Application Opening: August 24, 2026
Application Deadline: 11:59PM Sunday, August 30, 2026
Compensation Range: $102,466-$124,618
Appointment: Full-Time, TEX, Cat-17
Appointment Type: Temporary Exempt (TEX) Cat-17, limited duration appointment to temporarily backfill civil service employees on leave (limit of 2 years). This temporary position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process. The individuals who are appointed to Exempt Positions are appointed at the pleasure of their appointing officer and are considered to be "at-will". This means that exempt employees are not protected by the same grievance and job protection rights as Permanent Civil Service employees.
About the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood
The Department of Early Childhood (DEC) is a City and County of San Francisco Department dedicated to our young children's healthy development. As the City's largest funder of early childhood, DEC is committed to creating a system that ensures every child can thrive and learn. We provide public investment, expertise, and leadership to put resources into the hands of those who care for our City's youngest children.
DEC results from merging two existing city departments, First 5 and the Office of Early Care and Education. Both First 5 and OECE have long histories of supporting young children and families in San Francisco through early care and education innovations, family support services, and programs to support children's healthy development. They merged to expand their capacity and funding and to integrate the City's early childhood services better.
Racial Equity Commitment
The Department of Early Childhood condemns all forms of racism, sexism, homo/biphobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, and other forms of discrimination. It affirms that all people including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color - have a right to be in our City and have a right to safe and affordable housing, neighborhoods free from pollution and violence, opportunities for educational advancement and wealth creation, healthy births, early childhoods with abundant opportunities to thrive free from the toxic effects of racism, and access to essential services such as parks, transportation, health care, and child care. The Department of Early Childhood is committed to the principles of racial equity and continues to implement new strategies to ensure that every child can learn and thrive.
The Early Learning Division administers core department strategies that advance opportunities in support of teacher preparation and compensation, enhance program quality, and improve early care and education affordability and access; and collaborates closely with the other DEC divisions to form a cross-sector approach that ensures universal developmental screening that promotes access to health and mental health services for children and their families; and that families have opportunities for social and professional connections, linkage to resources, and information on parenting and child development.
The Early Learning Division is building a high-quality early care and education system that improves equitable access to high-quality, affordable early care and education for all children from birth to five years of age to provide the best start in life and enter kindergarten ready to succeed and focuses on:
Developing and supporting opportunities that achieve continuous eligibility for families and continuity of care for children ages birth to five.
Using a racial equity framework that creates the conditions that will ensure school readiness experiences.
Ensures that quality and assessment systems are responsive to the diverse needs of ECE programs and the children they serve.
Embracing culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate environments across a mixed delivery system.
Support policies and strategies that enhance coherence and alignment for Universal PreK (UPK).
Under the supervision of the 9774 Program Quality Assurance Officer, the 9772 Quality Assurance Support Specialist will be responsible for a variety of administrative and programmatic support responsibilities that include and are not limited to:
Representing the Department of Early Childhood/Early Learning Division to programs, educators, and funded partners.
Managing and supporting communications and relationships with funded programs.
Organizing and tracking information in written and electronic formats.
Develop correspondence and other key documents for stakeholders.
Coordinating intra-office communication and workflows.
Managing logistics for community, educational and other DEC sponsored events.
Provide technical assistance to project personnel, funded partners, and community.
Provide administrative and logistical support to Program Officers who conduct program site visits.
Participate in and lead program site visits.
Support the development of reports related to Program Quality Assurance.
Support tracking and analysis of validation and quality monitoring systems.
Support work with Access and Enrollment team ensuring alignment across monitoring systems.
Support grant management and assessment.
Support the DEC on funding policy and strategy development related to Baby Prop C and other funding sources.
Responsible for support and implementation of the DEC Strategic plan with concentration of racial equity strategies and early learning core values.
May occasionally work evenings and weekends, and travel regionally and nationally.
May perform other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND two (2) years of administrative/professional experience in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, criminal justice or elections related work; OR
Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in one of the following fields: public or business administration, urban planning, government, social work, education, finance or criminal justice AND one (1) year of administrative/professional experience in community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, criminal justice or elections related work; OR
Possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in public policy, planning, social work, public administration, finance, education, criminal justice, or business administration; OR
Possession of a Ph.D. or Juris Doctor degree from an accredited college or university.
SUBSTITUTION: Verifiable administrative/professional experience involving community development, housing and/or housing development, workforce development, finance, education, social work, children/youth work, criminal justice and/or elections-related work may substitute for the educational requirement in Minimum Qualification #1 on a year-for-year basis.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Bilingual proficiency in Spanish
Strong familiarity with early care and education, child development systems and early care and education quality standards.
Degree in early childhood education or related field.
1-2 years of experience provide support and guidance in early care and education.
Experience supporting programs, budgeting processes, and staff in a complex environment.
Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.
Verification: Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Please review our articles on Employment Application and Minimum Qualifications (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#qualifications) and Verification of Experience and/or Education (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#verification) for considerations taken when reviewing applications. Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Failure to provide the required verification when requested may result in rejection of application and/or removal from eligibility for referral and appointment in this class.
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.
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 a lower score.
Special Requirements: Special Qualifications including specialized knowledge, abilities, education, experience, or license may be established for individual positions.
Additional selection processes may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.
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
Note:
Please ensure the information on your application is accurate. It may not be possible to change after you've applied.
Your first and last name should match your legal ID for verification purposes. A preferred first name may be included in parentheses. Here is an example: Samuel (Sam) Jackson
Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure that your registered email address is accurate.
Your email address should be consistent across all jobs applied to on our website.
Use a personal and not a shared email address. Doing so may prevent your application from submitting properly.
Please consider using a personal email address that you check regularly rather than a work or school account.
Applicants must ensure that emails from CCSF is not blocked on your computer by a spam filter. Our e-mail communications may come from more than one department so please make sure your email is set to accept messages from all of us at this link (https://sfdhr.org/ccsf-email-extensions) .
Upon successful submission, applicants will receive a confirmation email from notification@careers.sf.gov. Keep this email for your records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.
Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:
Information About the Hiring Process (https://careers.sf.gov/knowledge/process/)
Conviction History
Employee Benefits Overview (https://careers.sf.gov/benefits/)
Equal Employment Opportunity (https://www.sf.gov/what-equal-employment-opportunity-and-how-file-claim)
Disaster Service Worker (https://sfdhr.org/disaster-service-workers)
ADA Accommodation
Veterans Preference (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#veteranspreference)
Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams
Right to Work (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#identification)
Copies of Application Documents
Diversity Statement (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#diversitystatement)
Recruitment Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the exam analyst, Kristin Hadley at kristin.hadley@sfgov.org. Please include the recruitment ID, TEX-9772-166451, in the subject line.
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.
