Interior Designer Legislive Branch Library of Congress Summary This position serves as an Interior Designer in the Planning and Engineering Section, Facility Services Division, Integred Support Services Directore, Library of Congress (LOC). Incumbent works under the general supervision of the FACS Project Supervisor receiving technical direction and specific policy guidance from FACS staff. The incumbent executes assignments th often involve organizing and managing the activities of several different service providers. Learn more about this agency Summary This position serves as an Interior Designer in the Planning and Engineering Section, Facility Services Division, Integred Support Services Directore, Library of Congress (LOC). Incumbent works under the general supervision of the FACS Project Supervisor receiving technical direction and specific policy guidance from FACS staff. The incumbent executes assignments th often involve organizing and managing the activities of several different service providers. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month
- Apply by 06/29/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 29, 2026 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—per agency policy Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $70,623
- $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 09 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
- Flextime Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1008 Interior Design Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes
- AFSCME Local 2910 Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number
VAR003357
Control number 871943900 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency
AGENCY EMPLOYEES
UNDER THIS VACANCY IS LIMITED TO THE STAFF OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, TEMPORARY NOT-TO-EXCEED
(NTE)
AND INDEFINITE NOT-TO-EXCEED
(NTE)
EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
(EMPLOYEES
MUST MAINTAIN THEIR ELIGIBILITY AT THE TIME OF SELECTION.
) Duties Help The work is largely evalued in terms of work accomplished especially when uniquely different or sensitive projects are involved. Completed work is reviewed and evalued in terms of overall effectiveness in achieving the goals of soundness of overall approach, conformance with controlling management policies, thoroughness, quality of results, and timeliness of completion. Consults and provides advice in a specialized area of planning to obtain cooperion and agreement on specific plans and projects. Such assignments may vary in size, scope, and complexity. These may rele to preparion of either recommendions, stements, plans, drawings and specificions, or some combinion thereof, for interior design and construction projects, including those for special use facilities, equipment and/or furniture needed for office or Library operions. Influences decisions in assigned areas by analyzing user requirements and the availability of furnishings to sisfy these needs. Prepares preliminary space plans for proposed projects, including detailed specificions, to evalue alternives. Provides factual informion on space layout and interior design plans, including initial layout and workflow of the office(s). Provides advisory services on well-established mters, such as space, furniture, finish and planning standards and the project execution process. Assists in the development of interior design standards for furniture and furnishings. Prepares cost estimes and recommendions for annual furniture and ergonomic furniture replacement as requested. Evalues interior design program and helps evalue/select product based on function, quality, approprieness, cost, replacement requirements, and aesthetics. Provides advice and informion on a wide-range of projects, including project stus, progress, and/or problems to supervisor or upper-level management, as required. Conducts independent investigions and feasibility studies in response to renovion and construction of both unoccupied space and reconfigurion of existing space. Prepares detailed request for ordering interior merials/furnishings, such as furniture, window, floor and wall coverings, artwork and framing, lighting, bulletin boards, and a variety of other interior design furnishings and merials. Prepares necessary administrive paperwork, including specific requirements, scope of work, schedules, cost estimes, vendors list, and reference drawings. Manages or assists in managing programs responsible for the evaluion of technical proposals. Reviews written proposals and technical shop drawings; conducts site s and performs acceptance of contract deliverables, reviews and approves invoices. Serves as the authorized contracting officer's technical representive, representing the contracting officer in the technical phase of the project. Working with contractors and laborers, supervises furniture and equipment installions. Holds conferences and interviews with clients, management and office personnel to define scope of work; analyzes work functions and requirements; ghers da reling to details of furniture, equipment, utilities and any other special needs. Develops block allocions of assigned space th incorpore functional adjacencies and prepares plans showing detailed layouts of furniture and partitions for entire project. After client approval, and following all established CAD standards and procedures, prepares scaled layouts and detailed drawings delineing furniture, partitions, carpet, utilities, security requirements and drawings for custom items as required, using CADD and graphics software. Confirms the availability of inventoried furniture to sisfy project's needs. Cree work orders associed with Demand Work Orders (DWOs) or facility plan projects in an automed work order system. Conducts inspection of work during construction and installion phase to insure compliance with design requirements. Provides da on a wide range of project stus informion including project stus, progress and /or problems to their supervisor. Prepares necessary plans, work requests and contractor support documention to facilite a move. Performs other duties as assigned. The position description number for this position is 404326. The salary range indiced reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. The incumbent of this position will work a flextime work schedule. This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position. Relocion expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Conditions of Employment Library of Congress employees are prohibited from using illegal drugs, including marijuana. The Library is part of the Federal Government and abides by federal law, so regardless of individual ste or District of Columbia laws, marijuana use is illegal, considered criminal activity, and can affect your employment the Library. In addition, past or current drug use and activities (e.g., selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment. Qualificions Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to implement interior design projects.
- Ability to utilize industry standard CAD software and other technology to support space planning and interior design work.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relionships with others.
Ability to perform space planning and interior design functions. Knowledge of regulions, policies, codes, CAD standards, and procedures associed with interior design and project implemention for commercial and/or federal buildings. Ability to effectively plan, direct and manage a variety of projects given limited time and resources. Ability to communice effectively other than in writing . Educion None. Additional informion Although it is the Library's policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting res of pay, a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid step one of the grade. The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must submit a complete applicion package th is received by the closing de of this announcement. Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluion of an approprie personnel security/suitability investigion. For more informion, please see: Vetting Process This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please email ADA@loc.gov. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion determined on a case-by-case basis. Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an approprie certifice of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certificion may be issued by the Ste Vocional Rehabilition Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant's college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify th the applicant has a severe disability and must be ded within three years of the de of the applicion. Certificion from health care providers are not accepted. For more informion contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 202-707-6024 or email spp@loc.gov.
FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
The Library of Congress is the nional library of the United Stes and is part of the Legislive Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greer number of vacancies indiced during the life of this vacancy announcement. Initial permanent appointments to the Library of Congress require completion of a one-year probionary period. Probionary periods served other Federal agencies do not count toward this requirement. The Library of Congress may offer repayment for all or part of federally insured student loans. However, not all service units within the Library of Congress participes in the repayment of federally insured student loans. Therefore, determinion to repay a federally insured student loan is subject to approval by the approprie service unit. A "Not to Exceed" (NTE) stus is used to identify an appointment with a specific ending de. However, the Library has the right to separe a NTE employee any time due to either performance issues or budget constraints. Are you a veteran? Please indice the type of veterans' preference you are claiming in your applicion merials and/or applicant profile and provide the approprie supporting documention to valide your claim. Those applying for 5-point preference must submit Member Copy 4 of your DD 214. Those applying for 10-point preference must fill out an SF-15 (click here for the form) and provide the required documention listed on the back of the form. If required supporting documention is not tached, Veterans' Preference will not be considered in the applicion process. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The Library of Congress evalues applicants through an applicant questionnaire and a structured interview. Applicants may also be screened for some jobs through licensing, certificion, and/or educion requirements, a narrive/applicion review, and/or a preliminary telephone interview. The knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) th are marked with a double asterisk (
- ) in the vacancy announcement and the applicant questionnaire are considered the most critical for a position.
To be considered for final selection, applicants must demonstre fully acceptable experience in these designed KSAs in the narrive/applicion review, preliminary telephone and/or full structured interview. The various assessment tools listed above are designed to verify or explore applicants' experience, knowledge, and training directly reled to the job in order to identify the best qualified applicants for selection. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent). Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an approprie certifice of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certificion may be issued by the Ste Vocional Rehabilition Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant's college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify th the applicant has a severe disability and must be ded within three years of the de of the applicion. The program does not accept certificion from health care providers. For more informion contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 202-707-6024 or email spp@loc.gov.
FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the applicion process. When the applicion system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your applicion. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire applicion process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, cree a resume and upload it to your profile in the "Resume" section. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this informion will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualificion and Evaluion section of the job announcement to preview the online questions th you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "
APPLY ONLINE
" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account. You redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the applicion process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you asked to answer questions reled to your eligibility for Federal employment. You able to upde this informion and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you taken directly to the vacancy applicion questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers one option th will electronically tach your documention to your online applicion once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement.
You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your applicion. Be certain to review your complete applicion for confirmion of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to
USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE
If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergradue transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure th they are all in the same file on your computer. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent visible in our system. If you have any questions about this informion, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing de. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your applicion. Once you have submitted your applicion, you can check your stus online through your Hiring Management or
MY USAJOBS
account. Your complete online applicion and any required supplemental documention (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure th all documents are received on time and th the merials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your applicion being excluded from considerion for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you
MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.
For all technical issues please contact jobhelp@loc.gov , no ler than 4:00pm EST of the Closing De.
REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.
Agency contact informion Job Help Desk Phone 202-707-5620 Fax 0000000000 JobHelp@loc.gov Address
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Human Resources Dept. 101 Independence Ave.
SE LM107
Washington, District of Columbia 20540-2700 United Stes Next steps Please review our evaluion process under Evaluion. You may check the stus of your applicion for this position any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My Applicions." You will receive final notificion via e-mail when the vacancy has been filled. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent). Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an approprie certifice of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certificion may be issued by the Ste Vocional Rehabilition Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant's college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify th the applicant has a severe disability and must be ded within three years of the de of the applicion. The program does not accept certificion from health care providers. For more informion contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 202-707-6024 or email spp@loc.gov.
FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the applicion process. When the applicion system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your applicion. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire applicion process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, cree a resume and upload it to your profile in the "Resume" section. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this informion will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualificion and Evaluion section of the job announcement to preview the online questions th you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "
APPLY ONLINE
" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account. You redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the applicion process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you asked to answer questions reled to your eligibility for Federal employment. You able to upde this informion and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you taken directly to the vacancy applicion questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers one option th will electronically tach your documention to your online applicion once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement.
You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your applicion. Be certain to review your complete applicion for confirmion of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to
USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE
If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergradue transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure th they are all in the same file on your computer. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent visible in our system. If you have any questions about this informion, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing de. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your applicion. Once you have submitted your applicion, you can check your stus online through your Hiring Management or
MY USAJOBS
account. Your complete online applicion and any required supplemental documention (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure th all documents are received on time and th the merials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your applicion being excluded from considerion for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you
MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.
For all technical issues please contact jobhelp@loc.gov , no ler than 4:00pm EST of the Closing De.
REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.
Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Job Help Desk Phone 202-707-5620 Fax 0000000000 JobHelp@loc.gov Address
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Human Resources Dept. 101 Independence Ave.
SE LM107
Washington, District of Columbia 20540-2700 United Stes Next steps Please review our evaluion process under Evaluion. You may check the stus of your applicion for this position any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My Applicions." You will receive final notificion via e-mail when the vacancy has been filled. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month
- Apply by 06/29/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 29, 2026 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—per agency policy Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $70,623
- $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 09 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
- Flextime Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes
- AFSCME Local 2910 Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number
VAR003357
Control number 871943900