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Visitor Guide Legislive Branch Architect of the Capitol Summary This position is loced in the Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Visitor Center. The incumbent serves as a Visitor Guide and is responsible for providing historical interpretion, educional programming, or assistance, and oriention services to ors of the United Stes Capitol and Capitol Visitor Center. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Visitor Center. The incumbent serves as a Visitor Guide and is responsible for providing historical interpretion, educional programming, or assistance, and oriention services to ors of the United Stes Capitol and Capitol Visitor Center. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 8, 2026 Locion FEW vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC FEW vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $63,940 - $83,119 per year Pay scale & grade GS 08 Promotion potential 09 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time - This is an Excepted Service position Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent - Full Time Occupions and job series 0090 Guide Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Announcement number
CVC-2026-258
Control number 874213300 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 This announcement is open to current Architect of the Capitol employees only. Duties Help As a Visitor Guide, you will: Provide educional and informive tours of the United Stes Capitol to groups of various sizes, interests, and needs. Tour groups usually include the general public and may include Congressional Members and their staff, and/or prominent ors. You will need to have a thorough knowledge of the history of the United Stes Capitol and the United Stes Congress to share on your tours as well as when delivering presentions on the history and artifacts in the US Capitol Building and the US Capitol Visitor Center. You will also expected to provide tours of the United Stes Capitol Dome. Serve as one of the primary points of contact for the ors th arrive the Capitol Visitor Center on a daily basis as many as 12,000-15,000 ors per day during the peak ion period. As a Visitor Guide, you are expected to provide exemplary customer service by welcoming and proactively engaging with ors, responding to requests from ors, and providing informion about a variety of topics, including but not limited to, security guidelines, the amenities available in the Visitor Center, and the process for going on a tour of the Capitol. Provide assistance to ors with a variety of functions, including but not limited to, general directions and way-finding, reservion check-in and tour pass distribution, co check services, large group coordinion, distribution of listening devices, and theer loading and operions. Provide assistance, if needed, to ors who require special tention, advising them appropriely, according to their needs. Walk, talk and stand for hours, up to an entire shift. You will also, need to walk up and down many flights of stairs throughout the shift, including the steep and narrow stairways utilized for tours of the U.S. Capitol Dome. As a Visitor Guide, you may be assigned duties outdoors, in a variety of weher conditions, to facilite ors entering the buildings or to provide support for special events. Opere various types of equipment, such as computers, co check carousels, two-way radios, assisted listening devices, and audio visual touch screens. In addition, you will need to lift items which may weigh up to 20 pounds, such as stanchions and boxes. Receive guidance from the U.S. Capitol Police with regard to safety and security issues such as addressing prohibited items, directing crowds and assisting ors in the event of an emergency in the CVC or Capitol, and maintaining personal safety. If any safety and security concerns should arise, you will report them to supervisors and US Capitol Police. Due to operional requirements, you expected to work Surdays and holidays, and may be expected to work Sundays and/or evenings in support of special events. Requirements Help Conditions of employment A citizen of the United Stes; A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declarion of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; A person who owes allegiance to the United Stes (nionals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nionals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or You must be able to pass a drug test and background check. Your resume and question responses must demonstre the job-reled KSAs. You must meet the definition of specialized experience. Qualificions You must meet the United Stes Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualificion requirements (including specialized experience and/or educional requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualificions requirements by the closing de of the job announcement. Additional informion on the qualificion requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualificions Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site https://www.opm.gov/qualificions Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to least the next lower grade level. Candides for the GS-08 grade level must have least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Providing specific interpretions and explanions of the significance, development, and/or importance of historical feures; Answering ors' questions by providing an explanion and description of the background of events leading up to the historical construction and development, origin, growth or development of the site; and Ushering groups in an orderly fashion and keeping them on a specific schedule. Educion
COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Equivalent combinions of successfully completed educion and experience may be used to meet the experience requirements. Gradue-level educion must be from an accredited college or university and demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying fields of study include history, public history, museum studies, political science, government, American studies, educion, communicions, architecture, historic preservion, or other closely reled fields. Additional informion Welcome Veterans. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislive branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement. If you are a veteran and have been separed under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documention of disability, if applicable. For more informion, please https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/veterans-services/ . If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System . If you are exempt from registrion under Selective Service Law, you must provide approprie proof of exemption. Please the Selective Service System website for more informion.
