About this role
Job Summary
The position serves as an Interior Designer by performing work involving the design of interior environments to promote employee productivity along with the health and welfare of patients and visitors. Participates in all aspects of the Interior Design Program by providing complete, from concept to installation, interior design services for the Salisbury VA Healthcare System (SVAHS), including the medical center and satellite locations.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/30/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. 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. 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.
This occupational series has an Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR). The IOR must be met in order to be found qualified: 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Applying knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional interior design and space planning; serving as a consultant for new constructions and renovations; Preparing technical drawings/specifications for construction projects including developing cost estimates, floor, furniture, and finished plans and schedules, elevations; Coordinating, directing and inspecting work to ensure proper design, material use and installations are completed as designed on time and in budget; managing budget activities; and utilizing architectural methods, techniques, and software.
OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M. if related that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with application.
Education cannot be credited without documentation. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of successfully completed education and specialized experience directly related to the work of the position as outlined above that meets the requirements of the position. Only education in excess of a master's or equivalent graduate education may be used to qualify applicants for the GS-11 level.
NOTE: If using education combined with specialized experience to qualify, a copy of your transcript is required. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical
Requirements
Work will range from being seated at a desk in front of a computer to extensive walking throughout the medical center (interior and exterior) and visitation to construction sites. Work may require some lifting (<25lbs.), light furniture moving, rearranging, carrying catalogs, artwork, samples etc. Duties will require traveling (driving) to showrooms, furniture dealers and satellite facilities as needed. Dexterity is required related to duties performed in drafting, sketching and writing.
- For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Major Duties
- Major duties include, but are not limited to: Provides complete, from concept to installation, interior design services for the medical center and satellite facilities.
- Establishes and maintains an Interior Design standard finish library for various types of offices and standard operating procedures.
- Research and prepares technical interior design specifications including fixtures for electrical, physical security requirements, special construction for drug storage, infection control, food service and other requirements which may affect the cost of renovations or construction.
- Effectively utilizes an annual interior design budget in excess of $600,000 in recurring funds.
- This includes verifying receipt of orders and coordinating.
- Develops and maintains a schedule of short- and long-range projects through existing and future project needs.
- Prepares operating budget, floor plans, specifications, schedules, presentation boards, and accurate cost-estimates.
- Originates orders for furnishings, window treatments, patient cubicle curtains, floor coverings, wall art, ambient lighting, and all other interior design-related Responds to requests, complaints, etc. related to interior design functions.
- Advises the supervisor of suitable responses to deficiencies in design functions.
- Coordinates facility paint schedules with paint crew.
- Specifies color and finish selections to ensure that maintenance, condition of existing paint, end user needs, and compliance with the overall design objective are met.
- Provides planning, consultation, advice, specifications, and designs for virtually all spaces involved in new construction and/or renovation; reviews Architect/Engineer submittals for compliance with VA regulations.
- Provides professional advice on specific design or project requirement problems, consultation purposes, influence managers, coordination of work, research new technology, or recommend new and innovative business processes.
- Participates in all committees that significantly impact the Interior Design Program, patient satisfaction, and employee wellness within the Medical Center.
- Acts as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) by complying with all aspects of procurement integrity regulations related to disseminating contract information.
- Maintain contract administration files in accordance with VA policies and procedures.
- Provides relevant contract information to station leadership in all phases of the acquisition process, from planning to administration to close out.
Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Interior Designer/PD503800 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical
Requirements
The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.