This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Capitol Grounds and Arboretum (CGA). Serving as the CGA Landscape Architect performing duties that are broad in scope, providing programming services for new construction, preservations and restoration projects, long range land use planning and serves as a technical expert for the AOC Cultural Landscape Reports (CLR's). 

Duties

 The Landscape Architect coordinates planning activities with other agencies within the Washington, DC area and must possess to a high degree, technical judgment, tact, imagination and resourcefulness; works collaboratively with the division managers and AOC Office of the Chief Engineer, Office of the Chief Security Officer, United Sates Capitol Police and the House and Senate Sergeants at Arms to plan and implement landscape improvements throughout the campus. 

Requirements

• You must be able to pass a drug test.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
• You must meet the education requirements for Architect.

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at OPM qualification standards For Architects: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/landscape-architecture-series-0807/ --AND-- In addition to meeting the basic education requirement for an Architect, you resume must clearly demonstrate the required specialized experience as described below. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, an applicant's one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for successful job performance. To qualify at the GS-13 level, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-12 level in the federal service. Examples of qualifying experience include the following types of tasks performed on a regular and recurring basis: Performing design and development, technical reviews, quality control and project management on from planning, design, and programming through construction; Providing technical advice and recommendations on construction projects, staff, and resources, including costs, design and contract and development management;   Evaluating studies, plans, design specifications and progress reports for architectural, engineering and construction processes and projects; Serving as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) or equivalent; and Collaborating with top level technical representatives of industry, Congressional offices, and others in the development of facilities and long range work plans supporting Architectural and Historic Preservation criteria, requirements and projects. *Computer Aided Design and Drafting  (CADD) experience is required*

Education

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements for this position, applicants must possess the following:

Education Required for Architects:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in landscape architecture or landscape design; 

OR

2. Combination of education and experience for each year short of graduation, the applicant must have had 1 year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original landscape design.

For a detailed explanation, please visit, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/landscape-architecture-series-0807/

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: 

Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment.

Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part of foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree.

You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing if selected.

Contacts

• Address Architect of the Capitol 2nd and D Street, S.W. Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States
• Name: Paulette Ellis
• Phone: 202-615-4203
• Email: [email protected]