District General Manager – Civic Center (0931) Office of the City Administrator (Eligible List ID #155201)

Company Description

This is a Position-Based Test conducted in accordance with CSC Rule 111A.

Specific information regarding this recruitment process is listed below:

• Application Opening: Thursday, April 3, 2025 
• Application Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2025 (11:59 PM, PST) 
• ✅ Required Supplemental Questionnaire due at the time of application: https://forms.office.com/g/czhspj6Ry8

The Real Estate Division is comprised of a team of over 220 full time staff delivering professional real estate services to a variety of clients. The Division completes appraisals and analysis of real property considered for City sale, lease, development or acquisition, and acts as a real estate consultant to Departments, the Mayor, and the Board of Supervisors.

We have responsibility for: Acquisition of all real property required for City purposes; Sale of surplus real property owned by the City; Leasing of property required by various City departments; Operations at the Alemany Farmers' and Flea Markets (100 Alemany), and UN Gift Gallery (UN Plaza); Custodial and engineering services for various City departments at over 60 different locations; Full service property management services to over 4,000,000 square feet of city-owned offices, including City Hall, 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 49 South Van Ness, San Francisco Police Headquarters, and the Hall of Justice.

To learn more about our departments, divisions, and programs, visit:  https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator.

We offer employees the ability to work from home one day a week while spending the other four days in our San Francisco office, promoting both collaboration and work-life balance. Remote from home must be within California.

Job Description

The District General Manager serves as the lead manager overseeing the Civic Center Campus. The position is responsible for numerous facilities (close to 2 million square feet) in the Civic Center, including City Hall, satellite assets outside Civic Center, and Alemany Farmers’ Market and Alemany Flea Market. This requires interaction with department heads and elected officials, members of the public patronizing said locations, and managing and directing a diverse team of experts in property and building management –trades/engineers/laborers, building/property managers, transaction agents, and a variety of vendors and contractors delivering services in these locations.

Examples of Important and Essential Duties:

• Plans, monitors, evaluates, and supervises the operations within the Civic Center buildings.
• Coordinates the work of various sections (engineering, laborers, trades, security and building management teams).
• Confers with the public, other City departmental representatives and directors, engineers, vendors, and others, on matters regarding the management of real property/facilities and to identify and resolve problems or conflicts.
• Makes or recommends final decisions regarding policy, operations and administrative procedures, including emergency evacuation procedures for each building.
• Receives and analyzes building reports from building managers, computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and security.
• Identifies trends and problem areas and directs resources, capital investment and maintenance efforts accordingly; assists the preparation of budget estimates for the Campus.
• Monitors the work of engineering team through Building & Grounds Superintendent and others and provides coaching and mentoring to improve performance.
• Monitors budgets and schedules of large capital programs in buildings, providing quarterly reporting to Director of Real Estate and Capital Planning Committee and adjusting program resources as necessary to meet budget or scheduled targets.
• Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Education:
Possession of a baccalaureate degree (or greater) from an accredited college or university

Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in commercial multi-building or multi-site campus real estate, which includes experience in space planning, industry standard building/property management techniques (such as BOMA, LEED, and Green Building), building operation and maintenance, and/or budget/fiscal reporting; of which must have included 3 years of supervisory experience. Experience solely in residential property management is not considered qualifying.      

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