Workforce Development Program Consultant - Port & Maritime

About the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)The Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) delivers applied research and public-program support for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans workforce and economic development, port and maritime workforce systems, emergency management and continuity planning, housing and community development, grant administration technical assistance, research and program evaluation, and applied field operations support.Learn more: 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 a Workforce Development Program Consultant to build workforce pipelines for port operations and city training programs, connecting employers, training providers, community partners, and public agencies around measurable talent outcomes.What you'll doAssess port, maritime, logistics, and adjacent-industry workforce needs and occupational pathwaysDesign or strengthen training, recruitment, pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and placement pipelinesCoordinate employers, labor and community partners, education providers, and municipal workforce programsDevelop program models, partnership agreements, implementation plans, budgets, and performance measuresSupport outreach, participant-centered design, and continuous-improvement processes for workforce programsContribute specialist qualifications and past-performance narrative to WIL grant and sponsored-research packages when permissionedRequirementsRequiredDemonstrated experience designing or managing workforce development programs, sector partnerships, or talent pipelinesKnowledge of employer engagement, training-provider coordination, career pathways, and participant-support modelsStrong program design, facilitation, partnership management, and performance-measurement skillsOpen to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requiresNice to haveExperience with ports, maritime operations, logistics, transportation, manufacturing, or skilled-trades workforce systemsFamiliarity with WIOA, apprenticeship, sector-partnership, economic-development, or city training initiativesExperience serving large urban public agencies or coordinating multi-partner workforce grantsOriginally posted on Himalayas