Program Administrator (0570) - County Systems Navigation & Transition Support

Job Class:

Job Class: 0570-Program Administrator
Salary Range: $145,229-$156,219/annually
Length of Appointment: 2026 - 2027 SY
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 21st century.

What It Means to Work Here

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core 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 a CORE 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.

San Francisco Public Schools fulfill the functions of both a unified school district and a county office of education. County Schools and Programs serve as a safety net for students at high risk of dropping out, including those expelled, incarcerated, homeless, foster, and chronically truant in grades 6-12. As the Program Administrator, you will report to the Executive Director of County Schools and Services. Under the direction of the ED and with the support of County Principals, you will serve as the supervisor and overall leader of the Systems Navigation Pilot, a three-year initiative providing coordinated support and transition planning for system-involved transitional-age youth (TAY) ages 16-24. This role provides program coordination, partner relationship management, cross-sector systems alignment, and reporting. The Program Administrator leads a dedicated team working across education, workforce development, and supporting with the housing, medical, legal, child welfare, and juvenile justice sectors to help students successfully navigate the transition to adulthood. The position requires the ability to build and maintain strong internal and external partnerships and provide detailed case management and problem solving across multiple domains.

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 Program Administrator, your key duties and responsibilities include:

• Program Leadership & Service Coordination
  • Lead and coordinate the planning, implementation, and day-to-day operations of the Systems Navigation program.
  • Supervise, train, support, and evaluate assigned staff, including the Head Counselor, Transition Specialist, Paraeducator, Education Policy Analyst, and other assigned team members.
  • Provide direction to the Systems Navigation team to ensure coordinated, student-centered service delivery for transition-age youth.
  • Oversee the recruitment, onboarding, training, and ongoing support of stipend-paid Peer Mentors, including SFUSD/SFCOE alumni and system-involved young people, in coordination with funding and compliance partners as applicable.
  • Coordinate closely with SFCOE’s Transition Specialist team and SFUSD’s Student and Family Services Division, including SAFEH and Foster Care programs, to align services and referrals.
  • Build upon SFCOE’s existing case management model to support students with individualized assessments, graduation planning, post-secondary transition planning, and housing stability supports.
• Cross‑Sector Partnerships & Systems Alignment
  • Develop and maintain partnerships with government agencies, community-based organizations, higher education institutions, workforce partners, service providers, and internal SFUSD/SFCOE departments.
  • Coordinate warm handoffs and service connections across housing, workforce, medical, legal, juvenile justice, public benefit, and related student support systems.
  • Partner with SAFEH and other student support programs to strengthen early identification, referral, stabilization, and long‑term transition planning for students experiencing homelessness, housing instability, or related barriers.
  • Develop and refine program protocols, workflows, and procedures to support consistent service delivery and cross‑sector coordination.
  • Oversee protocols for the flexible direct student support fund, including support for transportation, technology, clothing, exam or certification fees, and other immediate basic needs, consistent with applicable program guidelines.
• Data, Evaluation, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement
  • Facilitate the use of data and data strategies to monitor student progress, service connections, referrals, outcomes, and program implementation.
  • Oversee program evaluation activities in coordination with the Education Policy Analyst and/or third‑party research partner.
  • Ensure accurate progress monitoring, data tracking, documentation, and reporting for participating students and program activities.
  • Prepare reports, updates, and recommendations for funders, district leadership, and other stakeholders.
  • Participate in grant implementation, budget monitoring, compliance tracking, and related reporting responsibilities.
  • Lead partner convenings to review progress, identify coordination challenges, and establish shared priorities.
  • Apply a continuous improvement approach, including Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, to refine service delivery, identification practices, partner coordination, and program procedures.
  • Support the development and dissemination of a student-facing systems navigation toolkit to support potential scaling to additional comprehensive high schools.
• Other Duties
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

The strongest candidates will have:

• Demonstrated leadership experience in education, social services, youth development, pupil services, county/community schools, alternative education, or a related field.
• Experience supervising, training, supporting, and/or evaluating staff or multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience leading program operations, including planning, implementation, resource coordination, progress monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated experience of strong systems thinking and ability to develop or refine workflows, procedures, tools, and service-delivery models.
• Experience coordinating across departments, agencies, community partners, higher education, workforce, housing, legal, healthcare, child welfare, juvenile justice, or public benefit systems.
• Strong data analysis skills, including the ability to track progress, identify trends, synthesize findings, and use data to inform strategy.
• Experience supporting grant implementation, budget monitoring, compliance, reporting, evaluation, or funder updates.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain complex systems and processes to diverse audiences.
• Strong organization skills, attention to detail, sound judgment, and discretion when handling confidential or sensitive matters.
• Cultural competency and commitment to serving transition-age youth, including foster youth, justice-involved youth, newcomer youth, unaccompanied minors, and students experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
• Experience with CTE, post-secondary readiness, life skills programming, student transition planning, or youth development programs preferred.
• Knowledge of San Francisco public schools, urban public schools, county/community school settings, or related student support systems.
• Spanish-speaking ability preferred.
• Lived experience navigating relevant student support systems is strongly valued.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid California Administrative Services Credential or eligibility for a California Administrative Services Credential.

What We Offer

SFUSD offers a competitive salary of $145,229-$156,219/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.

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

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 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

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