As a housing crisis continues to affect major California cities, the San Francisco Planning Department is looking to hire a new data and analytics manager, noting on Twitter that the position is one well-suited for an individual who cares about data-driven housing policy.
San Francisco Planning also shared more info about the job on its website, noting, “This position is essential to support the city’s goals for sustainability, equity, resiliency, and prosperity.” The job will entail being a leader for San Francisco Planning’s Data and Analytics Group, which is housed within the Citywide Division of the local government.
Officials are looking for someone with skills and a past track record with modern land use, urban analytics and instilling the value of data-driven decision-making to key stakeholders, a list that includes members of the community, partner agencies, and state or federal collaborators. Other more specific work will include leading the ongoing effort to drastically improve access to data analytical capacity by modernizing products, tools and workflows within the Land Use Information System.
In a broader sense, positions like this one show the ongoing spread of data-driven government within city halls across the country. These types of jobs are becoming increasingly embedded within departments, rather than remaining the domain of IT workers and the occasional innovation team. In fact, it is not hard to envision a future in which all departments in cities like San Francisco — from planning to public works to the police — have data and analytics teams who work alongside their other staff members every day.
The full job announcement, as well as the mechanism to apply, can be found here.
This story first appeared in Government Technology, Techwire’s sister publication.
