Principal Administrative Analyst II (1825) - ...

The Department of Public Health prioritizesu00a0equitableu00a0and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce. All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status. This is a Position-Based Test conductedu00a0in accordance withu00a0CSC Rule 111A. Learn more about the Cityu2019s hiring process here:u00a0 + Application Opening:Friday, February 27, 2026 + Application Deadline: Application filing will close on or after Friday, March 6, 2026 + Salary:u00a0$156,754 to $205,322 Annually ( + Appointment Type:u00a0Permanent Civil Service (u00a0 + Recruitment ID:u00a0PBT-1825-159728 Becoming au00a0Cityu00a0employee means being a part of a team that cares about making a difference. Your work will shape both the present and future of San Francisco. When you work for theu00a0City,u00a0youu2019reu00a0choosing a job with purpose.u00a0 The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans. SFDPH strives to achieve its mission through the work of multiple divisions - the San Francisco Health Network, Population Health, Behavioral Health Services, and Administration. The San Francisco Health Network is the Cityu2019s only complete system of care and has locations throughout theu00a0City, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and over 15 primary care health centers. The Population Health Division (PHD) provides core public health services for the City and County of San Francisco: health protection, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and disaster preparedness and response. Behavioral Health Servicesu00a0operatesu00a0in conjunction with SFHN andu00a0providesu00a0a range of mental health and substance use treatment services.u00a0u00a0 The Department of Public Health is accepting applications for multiple full-time positions in class 1825 Principal Administrative Analyst II. Individual positions have specific specialties, including:u00a0 + Finance and budget administration Under general direction, this position plans, directs, and oversees complex budget development and fiscal management activities for multiple major divisions within the Department of Public Health (DPH) supporting both programmatic and administrative functions across the San Francisco Health Network. + Kaizen promotion office The KPO office is responsible for driving lean and organizational performance and continuous improvement. We monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), analyze data to identify trends, and support strategic decision-making. The office ensures alignment between departmental goals and overall organizational objectives, facilitates reporting, and promotes problem solving, leading and supporting Lean process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and service delivery. The eligible list resulting from this recruitment may beu00a0utilizedu00a0to fill future and current vacancies in this class at other locations within the DPH for the duration of the eligible list.u00a0 Under administrative direction, Class 1825 Principal Administrative Analyst II plans, organizes, leads and may supervise staff engaged in complex, sensitive, and detailed analytical work including quantitative analysis in the areas of budget, contracts, financial/fiscal, economic, legislative and administrative policies. This class typically supervises staff including lower-level administrative analysts, and/or complex, cross-functional project teams staffed with professional level employees. Essential Duties: 1. Working independently, researches, analyzes, forecasts and makes policy recommendations on unique special projects with significant financial impact or highly visible public issues including administrative policies, practices, and procedures; may direct mission-critical financial or operational activities; responds to informational requests, including those of a highly sensitive nature, and may represent the department to the Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, Controller's Office, other city officials, outside agencies and the public; acts as executive assistant and provides administrative analysis including complex forecast modeling to high-level managers or a department head. 2. Plans, develops and directs the production of highly complex departmental budget(s); advises management in the budget development and management process, including formulating policy, monitoring, reporting and interpreting budget documents; may negotiate budget proposals within the department and with the Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, and other agencies; prepares or supervises staff in the preparation of budget line-item narratives, complex analyses, recommendations and justification based on complex statistical analyses for annual, supplemental and multiyear requests. 3. Establishes, administers, monitors, coordinates and acts as liaison regarding application for and management of extremely complex, multiple source capital projects and/or grants; ensures compliance of fund reallocations with funding agency requirements; analyzes trends in expenditures and revenues for multi-year budgets; prepares financial/statistical reports for management, Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, Controller's Office and other funding agencies; coordinates and monitors departmental reporting to funding agencies including the subvention of funds to contracting organizations and justifies that funds are used as required. 4. Plans, develops, performs and directs work involving extremely complex economic and/or financial analysis including finance and utility rate analysis and modeling, cost/benefit analysis, and capital planning for senior management; determines appropriate methodology and performs difficult financial analyses, including financial forecasting, revenue and/or expense projections, capital requirements, calculation of debt capacity and evaluation of financing alternatives utilizing specialized analytical software to produce complex analysis or data; makes written and oral recommendations on difficult administrative and fiscal issues. 5. Analyzes, evaluates, interprets, and implements new and existing governmental accounting pronouncements and technical guidance; identifies problems with, and develops and implements changes to current financial policies and procedures; may coordinate and oversee the annual financial audit including preparation of audit schedules and governmental accounting standards, and local, state, and federal regulations. 6. Identifies and analyzes highly complex existing, newly enacted and proposed local, state, federal legislation policies and procedures projecting potential impact; advises management on the consequences of proposed and pending legislation and effectively presents recommendations; develops and recommends procedures for the citywide implementation of enacted legislation; may act as legislative liaison to other departments; assists state and federal legislative staff in drafting legislation; advocates and testifies regarding department's position to legislators, committees, and staff; develops comprehensive user manuals to implement legislation, programs and administrative policies; manages implementation of new systems, policies, and procedures. 7. Plans and directs difficult and detailed staff work involving: preparation of status reports; conducting competitive contract vendor selection processes including public bids and Requests For Proposals, ensuring adequate and economic distribution of advertisement, requests for proposals and public notices; process highly complex contracts including advertising for bids/proposals, receipt and review of bids, contract negotiation and award and routing through signature/documentation process to certification; coordinate with staff from purchasing, Human Resources, and the Administrative Services office; and provide training and assistance to staff and contractors on departmental and City contracting policies, procedures, and requirements. 