Job Summary

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO) is in search of a Facility Operations Specialist to assist the Facility Manager and Assistant Director with client services and special event support, space planning, contract administration, lease and property management for multiple facilities occupied by United States Capitol Police (USCP), facilities within the U.S. Capitol Complex and remote locations in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

Job Description

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, an applicant's one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for successful job performance. To qualify at the GS-12 level, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-11 level in the federal service. Examples of qualifying experience include the following types of tasks performed on a regular and recurring basis: Managing a maintenance program for building complexes or other special-purpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, developing preventive maintenance programs, and budget planning; Experience as Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) or equivalent; and Conducting inspections of critical facility systems to monitor operations and maintenance activities and to identify unusual situations that may require non-scheduled maintenance; To qualify at the GS-11 level, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-09 level in the federal service. Examples of qualifying experience include the following types of tasks performed on a regular and recurring basis: Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes, hospitals, recreation facilities, military or other special-purpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs; and Assisting in managing and technically directing contract administration activities. Includes monitoring contractor activities through personal contact or review of performance data to ensure compliance with technical, financial and delivery requirements of the contract. OR Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or at least 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.M. To be qualifying, the higher-level graduate education must be in a major field of study with course work directly related to the work of this position. OR; Have an equivalent combination of the above specialized experience AND higher level graduate education that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. To qualify at the GS-09 level, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-07 level in the federal service. Examples of qualifying experience include the following types of tasks performed on a regular and recurring basis: Providing customer service in a facilities management or operations environment; Coordinating facilities management resources to address customer needs and concerns related to building maintenance issues; and Identifying recurring issues in need of further outreach to recommend improvements and resolve high priority issues. OR Have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or at least 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. To be qualifying, the higher-level graduate education must be in a major field of study with course work directly related to the work of this position. OR; Have an equivalent combination of the above specialized experience AND higher level graduate education that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.