Historic Preservation Specialist

The Commission reviews designs proposed for memorials, new or renovated government buildings, and privately owned properties in certain areas of Washington under the Shipstead-Luce and Old Georgetown Acts as well as coins and medals. In addition, the Commission supports a variety of arts institutions in Washington, DC, through the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs (NCACA) program.

**Qualifications:**
Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position you must meet the Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. Specialized Experience: To qualify for the GS-13, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1) Applying a wide range of theories, principles, concepts, practices, and methodology of the art and science of historic preservation relevant to the design, alteration, preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive use of existing historic and non-historic buildings in a historic district and to the design of new buildings in a historic district; AND 2) Analyzing and evaluating proposed architectural, landscape architecture, and urban designs for public and private building and landscape projects in a historic district and making recommendations, reports, and presentations on the findings, including in a permitting context; AND 3) Serving as a liaison with Federal and local government agencies to coordinate and facilitate projects reviews and their submissions; AND 4) Preparing for an organization's monthly meetings and developing and coordinating the meeting agenda and consent calendars. Must meet all. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM's website:https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.