Landscape Architect

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/31/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position, you must meet (1) the Selective Factor, (2) the Basic Education Requirement, and (3) Specialized Experience. SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position requires a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Level I or Level II Certification depending on grade level, at the time of application. The COR Level I is required for the GS-09 position and the COR Level II is required for the GS11 and GS-12. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. - AND - BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: All grades must meet the Basic Education Requirements based on OPM's Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the Landscape Architecture Series 0807. In order to qualify, all applicants must meet one of the following BASIC requirements: 1. Degree: landscape architecture or landscape design. -OR- 2. Combination of education and specialized 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. -AND- SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Selective Factor AND Basic Requirements listed above, all applicants must meet the Specialized Experience requirements for each grade level they are applying to, at the time this announcement officially closes. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: Designing projects for developing or rehabilitating campsites, trails, accessible routes, trailheads, trail bridges, outdoor spaces, overlooks, parking areas, secondary roads, comfort stations, administrative structures, or small restoration/revegetation areas; Planning work or design work in cultural landscape settings such as those on the National Register, or in Historic Districts or their state or local equivalent. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 2 years progressively higher graduate level education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree. Graduate level education is considered to be 36 semester hours. You must include transcripts with your application. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the specialized experience) and 18 directly related graduate level semester hours of related education (50% of the education requirement) would qualify an applicant for this position. You must include transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: designing simple to complex multi-disciplinary projects such as developing or rehabilitating campgrounds, housing areas, entrance stations, visitor centers, primary roads, bridges, transportation systems, administrative development areas, parking and bus facilities, large outdoor areas or large restoration/re-vegetation areas; planning projects or design projects in cultural landscape settings such as National Register, or in Historic Districts or their state or local equivalent. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. You must include transcripts in your application. -OR- COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the specialized experience) and 18 directly related graduate level semester hours of related education (50% of the education requirement) would qualify an applicant for this position. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience would include the development of landscape architecture project construction drawings, technical specifications, and cost estimates as well as project management of multiple concurrent projects as substantiated by my resume/application; knowledge of projects and standard processes - such as scope, schedule, budget, risk management, and communications; application of professional landscape architecture principles, practices, procedures of project development; managing contractors or other project team members and providing operational leadership principles and risk management regarding work safety. There is no education substitution at the GS-12 level. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.