Senior Employment Liaison - Office of Economic and Workforce Development (9774)

Company Description

We Value Equal Employment Opportunity!

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.

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)

The San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) supports the City's ongoing economic vitality through key programs focused on neighborhood commercial corridors, workforce development, joint development projects, industry focused business recruitment and retention, small business assistance and international business development. OEWD’s goal is to work continually to make San Francisco an even better place to work and do business.

About the Workforce Development Division

The Workforce Development Division of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) serves San Francisco jobseekers and local employers. OEWD strives to ensure that San Francisco has a qualified workforce that attracts, retains and expands industries, and maximizes Senior Employment opportunities for local residents through comprehensive training initiatives and services to ensure that no community member is left behind when it comes to the chance to go to work and succeed.

CityBuild, an initiative under the Workforce Division is seeking a Senior Employment Liaison. CityBuild prepares San Franciscans for career opportunities in the construction industry through two distinct sets of training programs:

• CityBuild Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training Programs – Intensive hands-on programs that provide San Francisco residents with the foundational knowledge, skills, and support to enter careers in the construction trades and succeed as new apprentices. The nationally-recognized CityBuild Academy is the flagship of the CityBuild pre-apprenticeship network, which also includes tailored trainings based on particular needs of jobseekers, projects, and the construction industry based on the AFL-CIO Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3).
• Construction Administration and Professional Services Academy – Courses that prepare San Francisco residents for a career in Administration and Professional Services in the back-offices of Construction Industry employers.

CityBuild provides ongoing assistance to CityBuild graduates, local jobseekers, and construction employers through its Employment Network Services program (ENS), which includes providing information on applicable local hiring policies and making referrals in partnership with local hiring halls to assist contractors with meeting their local hiring requirements.

Job Description

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (PEX) Appointment. This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive civil service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the appointing officer.

Under direction of division management, the Senior Employment Liaison performs professional technical duties in the areas of construction employment and training. This includes employer engagement-job development, trades skills assessment, project monitoring, program evaluation, staff supervision as directed and lead the CityBuild portfolio of the On-Ramp Violence Prevention and Professional Services Academy.

The Senior Employment Liaison position is challenging and often fast paced. Senior Employment Liaisons must be team oriented, but able to work independently and be innovative. This position’s success is built on the ability to build strong working relationships with job seekers, CityBuild trainees, labor representatives, and construction contractors, with the primary goal of providing meaningful employment opportunities for community members and exceptional customer service for employers.  Senior Employment Liaisons must understand all applicable local hiring policies and be able to effectively convey local hiring procedures one-on-one and in group settings.

The Senior Employment Liaison is charged with fulfilling the objectives and goals of CityBuild and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development. This position will work on highly visible construction projects covering the various Construction Workforce Policies including and not limited to the City’s First Source Hiring Program, the Mandatory Local Hire for Construction and HUD Section-HOPESF project