Regional Water Workforce Collaboration Partner (WIL Collaborator)

About the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

WIL is assembling regional collaborations that connect utilities, employers, workforce boards, labor, and training providers to address water-sector recruitment, retention, and retirement-driven vacancies. This seat is a collaboration and affiliate track. Engagement is scoped by project. Full-time employment or a project-based contract may be used when a joint award calls for it.

Learn more: https://wilinstitute.org

We engage experienced practitioners for both full-time employment and project-based contract roles, as applicable to the award and staffing model. Engagements are remote-first with travel as required for partner and field sites. We build ready teams for live grant and sponsored-research pursuits.

This opportunity is contingent upon grant or sponsored-project award and final staffing approval. Permission will be requested before including a candidate's name or resume in a proposal or funding package.

WIL is seeking regional conveners and employer partners.

What you'll do

Represent a workforce board, economic development organization, utility consortium, association, or multi-employer partnership
Help map regional hiring demand and training gaps for water occupations
Coordinate multi-partner collaboration structures and shared metrics
Support regional partnership documentation for joint proposals when agreed
Advise on recruitment and retention innovations that can transfer across regions

Requirements

Required

Affiliation with a workforce board, regional partnership, utility association, public works network, or multi-employer group
Experience convening employers and training providers
Ability to speak to a defined geography and partner roster
Willingness for time-bounded collaboration
Authorization to work with a U.S. research organization
Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requires

Nice to have

Existing water-sector sector partnership or talent action plan
Data on vacancies or retirements in the region
Prior federal workforce grant partnership experience