# Regional Water Workforce Collaboration Partner (WIL Collaborator)

> AlphaHire · United States (Remote) · Contract · Posted 2026-09-21

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

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. Seeking regional conveners and employer partners.  
  
What you'll do  
\- Represent a workforce board, EDD, 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/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. nonprofit research organization  
      
    Nice to have  
    \- Existing water-sector sector partnership or TAP  
    \- Data on vacancies / retirements in the region  
    \- Prior federal workforce grant partnership experience

## Benefits

### **What fellows receive**

Research Fellows will have opportunities to:

-   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

  
As WIL expands, fellows may also have opportunities to participate in:

-   expanded research collaborations
-   advisory initiatives
-   future grant-supported projects
-   workforce intelligence publications and presentations

## Apply

[Apply at AlphaHire](https://apply.workable.com/alphax/j/FACAD56A80/apply)

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