TEX; Quality Assurance Support Specialist

Application Opening: August 24, 2026
Final date to receive applications: 11:59PM Sunday, August 30, 2026
Compensation Range: $102,466-$124,618
Appointment: Full-Time, TEX, Cat-17
Appointment Type: Temporary Exempt (TEX) Cat-17, limited duration appointment to temporarily backfill civil service employees on leave (limit of 2 years). This temporary position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process. The individuals who are appointed to Exempt Positions are appointed at the pleasure of their appointing officer and are considered to be "at-will". This means that exempt employees are not protected by the same grievance and job protection rights as Permanent Civil Service employees.

The Department of Early Childhood (DEC) is a City and County of San Francisco Department dedicated to our young children's healthy development. As the City’s largest funder of early childhood, DEC is committed to creating a system that ensures every child can thrive and learn. We provide public investment, expertise, and leadership to put resources into the hands of those who care for our City’s youngest children.

DEC results from merging two existing city departments, First 5 and the Office of Early Care and Education. Both First 5 and OECE have long histories of supporting young children and families in San Francisco through early care and education innovations, family support services, and programs to support children’s healthy development. They merged to expand their capacity and funding and to integrate the City’s early childhood services better.

The Department of Early Childhood condemns all forms of racism, sexism, homo/biphobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, and other forms of discrimination. It affirms that all people including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color – have a right to be in our City and have a right to safe and affordable housing, neighborhoods free from pollution and violence, opportunities for educational advancement and wealth creation, healthy births, early childhoods with abundant opportunities to thrive free from the toxic effects of racism, and access to essential services such as parks, transportation, health care, and child care.

The Department of Early Childhood is committed to the principles of racial equity and continues to implement new strategies to ensure that every child can learn and thrive.

The Early Learning Division administers core department strategies that advance opportunities in support of teacher preparation and compensation, enhance program quality, and improve early care and education affordability and access; and collaborates closely with the other DEC divisions to form a cross-sector approach that ensures universal developmental screening that promotes access to health and mental health services for children and their families;

and that families have opportunities for social and professional connections, linkage to resources, and information on parenting and child development.

• Developing and supporting opportunities that achieve continuous eligibility for families and continuity of care for children ages birth to five.
• Using a racial equity framework that creates the conditions that will ensure school readiness experiences.
• Ensures that quality and assessment systems are responsive to the diverse needs of ECE programs and the children they serve.
• Embracing culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate environments across a mixed delivery system.
• Support policies and strategies that enhance coherence and alignment for Universal PreK (UPK).

Under the supervision of the 9774 Program Quality Assurance Officer, the 9772 Quality Assurance Support Specialist will be responsible for a variety of administrative and programmatic support responsibilities that include and are not limited to:

• Representing the Department of Early Childhood/Early Learning Division to programs, educators, and funded partners.
• Managing and supporting communications and relationships with funded programs.
• Organizing and tracking information in written and electronic…