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: 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 doRepresent a workforce board, economic development organization, utility consortium, association, or multi-employer partnershipHelp map regional hiring demand and training gaps for water occupationsCoordinate multi-partner collaboration structures and shared metricsSupport regional partnership documentation for joint proposals when agreedAdvise on recruitment and retention innovations that can transfer across regionsRequirementsRequiredAffiliation with a workforce board, regional partnership, utility association, public works network, or multi-employer groupExperience convening employers and training providersAbility to speak to a defined geography and partner rosterWillingness for time-bounded collaborationAuthorization to work with a U.S. research organizationOpen to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requiresNice to haveExisting water-sector sector partnership or talent action planData on vacancies or retirements in the regionPrior federal workforce grant partnership experienceOriginally posted on Himalayas