This Position is located in National Capital Area Office, in the in the Resource Stewardship and Science Division. This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of 10-years. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.

Duties

The major duties of the Historical Landscape Architect position include, but are not limited to, the following: Landscape Architect: Active Technical Role in NCRO's Cultural Landscape program, including interfacing with historic architecture, GIS, and architectural conservation programs. Responsible for the identification and condition assessments of Historic Properties (cultural landscapes and historic structures) as identified through the NPS Section 110 mechanism: Cultural Resources Inventory System (CRIS) Identifies research needs and suitable research designs and conducts or oversees various levels of research and field investigations. Prepares associated historic contexts as related to the NRHP evaluation method and NPS cultural landscapes method. Actively engages with NCRO CR GIS program, integrating new research and project management as related to management of related CRIS systems for historic properties (Cultural landscapes and historic structures). Participates in landscape architecture projects and compliance consistent with NPS policies, guidelines, and standards along with compliance laws and regulations.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/17/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. To qualify for this position, you must meet one the following Basic Requirements in order to be eligible for this position: If you do not meet these basic requirements, you will be considered not qualified and will not receive consideration for this position. 1. Degree: 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. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year 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). Experience at this level must include all of the following: historic preservation, historic landscape architecture, or cultural landscapes program that involve complex issues and that impact a wide variety of resources. Experience in the field of historic landscape architecture, including the creation of cultural landscape inventories, condition assessments, treatment plans, design drawings, historical research, costs estimates, proposals; and, full working knowledge of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Treatment of Historic Buildings and Structures and National Register of Historic Places methods. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 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. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the total number of semester hours completed and divide by 54 (for quarter hours, divide by 81) and multiply the answer by 100 for your education percentage. To calculate your experience percentage, take the number of months of full time experience and divide by 12 months, then multiply the answer by 100. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week. 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.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

• Address National Capital Area Office 1100 Ohio Drive SW Washington, DC 20242 US
• Name: Devan Aguilar
• Email: [email protected]