Deputy Director Ii Restorative & Prevention Services

Company Description

The San Francisco Adult Probation Department (SFAPD) values the individuality and diversity of justice-involved adults, recognizes the unique challenges they face, and invests in their success through services designed to help them permanently exit the criminal justice system. SFAPD's pretrial, reentry, and rehabilitative services complement its supervision strategies by providing a unique blend of opportunity and accountability. The Department extends a continuum of integrated services to address clients' criminogenic needs and empower them to become productive members of the community.

SFAPD dedicates endless energy toward enhancing public safety, seeking victim restoration, enforcing court-ordered accountability, providing structured evidence-based supervision, and operating comprehensive pretrial services on behalf of the Superior Court of San Francisco.

Reporting directly to the Chief Probation Officer, the 0952 Deputy Director II of Restorative & Prevention Services is a key executive leadership role responsible for directing, strategic planning, and operational scaling across three vital divisions:
Pretrial Services, Reentry Services, and Violence Response Services. The Deputy Director provides vision, administrative direction, and executive oversight to ensure seamless, evidence-based, and client-centered care. By leveraging data, expanding service capacity, and cultivating cross-system partnerships with courts, law enforcement, healthcare providers, and community stakeholders, the Deputy Director advances system reform, reduces recidivism, enhances court appearance rates, and promotes long-term public safety and community restoration.

The ideal candidate is an accomplished, visionary, and compassionate criminal justice leader with a proven track record of directing complex, multidisciplinary operations and building high-performing teams. This individual possesses deep expertise in evidence-based pretrial practices, risk assessment methodologies, focused deterrence, violence reduction strategies, and continuity-of-care models (including housing stabilization, workforce development, behavioral health, and substance use interventions).

Key professional attributes and competencies of the ideal candidate include:

• Strategic & Equity-Centered Leadership:
  Demonstrated ability to inspire organizational culture, drive care-first reform, address systemic and implicit bias, and elevate professional development for sworn and non-sworn personnel.
• Cross-System
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Expertise in navigating and aligning complex, siloed government systems, collaborating effectively with judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, law enforcement, CBOs, victim advocates, and community leaders.
• Data-Driven & Fiscal Acumen:
  Highly skilled in performance management, outcome evaluation, technology integration, and multi-million-dollar budget oversight, contract administration, and resource allocation.
• Subject Matter Mastery:
  Comprehensive understanding of court processes, criminal records, legal codes, bail statutes, supervision technologies, and trauma-informed, culturally responsive interventions.

In accordance with Civil Service Commission Rule 109, representative duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide strategic direction, vision, and administrative oversight for the Pretrial Services, Reentry Services, and Violence Response Services Divisions.
• Formulate, enforce, and evaluate division goals, operational standards, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and departmental policies aligned with executive directives and community safety goals.
• Serve as a key advisor to the Chief Probation Officer and represent SFAPD in executive decision-making, interagency committees, community forums, and media/public inquiries.
• Drive care-first and equity-centered systemic reforms that reduce unnecessary detention, address disproportionate impact, and foster public trust.

• Direct division managers and operational teams, ensuring daily service delivery aligns with evidence-based practices, statutory requirements, and quality control standards.
• Coordinate and leverage the Community Assessment Services Center (CASC) to establish robust referral pathways for case management, housing, workforce development, legal aid, behavioral health, and…