Business Development Administrator

Appointment Type:  Permanent Exempt. 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 : Thursday, May 30, 2024

• Application Deadline : Apply Immediately. Application filing will be open at least through 5:00 PM on Wednesday June 5, 2024 and will close any time thereafter.

• Compensation Range : $134,212 - $163,150 annually

• Recruitment ID: RTF0148133-01111820

San Francisco International Airport (SFO), an enterprise department of the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), has approximately 1,700 CCSF employees and strives to be a  diverse, equitable, and inclusive employer . 

SFO’s mission is delivering an airport experience where people and our planet come first and our core values are Safety and Security, Teamwork, Excellence, Care, and Equity.  Learn more about careers at SFO.

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Location : San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 94128

Working Hours : Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8 am - 5 pm, eligible for hybrid work schedule.

Job Description

The Business Development Administrator in the Economic and Community Development (ECD) unit is a critical position for the Social Responsibility section. This role involves an analytical systems approach, responsible for designing business solutions, formulating recommendations, and achieving effective results. This position will serve as a subject matter expert on local and federal small business regulations and will play a central role in ensuring compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) 49 CFR Part 26 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and 49 CFR Part 23 Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) programs. The key responsibilities include leading policy and program development and enhancement, education and training, outreach and engagement, compliance, certification and reporting. In addition to leading these programmatic areas, the Business Development Administrator will collaborate with the ECD Manager to develop policies, programs, and initiatives to support diverse small businesses and ensure effective distribution of contract advertisements and public notices to diverse small businesses, and constituents, and stakeholder. Furthermore, the Business Development Administrator is expected to provide coaching and training to staff, promote staff development, and work collaboratively with stakeholders to advance economic equity initiatives at the airport. As a team member of SFO, you will embrace SFO’s core values and SFO’s Racial Equity Action Plan .

You are excited about this opportunity because you will:

• Policy and Program Development: Collaborate with ECD Manager to develop policies, programs, and initiatives to support diverse small businesses; interpret potentials and limitations of program policies and keep management advised of status with the directed preparation of related correspondence and reports. 
• A Policy and Program Enhancement: In collaboration with the ECD Manager, liaise interdepartmentally to develop and enhance ECD policies, programs, and initiatives in support of diverse small businesses.
• Education: Disseminate information regarding 49 CFR 23, 49 CFR 26, and related programs. In collaboration with the ECD Manager, develop, implement, and facilitate capacity building and
  technical assistance sessions for diverse small businesses.
• Training: In collaboration with the ECD Manager, provide training and assistance to staff and contractors on policies, procedures, and requirements that maximize small business participation.
• Data analysis and Reporting: Facilitate the data compilation for FAA annual reporting, three-year ACDBE and DBE goal setting. Oversee the B2Gnow: small business compliance management system.
• Compliance: Assist with any prompt payment issues, investigate, and help resolve concerns related to diverse small business participation on contracts, review and monitor contract developments and selection processes to ensure achieving diverse small business contracting objectives, ensure that there are physical on-site inspections of practices of contract holders and businesses in accordance with federal regulations. Arrange and present at pre-bid and pre-award meetings and conferences.
• Small Business Certification and Verification: Lead the ACDBE certification and SBE verification programs by ensuring that applicants meet the eligibility criteria according to 49 CFR 26 and 23.
• Community Outreach: Plan diverse business outreach events, develop and assist in outreach and recruitment activities, including staffing job, small business, and resource fairs, offering workshops, informational sessions, networking events, and developing/curating accompanying marketing collateral.
• Community Engagement: Plan and implement workshops for diverse small businesses on the following topics: Doing Business at SFO—Concessions; Doing Business at SFO—Construction; Doing Business at SFO—Professional Services.
• Staff Supervision and Coaching: Supervise staff, including lower-level administrative analyst and community development specialist.
• Please note that incumbents in this classification may be required to perform duties as listed in the 1824 – Principal Administrative Analyst class specification.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, and five(5) years full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work. Qualifying professional-level analytical work includes analysis, development, administration, and reporting in major programs and functions of an organization in the areas of budgets, contracts, grants, policy, or other functional areas related to the duties of positions in the 182X Class series.

Substitution:

Possession of a graduate degree (Master's degree or higher) from an accredited college or university with major coursework in specialized subject matter areas such as public or business administration, management, business law, contract law, public policy, urban studies, economics, statistical analysis, finance, accounting or other fields of study closely related to the essential functions of positions in the Class series may be substituted for one (1) year of required experience.

Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of 2 years). Thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units equal one year.

Note:  One-year full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40 hours work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

Note:  Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

The stated desirable

qualifications

may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

Desirable

Qualifications

:

• Three (3) years of verifiable experience analyzing the certification applications of small, minority, and/or women-owned firms in accordance with local, state, or federal regulations.
• Three (3) years of verifiable experience analyzing payment documents, solicitation submittals, reviewing, monitoring, and developing contracts or other regulatory requirements involving contracts, ordinances, or vendors. Such experience must have included:
• Providing technical direction on small business certification, small business participation on government contracts, government procurement, and contract bidding procedures to ensure compliance with all contract requirements; OR 1824 Business Development Administrator
• Promoting small business participation in contracting
• Have a working knowledge of federal DBE/ACDBE requirements and/or City & County of San Francisco LBE Chapter 14B requirements.
• Have demonstrated experience in public speaking and/or making public presentations to groups of 10 or more.
• Passionate for culture. you understand the importance of a company’s culture and its power to drive success.

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

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.

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.

Transportation (TSA) Security Clearance: Candidates for employment with the San Francisco Airport Commission are required to undergo a criminal history record check, including FBI fingerprints, and Security Threat Assessment to determine eligibility for security clearance and may be required to undergo drug/alcohol screening. Per Civil Service Commission Rule Section 110.9.1, every applicant for an examination must possess and maintain the

qualifications

required by law and by the examination announcement for the examination. Failure to obtain and maintain security clearance may be the basis for termination of employment with the Airport Commission.

Additional Information

Additional Information

Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are  only  accepted through an online process. Visit and begin the application process.

• Select the “I’m Interested” 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.

Recruitment Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst Susan Vang-Chan at .

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.