, preferably in arts and culture
• Working knowledge of San Francisco’s arts and culture ecosystem
• Experience and recognition for working successfully within historically underserved communities, and with a wide range of diverse stakeholders
• Experience working in or with local, state, or federal government

Verification of Education and Experience:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Education verification information on verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at How to Verify Education Requirements | Department of Human Resources (sfdhr.org).

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.

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “I’m interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

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

• After submitting your application, you will receive a request for additional information about your education and experience.
• In addition, approximately 3-5 days after submitting your application, you will be emailed a Supplemental Questionnaire with position-relevant questions about your work experience and interest in the position. Please check junk/spam folders to ensure you receive these information requests.

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 updated. 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.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the Kelly Alves 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.