Seasonal Landscape Architect

This is a temporary appointment intended for seasonal work that is less than 6 months or 1040 hours from the date of appointment/service year. It is expected this position will be terminated upon completion of the seasons work. The agency may non-competitively rehire an eligible temporary seasonal worker in subsequent years who works less than 6 months or 1040 hours in their service year.

As a Seasonal Landscape Architect your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Participate in the documentation review design treatment and monitoring of historically significant cultural landscapes with diverse climatic geographic and environmental conditions.
• Review horticultural operations and landscape preservation activities for adherence to agency policies guidelines standards and procedures.
• Advise park managers horticulturists arborists and facility staff in parks and regional offices on best practices in cultural landscape management.
• Engage in the practice of planning designing and adapting of outdoor features taking into consideration recreation planning regulatory requirements aethetic cultural and historic values and compatiblity with context
• Use Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to respond to inquiries execute project work and manage maintenance efforts

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. Prior to your first official motor vehicle operation and again every year thereafter (or more frequently if management determines such need exists) you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying to your possession of a valid State issued drivers license that is current and has not been revoked suspended canceled or otherwise disqualified in any way to prohibit your operation of a motor vehicle. You will also submit a photocopy of your valid state-issued drivers license.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/15/2026-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.

In order to qualify for this position you must possess both the Basic Requirement and Specialized Qualification.

Basic Requirement: Landscape Architect-0807
Education: A degree in landscape architecture or landscape design.
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Combination of Education and Experience: For each year short of graduation one 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.

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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:

Specialized 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). This experience includes activities such as: conducting cultural landscape research involving historical documents photographs maps and drawings to support identification documentation analysis evaluation and treatment; reviewing and assessing design development construction drawings cost estimates and specifications prepared by others for technical accuracy adequacy and compliance with applicable policies guidelines laws and regulations; developing scopes of work and cost estimates for landscape architecture work; providing GIS data in support of planning and compliance activities; and offering technical guidance on historic landscape preservation both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team. You must include hours per week worked.
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Education: Successful completion of at least 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. You must include transcripts.
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Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify. For example 3 months of experience would be 25% of the required 12 months. 45 semester hours of graduate education out of the required 54 would meet 50% of the 18 semester hours beyond whats required of the GS-09 grade level. You must include transcripts.

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.

ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.