Interior Designer

This position is located in the Engineering Service at Central Alabama VA Medical Center in Montgomery, AL. The Interior Designer is responsible for planning, implementation and operational management of a complete Interior Design program for a VA organization.

The following are minimum requirements for appointment as a Interior Designer at GS-09 grade in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), which all applicants must meet one of the following.

• Specialized Experience (GS-09): You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) 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 (i.e., GS-07) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
  
  Qualifying specialized experience is experience that required the performance of work concerned with the design and alteration of interior spaces to meet functional and aesthetic needs such as: identifying, researching, and creatively solving problems pertaining to the function and quality of the interior environment; performing services relative to interior spaces, including programming, design analysis, space planning and aesthetics, using specialized knowledge of interior construction, building systems and components, building codes, equipment, materials, and furnishings;
  
  preparing drawings and documents relative to the design of interior spaces in order to enhance and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public; coordinating and integrating the mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering disciplines within the interior context; managing projects, developing cost estimates, evaluating bid proposals, reviewing construction documents, participating in on-site construction visits, conducting pre- and post-occupancy evaluations, developing standards for efficient space management, etc.
  
  (CLEAR DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE
  
  REQUIRED:
  
  Your resume must show complete information for each job entry, such as beginning and ending dates of employment, duties performed, and/or total hours worked per week.)
  OR,
• Education (GS-09): Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have master's or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Major study must be in interior design or other field that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in interior design, interior architecture, or interior environmental design;
  
  or passage of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) examination.
  
  NOTE:
  
  One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended.
  
  (UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
  
  REQUIRED:
  
  If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.)
  OR,
• Combination (GS-09): Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education as described above. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level (i.e., 18 semester hours) may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-09. (UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
  
  REQUIRED:
  
  If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.)

The following are minimum requirements for appointment as an Interior Designer at GS-11 grade in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), which all applicants must meet one of the following.

• Specialized Experience (GS-11): You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) 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 (i.e., GS-09) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
  
  Qualifying specialized experience is experience that required the performance of work concerned with the design and alteration of interior spaces to meet functional and aesthetic needs such as: identifying, researching, and creatively solving problems pertaining to the function and quality of the interior environment; performing services relative to interior spaces, including programming, design…