HR Leaves and Workers' Compensation Supervisor (1246) – DPH – 167363

The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce. All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status.   This is a Position-Based Test conducted in accordance with CSC Rule 111A . Learn more about the City’s hiring process here:  https://careers.sf.gov/knowledge/process/   Application Opening :  Friday, September 11, 2026    Application Deadline: Application filing will close on or after Friday, September 25, 2026 Salary :  $157,924 – $191,932 Annually  Appointment Type :  Permanent Civil Service   Recruitment ID :  PBT-1246-167363 Work Arrangement: Onsite Becoming a City employee means being a part of a team that cares about making a difference. Your work will shape both the present and future of San Francisco. When you work for the City, you’re choosing a job with purpose.  The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans. Fulfilling this mission requires employees working across our hospitals, clinics, programs, and offices to deliver services and support the communities we serve. Individuals interested in joining DPH should expect to work in person across these settings. The San Francisco Health Network, Population Health, Behavioral Health Services, and Administration are the core divisions of SFDPH. The San Francisco Health Network is the City’s only complete system of care and has locations throughout the City, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and over 15 primary care health centers. The Population Health Division (PHD) provides core public health services for the City and County of San Francisco: health protection, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and disaster preparedness and response. Behavioral Health Services operates in conjunction with the San Francisco Health Network and provides a range of mental health and substance use treatment services. DPH Leaves Management and Workers Compensation Program The Leaves Management and Workers’ Compensation Program helps our employees understand the complex array of leaves available under local, state, and federal law, whether routine or more complex. At the individual employee level, we support protected leaves, help them navigate work through life’s journey and support them when they are injured and seek support at work. The Workers Compensation Program offers leaves options and other resources to employees injured at work, in partnership with the City’s HR. The Opportunity  The San Francisco Department of Public Health operates one of the nation’s most complex and integrated public health systems. DPH is seeking an experienced HR Leaves and Workers’ Compensation Supervisor to drive operational excellence and deliver responsive, employee-centered service across these complex programs. The position will lead program operations, strengthen customer service, improve coordination, and ensure the consistent administration of applicable laws, policies, and employee protections. This role offers an opportunity to make a meaningful department-wide impact by improving how employees and managers experience HR services when navigating leave, workplace injuries, and return to work. The HR Leaves and Workers’ Compensation Supervisor leads a team of HR professionals and serves as a consultant, advisor, and subject-matter expert. Key Responsibilities:  Essential duties include:  Driving operational excellence across the Leaves Management and Workers’ Compensation Program.  Establishing program priorities, service standards, procedures, and effective workload practices.  Improving the customer experience through clear communication, responsive service, and consistent guidance for employees and managers.  Advising employees, managers, executives, and HR partners on leave and workers’ compensation laws, policies, and procedures.  Providing guidance on complex matters involving employee leave, workplace injuries, disability accommodation, temporary modified duty, and return to work.  Developing and delivering training that strengthens understanding, consistency, and effective program administration.  Leading continuous-improvement initiatives that enhance timeliness, accessibility, compliance, and service quality.  Using data, performance measures, and operational insights to identify trends, manage risks, and improve program outcomes.  Reviewing complex workers’ compensation cases and coordinating early intervention, temporary modified duty, accommodation consideration, and return-to-work planning.  Building effective partnerships with the Department of Human Resources, the City’s workers’ compensation administrator, occupational safety and health staff, and other departmental partners.  Preparing reports and briefings for executive leadership and representing DPH before regulatory bodies or in external proceedings.  Supervising, coaching, and developing program staff while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, accountable, and customer-focused team culture.  The HR Leaves and Workers’ Compensation Supervisor may perform other duties as assigned or required, including duties listed in the applicable  class specification .  Education : Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Experience : Five years of professional human resources experience 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 of which one year must ha