Senior Human Resources Analyst (1244) - Multiple Departments Citywide (C00184)

Senior Human Resources Analyst (1244) - Multiple Departments Citywide (C00184)

• Full-time
• Certification Rule: Rule of the List
• Work Hours: Regular
• Job Code and Title: 1244-Senior Human Resources Analyst
• Fill Type: Permanent Civil Service
• Eligible List Type: Combined Promotive and Entrance
• Compensation: USD 139828 - USD 169858 - yearly

This is a Citywide Exam posting . Your application to this posting is an application to take a citywide exam.

If you pass the exam, you will be emailed your score and ranking on the eligible candidate list. When a department has an open position with this job classification they will use this eligible list to hire for that position. Departments will contact candidates from this list to gauge interest in their specific roles. Learn more about the City’s hiring process here:

Job Ad Amended on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 to reflect update tominimum qualification substitution language.

Application Opening: Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Application Deadline: Continuous

The City and County of San Francisco is looking to bring on board multiple Senior Human Resources Analysts to help departments in hiring, supporting, and retaining a highly qualified workforce to deliver essential public services to the people of San Francisco. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, can exercise good judgement, sensitivity, and creativity in response to complex situations, and enjoy analysis.

This is a unique opportunity to learn about what it takes to support a complex public sector workforce of nearly 40,000 staff who perform the full range of city and county services, from public safety to transportation to street maintenance to public health, and much more.

San Francisco is a vibrant and dynamic city, on the forefront of economic growth & innovation, urban development, arts & entertainment, as well as social issues & change. This rich tapestry of culture and ideas is sustained by our City’s commitment to heighten the quality of life for the diverse population of San Franciscans and residents of the greater Bay Area. Our employees play an important role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping the future of San Francisco.

In addition to establishing a career with purpose and opportunity for professional growth, the City offers excellent benefits that include: competitive salaries; medical, dental, and vision insurance; defined benefit retirement plan; deferred compensation plan; long‑term disability insurance; life insurance; and a generous paid time off package.

Senior Human Resources Analysts are responsible for hiring, developing, and supporting the City’s workforce. Analysts work in a variety of human resources functional areas including recruitment and examinations; classification and compensation; employee and/or labor relations; benefits administration; human resources operations; diversity, equity, and inclusion; or personnel training. Senior Human Resources analysts are distinguished from Human Resources Analysts in that they may lead or supervise professional/clerical staff and perform more difficult and complex work.

Senior Human Resources Analysts may specialize in one of the functional areas described below or perform duties in multiple areas.

Recruitment and Examinations Analysts help recruit and evaluate the skills of candidates in order to hire a highly qualified workforce.

• Key duties include preparing candidate friendly job advertisements, processing job applications, and constructing, administering, and scoring examinations.

Classification and Compensation Analysts help the City achieve our equity and wage parity goals by conducting investigations and surveys concerning the duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and salaries of City jobs.

• Key duties include conducting field or desk audits of the work performed by City staff, recommending changes to class specifications to reflect current job requirements, and conducting and evaluating wage surveys.

Employee and/or Labor Relations Analysts enhance the City’s goal to provide a fair and welcoming work environment by ensuring consistent compliance with the City’s collective bargaining agreements.

• Key duties include negotiating resolutions to grievances, investigating complaints of serious employee misconduct, and conferring with employees, department leadership, and labor representatives about how best to apply employment regulations.

Benefits Administration Analysts help make the City an employer of choice by managing the City’s employee benefits program.

• Key duties include creating, managing, and updating the City’s employee benefits program, such as managing health insurance, retirement accounts, vacations, paid time off, and parental leave.

Human Resources Operations Analysts ensure employees have a smooth and efficient experience when they join, move within, and/or leave the City workforce.

• Key duties include processing new hires through interviews and onboarding activities, facilitating employee transfers, separating employees through layoffs when necessary, and administering fair and consistent employee discipline.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Analysts help the City fulfill our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion through recruitment, training, coaching, mediation, and monitoring.

• Key duties include developing employee resources and training, leading diversity recruitment efforts, coaching management, mediating workplace conflict, and creating and monitoring DEI benchmarks.

Personnel Training Analysts help promote teamwork and strong leadership skills among City staff by facilitating training and workshops.

• Key duties include leading training about supervision and leadership, conducting team building workshops and career development programs, and consulting with managers on training and organizational development projects.

In your role, you may lead or supervise human resources analysts or clerical staff.

Current City policy allows for hybrid work schedules. Staff must work on-site some days each week and may arrange to work remotely on other days.

Please note that staff in this classification may be required to perform the full range of duties as listed in the class specification.

Education: Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Three (3) years of verifiable professional human resources experience, similar to 1241 Human Resources Analyst, in one or more of the following areas of activity: recruitment and selection; classification and compensation; employee and/or labor relations; benefits administration; human resources operations; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and personnel training.

Substitutions: Additional qualifying work experience as a professional human resources analyst may be substituted for up to two years of the required education on a year-for-year basis (30 semester/45 quarter units equals one year).

Completion of a 12‑month human resources trainee program equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco’s 1249 Human Resources Training Program may substitute for one (1) year of required professional experience.

Possession of a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) or Master’s degree in Personnel Administration, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Clinical/School/Industrial-Organizational Psychology, or a closely related field may substitute for one (1) year of the required professional experience.

Verification of Education and Experience: Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Review SF Careers Employment Applications 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. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at

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.

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.

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