Decentralized Water Systems Training Partner - Wells & Septic (WIL Collaborator)

AlphaGov; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is seeking a collaborative partner to represent a training provider, public health agency, cooperative extension, nonprofit, or employer serving well and septic professionals. The role includes co-designing education and defining trainee pathways across rural geographies.

The position supports joint proposals, ensures credentialing and safety standards, and requires remote-first engagement with travel to partner and field sites, contingent on grant awards.

Qualifications

• Direct experience with private well, septic, or decentralized water training or service delivery.
• Affiliation with an organization able to host or co-deliver training.
• 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 needed.

Responsibilities

• Represent a training provider, public health agency, cooperative extension, nonprofit, or employer serving well and septic professionals.
• Co-design education and training for decentralized water workers.
• Define target geographies, often rural, and trainee pathways.
• Support partnership documentation for joint proposals when agreed.
• Advise on credentials, safety, and public-health competencies for the field.

Skills

Decentralized water training

Partnership development

Public health liaison

U.S. work authorization

Job description

About The Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

WIL is seeking partners who train or employ professionals serving private wells and onsite or septic systems, expanding the decentralized water workforce that protects public health in communities not on centralized systems. This is a collaboration track. 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 a training provider, public health agency, cooperative extension, nonprofit, or employer serving well and septic professionals.

What you'll do

• Represent a training provider, public health agency, cooperative extension, nonprofit, or employer serving well and septic professionals
• Co-design education and training for decentralized water workers
• Define target geographies, often rural, and trainee pathways
• Support partnership documentation for joint proposals when agreed
• Advise on credentials, safety, and public-health competencies for the field

Requirements

Required

• Direct experience with private well, septic, or decentralized water training or service delivery
• Organizational affiliation able to host or co-deliver training
• 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

• State onsite or wastewater certification program ties
• Rural or tribal community reach
• Existing trainee placement into decentralized water jobs