Supervisory Interior Designer

About the company

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.

Your tasks

Includes but not limited to: Coordinate responses between the Medical Center and Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) for ID data calls. Developing project schedule to ensure the date of build-out will meet client/project team expectations. Prepares and presents oral, written, or graphic design proposals and secures signed off approvals from management and end users. Coordinating requests requiring national level approval (IDIQ waivers, executive suite expenditures, artwork requests). Training, counseling, disciplining, evaluating and promoting the growth of employees within the program. Reviews best design considerations with maintenance and operations to ensure long range efficient, cost-effective equipment, finishes, lighting and mechanical systems are selected. Provides technical guidance and monitoring of the contractor's performance and authorizations to interior design issues. Collaborates with site managers, vice presidents, business managers, project engineers and contractors in planning, designing and developing space including space programming, technical specifications and budgets. Performs surveys of buildings to maintain current overall awareness of facilities and general environmental conditions. Develops and maintains a comprehensive resource library of interior design literature. Supervisory Statement: A one year supervisory probation period may be required for this position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Interior Designer/PD060590 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Requirements

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. Conditions of employment: NOTE: Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with patients outside VA medical facilities. Physical Requirements: Work can vary from 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. and travel or driving as needed to satellite facilities, and showrooms. Dexterity is required related to duties performed in drafting, sketching, writing, and keyboarding. 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/.

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) as indicated in Qualification Section. A transcript or certification must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

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. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Subject to background/security investigation; Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959; 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.