DRUG TESTING
: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC's suitability assessment, a candide tentively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Sisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candide must test negive prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. We will schedule, provide and cover the cost for the drug test. The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and sisfactory adjudicion to be eligible for employment the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol is an
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is an Internet-based system th compares informion from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verificion, to da from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administrion records to confirm employment authorizion in the United Stes. If you are selected for this position, the documention th you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 verified through the DHS "
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" electronic system. For more informion on E-Verify, please https://www.e-verify.gov/ The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discriminion on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, nional origin, sexual oriention, gender identity, genetic informion and/or disability. 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 notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Moving expenses are not authorized. Relocion expenses are not authorized. Probionary Period - A newly appointed selectee is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probionary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probionary period has been completed previously with the Architect of the Capitol or another Federal agency. This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies in any of the jurisdictions of the Architect of the Capitol. All applicion merials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol. 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 . A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacion) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportion; training and development opportunities, etc. 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. Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for considerion and qualificions for the position determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions. Your resume evalued based on evidence of your ability to demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience reles to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions rele to the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies: Problem Solving Manages and Organizes Informion Oral Communicion Interpersonal Skills Customer Service Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial ring. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses evalued by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject mter expert against the informion provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions. Falsifying your background, educion and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualificion from further considerion. Please note th a complete applicion is required for considerion. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see wh must be included in a complete applicion). 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 . A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacion) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportion; training and development opportunities, etc. 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 The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job applicion process is designed to ensure you only provide informion necessary to evalue your qualificions and eligibility for the position vacancy. To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant informion. No additional documention or tachments are required the time of applicion. Your resume should list your educion, training and work experience including job titles, employment des, duties and accomplishments. Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC's Human Capital Management Division . If additional documention is required for the position, you asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At th time, you may be asked to submit documention to support stements made in your resume. For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment stus. If the position requires licensure or certificion, you asked to provide proof the time of selection. If Veterans' preference is claimed, you asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by th form). Failure to provide the required documents will end further considerion and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentive job offers. 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 You MUST apply online.
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If you are a new user to the USAJOBS Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJOBS user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help with setting up an account or for general assistance in using USAJOBS, go to USAJOBS Help Page .
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If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line applicion, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk 1-866-656-6831 or by e-mail MGSHELP@monster.com. The help desk is available Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message all other times. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS "Saved Documents" feure. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your applicion. The Employment Center is loced 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, D.C., Room H2-178, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You may call (202) 226-7000 for directions. Agency contact informion London Holliway Phone 202-226-7000 TalentAcquisitionandClassificion@aoc.gov Address Architect of the Capitol United Stes Capitol Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United Stes Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. We will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into http://www.usajobs.gov . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the 'Notificion Settings' to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing de of this job announcement. 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 The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job applicion process is designed to ensure you only provide informion necessary to evalue your qualificions and eligibility for the position vacancy. To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant informion. No additional documention or tachments are required the time of applicion. Your resume should list your educion, training and work experience including job titles, employment des, duties and accomplishments. Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC's Human Capital Management Division . If additional documention is required for the position, you asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At th time, you may be asked to submit documention to support stements made in your resume. For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment stus. If the position requires licensure or certificion, you asked to provide proof the time of selection. If Veterans' preference is claimed, you asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by th form). Failure to provide the required documents will end further considerion and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentive job offers. 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 You MUST apply online.
FORMS RECEIVED BY FAX, EMAIL OR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
If you are a new user to the USAJOBS Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJOBS user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help with setting up an account or for general assistance in using USAJOBS, go to USAJOBS Help Page .
NEED HELP?
If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line applicion, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk 1-866-656-6831 or by e-mail MGSHELP@monster.com. The help desk is available Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message all other times. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS "Saved Documents" feure. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your applicion. The Employment Center is loced 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, D.C., Room H2-178, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You may call (202) 226-7000 for directions. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion London Holliway Phone 202-226-7000 TalentAcquisitionandClassificion@aoc.gov Address Architect of the Capitol United Stes Capitol Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United Stes Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. We will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into http://www.usajobs.gov . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the 'Notificion Settings' to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing de of this job announcement. 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 07/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 8, 2026 Locion FEW vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC FEW vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $63,940 - $83,119 per year Pay scale & grade GS 08 Promotion potential 09 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time - This is an Excepted Service position Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent - Full Time Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Announcement number
