Director, Position Control & Budget Strategy

San Francisco Unified School District; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

dental and vision plans

defined benefit pension plan

disability

life insurance

flexible spending account options

vacation time

Job summary

San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) seeks a Director of Position Control to lead staffing allocation, budget alignment, and compliance across Business Services, HR, and other departments. You will oversee position control, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide data-driven insights to optimize district funds and staffing to meet student needs.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field, with four years of experience in position control or budgeting in large

Qualifications

• Requires a baccalaureate degree in business, public administration, HR or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Strong analytical, budgeting, and staffing allocation experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with cross‑department collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manages the district’s position control system and staffing allocation.
• Collaborates with Budget Services to align staffing with approved budgets.
• Performs internal audits and ensures compliance with district policies.
• Communicates staffing guidelines to administrators and trains staff on position control processes.
• Prepares reports on staffing, vacancies, and budget impact for senior leadership.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Training others

Education

Baccalaureate degree in business/public administration/HR

Master's degree preferred

Tools

PeopleSoft

SAP

Job description

Job Class: 0993 Director

Salary Range: $148,215-$198,901/annually

Appointment Type: Appointment Type name (what does this mean?)

Length of Appointment: 3 years

Calendar: Full Time / Full Year

Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 50,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 121 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile. Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21^st century.

What It Means to Work Here

The SFUSD community is unified by ourCore Values:

• Student-centered: We put students’ needs first
• Fearless: We persist through challenges
• United: We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths
• Social Justice: We stand with those most vulnerable in our community
• Diversity-driven: We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision, Values and Guardrails which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan.SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As aCORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and goals.

Who We Want

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission, steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, and problem solvers who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

As the 0993 Director, Position Control, under general direction from the Deputy Superintendent of Business Services, you will ensure the efficient and strategic management of the district’s staffing allocation, budget alignment, and compliance with organizational policies. In this role, you will work across Business Services, Human Resources and other departments to ensure effective and accurate use of district funds in alignment with student needs.

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.

As the 0993 Director, Position Control, you will be responsible for:

• Position Management & Staffing Allocation
• • Maintains and manages the district’s position control system, ensuring accurate records of all full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, including new positions, reclassifications, transfers, and eliminations
  • Develops and maintains staffing allocation models that are aligned with district-wide staffing guidelines, programmatic needs, and budget constraints
  • Provides oversight and coordination of district-wide staffing requests and approvals
  • Determines and monitors administrator-to-teacher ratios to ensure compliance with district guidelines and California Education Code provisions
  • Implements staffing ratio models that align with regulatory mandates, including the number of FTE administrators per student population, ensuring optimal staffing efficiency
• Budget & Financial Analysis
• • Collaborates with Budget Services to ensure staffing levels are aligned with approved budgets and that budgetary impacts of staffing changes are fully understood
  • Monitors staffing costs and provides analysis on the financial impact of FTE adjustments, vacancies, and staffing-related expenditures
  • Generates and analyzes regular reports to senior leadership regarding current staffing, vacancy reports, position usage, staffing trends and budget alignment
  • Assesses the budgetary impact of penalties for exceeding the administrator-to-teacher ratios as outlined in the California Education Code. Provides financial analysis to district leadership on potential costs and implications of non-compliance, including strategies to mitigate financial penalties
• Compliance & Reporting
• • Ensures compliance with district policies, state regulations, and collective bargaining agreements related to staffing and budget allocation
  • Conducts internal audits to verify accuracy and consistency of data in the position control system
• Collaboration & Communication
• • Works closely with Human Resources, Payroll, and Administrators to ensure seamless position management and staffing allocations
  • Communicates district staffing guidelines, protocols, and changes to relevant stakeholders
  • Assists in providing training to site administrators and department heads on position control processes and staffing allocation
• Performs other related duties as assigned

The strongest candidates will have:

• Knowledge of:
• • Relevant provisions of the California Education Code, Board Policies, Civil Service Rules, collective bargaining agreements
  • Proficiency in using position control software and human resource information systems (HRIS) such as PeopleSoft, SAP, or other enterprise-level position management tools
  • Knowledge of laws, regulations, and collective bargaining agreements relevant to staffing, FTE allocations, and budgetary compliance in an educational setting
  • Understanding of state and federal funding mechanisms (such as Title I, ADA, etc.) that affect staffing levels in public school districts
  • Understanding of financial and budgetary principles, including forecasting, cost analysis, and reconciliation of staffing costs with available funding
• Skills:
• • Strong analytical abilities to identify issues related to staffing or budget discrepancies and implement effective solutions
  • Ability to think strategically about resource allocation, considering both short-term and long-term staffing needs
  • Builds strong relationships with district leaders, HR, and finance departments to streamline processes
  • Comfort in working with complex data to drive decision-making
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Capable of troubleshooting complex position control challenges, including reconciling misalignments between the district’s financial resources and staffing needs
  • Ability to work collaboratively with departments such as Budget, Human Resources, Payroll, and School Administrators to ensure smooth staffing operations
  • Strong interpersonal skills for building relationships with various stakeholders across the district
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey complex staffing data and budget information clearly to district leadership and other stakeholders
  • Ability to effectively train and guide school administrators on position control protocols, ensuring district-wide consistency

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Possession of a baccalaureate degree in business administration, public administration, human resources or other closely related field from an accredited college or university; Master’s degree preferred
• Four (4) years of experience in position control, budget management, or staffing allocation in a large organization, preferably in an educational setting.

Substitution

• Up to 4 years of education requirement may be substituted for additional experience on a year-for-year basis

What We Offer

SFUSD offers a competitive salary of $148,215-$198,901/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 (@sfusd.edu, @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).

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 athttp://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 futurejobopportunities with the San Francisco Unified School District.

Nondiscrimination Statement and Grievance Procedures:

San Francisco Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy or lactation, including medical conditions or recovery, parental, marital, and family status, reproductive health decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, or genetic information, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by law or regulation, in its educational program(s) or employment.

Any person may report discrimination, including sex discrimination, sexual harassment, or discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability (whether or not the reporting person is alleged to be the victim of the discriminatory conduct) in person, by mail, by telephone, or by email, using the contact information for the District's Title IX Coordinator.

District Title IX Coordinator:

Eva Kellogg

Office of Equity

555 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor

San Francisco, CA, 94102

415-355-7334 or [e-mail]

For more information and the District's nondiscrimination policy, please reviewBoard Policy 4030. For more information about the District's Sexual Harassment policy, please reviewBoard Policy 4034.