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This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief Engineer, Energy and Design Services Division, Architecture and Preservation Branch. The selectee will perform architectural design, technical analysis and project management on building projects from planning and programming through construction.
** It is desirable that the incumbent be a Registered Architect (RA) with experience in preservation of historically significant monumental structures.
03/20/2025 to 04/04/2025
$120,579 - $185,234 per year
GS 13 - 14
No
Yes—Telework as determined by agency policy
Not required
No
Permanent - Permanent, Full Time
Full-time - This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer Civil Service Competitive Status
Excepted
14 - Full Performance Level is GS-14
No
Yes
OCE-2025-207
834025300
See Requirements section of this announcement for information on who may apply.
This is a career ladder position requiring the incumbent to perform progressively more complex duties and responsibilities leading to the full performance level. Duties quoted at the GS-14 grade level.
Additionally, the selectee will perform technical architectural review and coordination of architectural drawings prepared by consultants under the AOC’s Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) architecture and engineering (A/E) contract managed by the agency’s Design and Program Delivery Division. Assignments include renovation, rehabilitation, and/or restoration of existing historic monumental public buildings and new construction of public or support structures under the jurisdiction of the AOC.
Major Duties:
Architectural Requirements, Specifications, and Facility Design Work
- As the project manager, coordinates with other project team members, disciplines, and program representatives to ensure programmatic requirements are met while integrating applicable building code, standards, guides, and precedents.
- Coordinates with other project and program areas to integrate concurrent standards, guides, and precedents.
- Analyzes requirements and design criteria, develops cost estimates, assures validation of requirements, and evaluates schedules and the feasibility of project accomplishment.
- Conducts surveys of and prepares drawings of existing conditions in preparation for design, periodic inspections during construction, and final inspections at the completion of work to ensure design compliance.
- Self-performs all architectural documentation (drawings, specifications, schedules, renderings, meeting minutes, reports, etc.) in accordance with the Agency's policies and procedures.
Project Management
Acts as a Project Manager and Architectural Task Leader on assigned in-house design projects (e.g., prepares scope and statement of work; coordinates and leads an integrated team of multiple engineering disciplines, building superintendent representatives, and the agency Historic Preservation Officer and curator; manages the schedule, budget and quality of projects; reports project status to management and meets the clients' objectives).
- Serves as Contracting Officer's Representative (e.g., performs contract administration activities for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and Architecture and Engineering (A/E) consulting services contracts and other specialized procurements; prepares scopes of work, fee estimates, schedules, and contract solicitation documents prior to award; prepares responses to offeror questions, conducts proposal evaluations, and reports award recommendations; during the period of contract performance, holds project meetings, maintains contract files, monitors work progress, ensures compliance with contract requirements, incorporates change orders, recommends approval of progress payments and final payment to the contractor, and completes contract closeout process in compliance with Agency requirements).
- Prepares, revises, and maintains project papers and electronic files for agency archives.
Architectural Advice and Guidance
- Consults with management and planning personnel to prepare requirements and criteria for projects for design, construction, or modification to facilities.
- Analyzes and defines requirements of multi-phase projects.
- Conducts reviews of contractor or consultant submissions that resolve highly complex technical difficulties and assist with issues involving historic preservation.
Review of Physical Security Infrastructure Projects
- Reviews the design and construction of highly sensitive physical security projects; Provides expert guidance on how to sensitively incorporate these interventions into existing historic fabric.
- Coordinates with a large number of diverse stakeholders to understand security risks and to develop creative solutions to them; Researches AOC records and provides authoritative direction on appropriate materials and aesthetics for proposed interventions.
Scope of Work Development
- Works closely with end-users, planning, project management, jurisdiction, and construction personnel to develop scopes of work (SOW) for large, complex, high-profile design and construction projects for execution by the Design and Program Delivery Branch.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below:
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 OPM qualification standards
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.
For the GS-13:
Candidates for the GS-13 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower (GS-12) grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for this position must demonstrate broad knowledge and experience with architecture, historic preservation, and/or engineering concepts, methods and procedures and at least 3 of the following:
For the GS-14:
Candidates for the GS-14 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower (GS-13) grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for this position must demonstrate allof the following:
In addition to meeting the specialized experience required for this position, applicants must possess the following:
Basic Education:
1. Degree: architecture; or related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) six semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.
--OR--
2. Combination of education and experience-- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished:
(a) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and
(b) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by related curriculum or experience as defined in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) General Schedule Qualification Standards.
For a detailed explanation of the related curriculum or experience, please visit the following website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/
Special Instructions for Foreign Education:
Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment.
Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part of foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree.
You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing if selected.
Welcome Veterans. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislative branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement. If you are a veteran and have been separated under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documentation of disability, if applicable. For more information, please visit OPM vet guide
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information.
DRUG TESTING: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC’s suitability assessment, a candidate tentatively selected for a position is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candidate must test negative prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. We will schedule, provide, and cover the cost for the drug test.
The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and satisfactory adjudication to be eligible for employment at the Architect of the Capitol.
The Architect of the Capitol is an E-VERIFY Participant. E-VERIFY is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment authorization in the United States. If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" electronic system. For more information on E-Verify, please visit http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1185221678150.shtm
The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation and/or disability.
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
Moving expenses are not authorized.
Relocation expenses may be authorized for non-federal employees.
Probationary Period- Selectee(s) is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probationary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probationary period has been completed previously with the Architect of the Capitol or another Federal agency.
This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies in any of the jurisdictions of the Architect of the Capitol.
All application materials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol.
Note: Please be advised that federal retired annuitant candidates may only be considered as a temporary employee if the role can be filled in that capacity.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions.
Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions relate to the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies:
Your responses to the self assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self assessment questions.
Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or disqualification for further consideration.
Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).
The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job application process is designed to ensure you only provide information necessary to evaluate your qualifications and eligibility for the position vacancy.
To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant information. No additional documentation or attachments are required at the time of application.
Your resume should list your education, training and work experience including job titles, employment dates, duties and accomplishments.
Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC’s Human Capital Management Division. If additional documentation is required for the position, you will be asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At that time, you may be asked to submit documentation to support statements made in your resume.
For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment status. If the position requires licensure or certification, you will be asked to provide proof at the time of selection.
If Veterans’ preference is claimed, you will be asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by that form).
Failure to provide the required documents will end further consideration and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentative job offers.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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