Interior Designer

The Interior Designer is responsible for planning, implementation and operational management of a complete Interior Design program. This position is located at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.

**Qualifications:**
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal service. 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. Note: Resume must clearly support the duties and experience required for this position. We will not make assumptions regarding experience. -OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study 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 that was supplemented by passage of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) examination. (Transcripts Required and/or proof of NCIDQ examination passage required) -OR- COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above to meet the total qualification requirements. (Transcripts Required) 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/.