This position is in the Division of Horticulture, under the Office of the Administrator. The Division of Horticulture is responsible for the maintenance of 10 acres of exterior landscape around the East and West building of the National Gallery of Art including a 6-acre Sculpture Garden.

Duties

The incumbent will:

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Qualifications

Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook requirements for the GS-0437-11. GS-11: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the federal GS-09 level, maintaining a garden for a museum or cultural institution. GS-12: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the federal GS-11 level, operating and maintaining various irrigation systems for multiple large gardens. Other Relevant Eligibility Criteria: Requires ability to lift and carry up to 100 lbs of weight repeatedly. Must be able to work occasional weekend and evening overtime hours. Requires work daily, in temperatures above 90 degrees F and below 32 degrees F. Your application and resume must demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must show in your résumé how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. If asked to do so, cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application! Writing Sample: Note: Applicants who are referred to the hiring office for selection consideration may be required to submit writing and/or work samples as part of the interview/selection process. If the hiring office decides to request a writing and/or work sample as part of its selection process, the vacancy contact will reach out to you by email to: (1) inform you of this requirement; and (2) provide further instructions. Those applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be evaluated against these factors to determine the best-qualified candidates. Horticulture – Knowledge of horticultural practices to best plant, display, and maintain gardens throughout buildings and landscapes. Project Management – Ability to plan, organize, oversee, and execute a program function. Snow Removal – Skill in planning for and executing snow removal for a large landscape. Communication- Ability to disperse horticultural knowledge, plans, ideas to diverse audiences. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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.Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration under merit promotion procedures.CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Basic Requirements

1. Degree: horticulture; or a related discipline of basic plant science that included at least 30 semester hours in the basic plant sciences, of which at least 16 semester hours were in horticultural subjects such as those dealing with the breeding, care, management, production, and post harvest handling of horticultural crops.

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2. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in horticulture or a related discipline of basic plant science that included course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Evaluation of Education: Courses in botany, plant physiology, plant taxonomy, plant pathology, genetics, agronomy, horticulture, and similar courses may be used to meet the 30-semester-hour requirement in basic plant sciences.

The 16-semester-hour requirement in horticulture includes course work in basic horticulture and course work related to any of the recognized subject-matter fields of horticulture, i.e., fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, nursery work, seed production, or course work in related areas of science, such as micro-biology, entomology, plant pathology, plant physiology, or genetics that is directly related to horticultural work.

Contacts

• Address National Gallery of Art 4th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20565 United States
• Name: Staffing
• Phone: 202-842-6814
• Email: [email protected]