Deputy Director of Administration and Finance - Dept. of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (0953)

Appointment Type: 

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

Application Opening: March 20, 2026

Application Deadline: May close anytime but not before April 19, 2026

Compensation Range: $196,612 and $250,978 (Range A)

Recruitment ID: RTF0164445-01133657

Who We Are

Through the provision of coordinated, compassionate, and high‐quality services, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) strives to make homelessness in San Francisco rare, brief, and one time. The Department provides assistance and support to homeless and at‐risk youth, adults and families to prevent imminent episodes of homelessness and end homelessness for people in San Francisco. Services including outreach, homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, drop‐in centers, transitional housing, supportive housing, short‐term rental subsidies, and support services to help people exit homelessness. For more information about the department, please visit our website at https://hsh.sfgov.org/. 

What We Do

San Francisco is a pioneer in homeless services and a leader in providing supportive housing as a permanent exit from homelessness. The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), founded in 2016, is a national leader in the movement to end homelessness by developing a coordinated, equity-driven, client-focused system of compassionate services while piloting innovative models, and implementing best practice solutions with measurable results. 

HSH’s Homelessness Response System (HRS) funds, oversees and implements a system of care that shelters, houses, and serves approximately 15,000 people daily. Major programs include: street outreach and service connection through the Homeless Outreach Team (SFHOT); 3,600+ bed shelter system for transitional age youth, adults and families including shelters for members of the LGBTQ community; rapid rehousing rental subsidies for families, adults, older adults, and transitional aged youth; the Problem Solving and flexible financial assistance programs; and robust supportive housing programs with over 14,500 units which provide housing and services to formerly homeless transitional age youth, individuals, and families.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Deputy Director of Administration and Finance is a critical executive leader at the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) and responsible for developing and implementing the Department’s strategic goals through cross-functional leadership and strategic problem-solving.  The Deputy Director oversees Budget, Finance, Business Services, Contracting and Procurement, Grants Administration, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Real Estate and Facilities.

The position provides executive direction and leadership to the 95-person division and directly supervises six director-level staff to achieve the strategic goals of the office.  The position oversees development and implementation of an approximately $800 million annual budget of local, state, and federal resources for homelessness services and housing and $500 million in annual contracting to community-based organizations delivering a continuum of prevention, emergency shelter, and housing services. The Deputy Director for Administration and Finance works closely with the Executive Director and serves on the Department’s executive leadership team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide executive leadership and guidance around developing departmental goals, objectives, policies, and priorities.
• Directs the development and implementation of all administration and finance functions involving a complex homelessness response system.
• Leads and supports subordinate managers to promote high standards for performance and continuous improvement.
• Oversees the development and ongoing improvement of the San Francisco's Homelessness Information Management System, known as the Online Navigation and Entry System.
• Collaborates with other City departments including the Department of Public Health, Human Services Agency and Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development on cross-cutting initiatives to prevent and address homelessness in San Francisco.
• Independently represents HSH before the Board of Supervisors, Homelessness Oversight Commission, Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee, Committee on Information Technology (COIT) and Capital Planning Committee (CPC) and other citywide policy groups.
• Consults and coordinates with the Mayor’s Office on budget, contracting, real estate, IT, and administrative related matters.

Education:

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; AND

Experience:

Five (5) years of financial managerial experience within a large, complex organization or government entity, including supervising staff.

Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

• Experience working in public-sector finance, contracting and administration.
• Knowledge of the City and County of San Francisco governmental structures and homelessness, housing or social services issues.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and complex legislative, regulatory and administrative environment.

Verification

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://www.sf.gov/how-to-verify-education-requirements.

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.

Selection Procedures: The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to participate in the oral/performance interview.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

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

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.

•    Select the “Apply Now” button and follow instructions on the screen

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 kept up-to-date. 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.

Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please send your inquires to recruitment analyst Radha Mehta 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.