# Regional Water Workforce Collaboration Partner (WIL Collaborator)

> AlphaX · United States (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-03

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

## Description

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

## Apply

[Apply at AlphaX](https://apply.workable.com/alphax/j/50DBD7EBAD/apply)

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