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Landscape Architect

Landscape Architect (GS-9/11)
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Washington, DC

Salary: $69,923 to $109,975 per year

Open and Closing Dates: 11/25/25-12/9/25; this job will close when 60 applicants have been received, which may be sooner than the closing date.

The major duties of the Landscape Architect position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Assists with the identification, research, planning, treatment, and preservation maintenance of conventional cultural landscapes. In concert with the supervisor or higher graded specialist, performs landscape architectural duties associated with review, design, treatment, and monitoring of cultural landscapes.
Develops and maintains liaisons and effective working relations with related groups and individuals, agencies, and the public. Attends management and professional conferences and other events for the purposes of exchanging information.
Identifies research needs and suitable research designs and conducts routine documentary research and field investigation.
Conducts on-site investigations of project sites to determine the feasibility of proposed projects, including the development of design alternatives and subsequent analysis to ensure the project is consistent with NPS policies, guidelines, and standards and environmental and cultural compliance laws and regulations.
In cooperation with higher-graded specialist, coordinates cultural landscape research projects related to the identification, documentation, analysis and evaluation, and treatment; conducts research involving historical documents, photographs, maps and drawings, and related items to develop knowledge of and data about specific cultural landscapes, such as period design concepts, land use patterns, cultural traditions, and historic plant materials.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.