Supervisory Interior Designer

Summary Supervisory Interior Designer has full administrative and managerial program responsibility for the VA North Florida/South Georgia Health Care System Interior Design Services Section in the Environmental Management Service. Planning - coordinating and overseeing the interior design of the healthcare environment on multiple complex and often urgent renovations and construction related projects. Full interior design management responsibility and administrative functions for interior design program.

Qualifications To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/26/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. For appropriate SF-50(s) to submit please see Required Documents section for examples. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) - Interior Design Series 1008 Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study - 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: 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. Minimum Qualification Requirement: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: Assisting General Engineer/Architect COR (Contracting Officer Representative) with submittal process. Plan - develop - and prepare appropriate designs for projects. Provide technical guidance and monitoring of the contractor’s interior design performance and authorizations. Coordinate interior or exterior signage and directional graphics to comply with signage manual and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Standards with designated Facilities Management staff. Developing scope of project - analyze work functions and requirements - gather data details of furniture - equipment - utilities and other special needs and develops solutions to meet requirements. Prepare and present oral - written or graphic design proposals and secures signed off approvals. Develop Interior Design processes or procedures for the Medical Center and coordinates assigned aspects of the program. There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Conditio…