About The Position
Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is building partnerships with water and wastewater utilities, registered apprenticeship sponsors, and training providers to expand career pathways into water-sector trades. We are seeking organization leads and practitioners who can co-design and host internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, or postsecondary bridge pathways with measurable placement outcomes. This is a collaboration / affiliate track (not a single full-time hire). Engagement is scoped by project.
Requirements
- Current role at a drinking water or wastewater utility, registered apprenticeship sponsor, labor organization, community college / technical school, or nonprofit training org serving the water sector
- Authority (or a clear path to authority) to discuss partnership / host-site arrangements
- Experience running or supporting internships, apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, or bridge programs
- Willingness to be considered for time-bounded collaboration (affiliate / consulting / institutional partnership)
- Authorization to work with a U.S. nonprofit research organization
Nice To Haves
- Registered apprenticeship standards already in place for water/wastewater occupations
- Track record of measurable trainee placements into utility jobs
- Experience with federal or state workforce grants as a partner (not required)
- Geographic focus you can host (city/region) and approximate annual trainee capacity
Responsibilities
- Represent a utility, apprenticeship sponsor, labor partner, or training provider willing to co-deliver water-trades pathways
- Help define trainee cohorts, supervisors/mentors, and job-placement pathways into water/wastewater roles
- Share (non-proprietary) program design inputs: hours, credentials, safety/onboarding, and success metrics
- Coordinate letters of support / MOU language for joint workforce proposals when mutually agreed
- Optionally advise WIL on evaluation metrics for completion, placement, and retention
Benefits
- Contribute to workforce intelligence reports and publications
- Participate in applied workforce research initiatives
- Gain exposure to operational workforce planning systems and labor market analysis
- Contribute to workforce intelligence methodologies and frameworks
- Build portfolio-quality workforce intelligence projects
- Collaborate on workforce intelligence dashboards and operational labor analysis
- Participate in workforce intelligence discussions with industry operators and advisors
- Expanded research collaborations
- Advisory initiatives
- Future grant-supported projects
- Workforce intelligence publications and presentations
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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