8. Reviews, prepares, and analyzes cost estimates and terms for financially significant new and existing contracts, change orders, and modifications; prepares reports of analyses and related documents; analyzes claims for additional cost reimbursement to determine validity; analyzes contract provisions to determine appropriate reimbursement amount; conducts negotiations with contractors with regard to additional contract terms, cost reimbursement and change order provisions; prepares reports regarding claim status, settlement activities and reimbursement amounts for use by management and city Attorney's Office; maintains records of negotiations. 9. Independently reviews and evaluates financial and business models utilized within an organization. Conducts reviews and appraisals of business models and discusses review findings and recommendations with senior and executive management. Utilizes statistical models to forecast particular outcomes or events. 10. The 1825u00a0Principle Administrative Analyst IIu00a0may perform other duties as assigned/required. 1. Education Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. And 2. Experience Seven (7) years of 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 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. Additional experience as described above may be substituted 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. Special Conditions + 48 months of Budget administration experience. OR + 12 months of Business process improvement methodology experience. The above minimum qualifications reflect special conditions associated with the position(s) to be filled. They may differ from the standard minimum qualifications associated with this classification. Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted. One-year full-time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week).u00a0 Verification of Education and Experience Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Reviewu00a0SF Careers Employmentu00a0Applications (Applications and Minimum Qualifications) u00a0for considerations taken when reviewing applications.u00a0u00a0 Applicants mayu00a0be requiredu00a0tou00a0submitu00a0verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If educationu00a0or experienceu00a0verification isu00a0required, information on how to verify educationu00a0and experienceu00a0requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found atu00a0 Note:u00a0Falsifying oneu2019s 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.u00a0 Selection Procedures:u00a0 After application submission, candidatesu00a0deemedu00a0qualified must complete allu00a0subsequentu00a0steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following.u00a0 Behavioral Consistency Questionnaire (Weight: 100%) The behavioral consistency questionnaire is designated to measure the knowledge, skill and abilities in job related areas which may include but not be limited to: Knowledge of principles and practices of governmental organization, management, and administration, Knowledge of financial, fiscal and policy analysis, Knowledge of principles and practices of budget development, monitoring and management, Ability to collect, synthesize, and analyze data; conduct analytical studies of administrative and financial systems, procedures, and processes, Knowledge of laws, regulations and policies governing departmental operations, Knowledge of the development, implementation and evaluation of projects, programs and procedures, Knowledge of business process improvement methodologies and change management principles, Ability to apply problem solving techniques, including identifying and defining issues, determining methodologies, evaluating data, making justified recommendations, and implementing solutions. Candidates must achieve a passing score on theu00a0behavioral consistency questionnaire to continue in the selection process and will be placed on the confidential eligible list in rank order according to their final score.u00a0 Additionalu00a0selection processes may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.u00a0 Certificationu00a0 The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be theRule of 10Scores.u00a0 Eligible List/Score Report:u00a0 A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will beu00a0established, so applicants can view the ranks, finalu00a0scoresu00a0and number of eligible candidates. Applicant information, including names of applicants on the eligible list, shall not be made public unless required by law. However, an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection, uponu00a0request, onceu00a0the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referralsu00a0resolved. The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g.,u00a0as a result ofu00a0appeals), as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.u00a0 To find Departments which use this classification, please see the cityu2019su00a0 (Position Counts by Job Codes and Departments.u00a0u00a0 Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:u00a0 Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, timeu00a0periodsu00a0and other particulars, except when superseded by federal,u00a0stateu00a0or local laws,u00a0rulesu00a0or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website atu00a0 The terms of this announcement may beu00a0appealedu00a0under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is u2018abuse of discretionu2019 or u2018no rationalu00a0basisu2019u00a0foru00a0establishingu00a0the position description, the minimumu00a0qualificationsu00a0and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must beu00a0submittedu00a0directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date.u00a0 Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:u00a0 + Information About the Hiring Process ( + Conviction History + Employee Benefits Overview (u00a0 + Equal Employment Opportunity ( + Disaster Service Worker + ADA Accommodation ( + Veterans Preference + Seniority Credit in Promotional Examsu00a0 + Right to Work (to Work) + Copies of Application Documents + Diversity Statement (more-,Diversity Statement,-The City and) Where to Applyu00a0 All job applications for the City and County of San Francisco must beu00a0submittedu00a0through our online portal. Please visitu00a0begin your application process.u00a0u00a0 Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment. Please consider using a personal email address that you check regularly rather than a work or school account.u00a0 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 Dept. of Human Resources at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor and at theu00a0City Career Center at City Hall (, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 110.u00a0 Ensure your application information isu00a0accurate, 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.u00a0 Applicants will receive a confirmation email fromu00a0that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants shouldu00a0retainu00a0this confirmation email for their records.u00a0Failure to receive this email means that the online application was notu00a0submittedu00a0or received.u00a0 If you have any questionsu00a0regardingu00a0this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst,Juan Pablo Gonzalezu00a0at or (628) 271-7243 We may use text messaging to communicate with you on the phone number provided in your application. The first message will ask you to opt in to text messaging.u00a0 POSITION #:u00a001113230, 01115511, 01139607 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.

Created: 2026-03-04