Job Class: Manager II, 0992
Salary Range: $132,527-$180,933/annually
Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (what does this mean?)
Calendar: Full Time / Full Year
Position Description
As a Manager 2, you will report to the Student & Family Services Division (SFSD) Executive Director and be a part of the Student and Family Services Division and leadership team.
The Manager 2 of Health Services provides strategic leadership, clinical oversight, and operational management for the district's comprehensive health programs. This role is responsible for support of a large team of school-based and specialized nursing personnel, ensuring compliance with state-mandated health programs, managing public health partnerships, and securing departmental funding. The Manager 2 serves as the primary district representative for infectious disease control, specialized Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), and community health initiatives. They will work closely with other divisional leaders to ensure that students and families are centered in these processes and they understand their rights and responsibilities. They will work closely with other departments and schools to ensure processes are followed and staff are trained to follow all health mandates, district policies and procedures. They will help lead cross divisional work whenever necessary.
Essential Duties
The duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to the job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive or exhaustive list.
1. Personnel Management & Clinical Support- Direct Management: Manage a team of site-level School District Nurses (SDNs) within the Nurse Cohort Model, Nurse Program Coordinators (NPCs), and Central Nurses dedicated to vision and hearing screenings.
- Operational Leadership: Lead regular staff alignment and support initiatives, including clinical consultations. Direct grant and budget development, monitoring, and management to ensure fiscal responsibility. Oversee and facilitate data strategies to drive continuous programmatic and operational improvement. Set the strategic vision for the department and provide critical support to departmental management.
- Workforce Development: Manage human resources processes, including the recruitment, hiring, onboarding, placement, and performance improvement of credentialed nursing staff.
- Mentorship & Support: Facilitate professional growth through a Case Consultation Model, Job Alike Leaders (JAL) framework, and the Cohort Model to mentor both permanent SDNs and temporary nurses.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Provide high-level engagement and strategic support to diverse audiences and key stakeholders.
- Evaluation: Evaluation of classified team members.
- Other leadership responsibilities within classification as assigned by the Executive Team
2. Public Health Compliance & State Mandates- Infectious Disease Control: Serve as the primary District representative for infectious disease prevention, surveillance, and response protocols (e.g., COVID-19, Norovirus, Tuberculosis) in coordination with the Department of Public Health (DPH).
- Health Screenings: Manage the execution, data collection, and state reporting for district-wide vision and hearing screenings across mandated grade levels
3. Strategy, Communications & Fiscal Oversight- Stakeholder Liaison: Maintain a strong connection with the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), site administrators, and school communities to communicate health protocols and address service requests.
- Interdepartmental Collaboration: Partner with Central Nurses and the District Communications team to develop, update, and disseminate clear clinical protocols, FAQs, and public-facing health advisories.
- MOU & Partnership Management: Maintain a comprehensive awareness of current operational MOUs, ensuring specialized agreements are executed seamlessly across agency and school sites.
- Fiscal Sustainability: Prepare, justify, and submit annual Public Education Enrichment Fund (PEEF) funding requests to support and scale health services programming.
- Digital Presence: Oversee the annual review and update of the Health Services department website to ensure accurate community resources and information.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Experience- Bachelor's degree (B.A. / B.S) from an accredited college or university; advanced degree preferred
- Three years of professional-level experience in a large, urban school district, or human resources department, or other educational setting
- Strategic leadership and management experience; in a K-12 public educational setting preferred
Substitution- Up to 4 years of education requirement may be substituted for additional experience on a year-for-year basis.
The strongest candidates will have:
- A Masters Degree in a field related to health services i.e. Public Health or Nursing
- Public Health & School Health Expertise: Leverages a robust nursing and health-related background to effectively support, manage, and scale student health services.
- Urban Education Alignment: Deeply rooted in the context of public school Districts, with a mission-driven focus on advancing instructional leadership and student outcomes.
- Systems Building & Data Analytics: Combines strong analytical skills with systems thinking to translate data into strategy, design metrics, and build compliance infrastructure where none exists.
- Complex Cross-Functional Leadership: Navigates large, complex public systems effectively, fostering collaboration across diverse departmental roles and stakeholder groups.
- Resource Optimization & Planning: Holds a proven record of managing budgets, personnel, and resources to execute high-impact action plans and achieve strategic goals.
- Adaptive & Detail-Oriented Execution: Blends exceptional organizational skills and strict attention to detail with the agility to pivot quickly in fast-paced environments.
- Proactive Problem Solving: Maintains a resilient, solution-focused mindset, prioritizing continuous improvement, strategic feasibility, and high-quality deliverables over institutional roadblocks.
- Executive Communication & Discretion: Translates complex, bureaucratic procedures into transparent communication for varied audiences while handling sensitive, confidential personnel and health matters with flawless discretion.
- Operational & HR Management: Experienced in defining and implementing structured HR business practices to improve team alignment, workflows, and operational efficiency.
What We Offer
SFUSD offers a competitive salary of $132,527-$180,933/annually commensurate with experience in a similar position. We offer a comprehensive benefits plan including dental and vision plans, a defined benefit pension plan, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options and vacation time. We also offer an inclusive and equity-centered environment where we encourage staff to bring their whole selves to work.
How to Apply
- Visit https://jobs.sfusd.edu/ and create a new account to begin your application.
- You will be prompted to electronically attach a letter of interest, resume, list of professional references
and any applicable credentials or licenses
- Our Human Resources team will then review your entire application to determine your eligibility status
and contact you directly should you move forward in the process
- 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 SFUSD and CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept SFUSD and CCSF mail from the following addresses ([redacted].edu, [redacted].org, [redacted].org, [redacted].com, [redacted].com, [redacted].org, [redacted].org, [redacted].org, [redacted].com, [redacted].org, [redacted].org, [redacted].org, [redacted].org, [redacted].edu, [redacted].info, and [redacted].com).
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 http://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.
Note: Falsifying one's education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification from this and future job opportunities with the San Francisco Unified School District.
