The USBG inspires people to appreciate, study, and conserve plants to enrich society locally and globally. The USBG provides educational experiences to 1 million visitors annually, presents horticultural displays and exhibits, strives to break down barriers to inclusion, and advances the exchange of ideas and information. The USBG is comprised of nearly 70 positions across four divisions: Administrative, Learning and Engagement, Horticulture, and Operations. Learn more:  U.S. Botanic Garden.

Duties

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG), Learning & Engagement (L&E) Division, Learning & Outreach (L&O) Branch. The incumbent serves as the Senior Education Specialist and works with the L&O team on educational programs that fulfill the USBG's mission, including the design, facilitation, oversight, coordination, and evaluation of national level educational initiatives, teacher engagement opportunities, partnership opportunities, and formal and informal educational programs. Program locations are on-site, virtual, and off-site. The incumbent also serves as a liaison for the USBG with national museum and public garden organizations. The position requires flexibility in work schedule including work on weekends, evenings and holidays.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• 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.

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 http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.  Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.Candidates for the GS-12 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.Specialized experience is defined as the following: (1) Designing, developing, coordinating, and evaluating new on-site, virtual, and off-site educational programs for a museum or public garden; (2) Designing, developing, coordinating, and evaluating teacher professional development opportunities for a museum or public garden; (3) Teaching plant science, horticulture, botany, or natural sciences in an informal or formal setting; (4) Researching, developing, coordinating, facilitating, and evaluating new national level educational initiatives and partnership opportunities; and (5) Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on educational programs. 

Education

Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a field appropriate to the position.

or

Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above.

Contacts

• Address Architect of the Capitol 2nd and D Street, S.W. Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States
• Name: London Holliway
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]