Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/14/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR)-Interior Design Series 1008 Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- interior design or other field that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in interior design, interior architecture, or interior environmental design; or passage of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) examination. Or, Specialized Experience: Experience that required the performance of work concerned with the design and alteration of interior spaces to meet functional and aesthetic needs such as: Providing complete interior design services, from concept to installation, for an organization and its satellite facilities Providing plans, consultation, advice, specifications, and designs for spaces involved in new construction and/or renovation, and reviewing Architect/Engineer submittals for compliance with applicable regulations and facility design criteria. Preparing scaled architectural floor plans, space layouts, reflected ceiling plans, finish plans, working drawings, finish schedules, renderings, graphics, signage, and specifications, utilizing CAD software (e.g., AutoCAD, Revit, AutoCAD MEP, 3DS Max, or SketchUp). Monitoring contractor performance for quality and adequacy of service; and serving as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR/COR); Independently supervising or coordinating contract painters and construction crews in the performance of their work, to include selection of paint colors, scheduling of work projects, and inspection of the final service provided. Coordinating color and finish selections and architectural detailing Developing cost estimates, evaluating bid proposals, reviewing construction documents, and managing an interior design budget involving recurring and non-recurring funds. In addition to meeting the above IOR requirement, applicant must also meet the following You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Monitoring contractor performance for quality and adequacy of service; Independently supervising contract painters in the performance of their work to include selection of paint colors, scheduling of work projects and inspection of final service provided; Preparing drawings or review those prepared by Architectural Engineers which include finish schedules, renderings, graphics, signage, resource coordination, furniture specifications, architectural detailing and coordination of color and finishes. OR, Education:Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond . For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.