Water Workforce Education Partner - K-12 & Higher Ed (WIL Collaborator)

AlphaX; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is seeking education partners to co-develop curriculum exposure, career exploration, dual-enrollment, or bridge experiences tied to water careers.

Roles are remote-first with travel as required for partner sites; engagements may be full-time or project-based, contingent on grant awards, and candidate selection will align with staffing approvals.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering STEM or CTE career education.
• Experience with water or environmental education.
• Ability to discuss institutional partnership pathways.
• Open to time-bounded collaboration.
• Authorization to work with a U.S. research organization.

Responsibilities

• Represent a school district, community college, university, or education nonprofit with water-career programming capacity.
• Co-design education activities such as modules, camps, career days, dual credit, or lab experiences.
• Identify student populations and delivery geography.
• Support partnership documentation for joint education and workforce proposals when agreed.

Skills

STEM/Career education delivery

Water/Environmental education

Work-based learning programs

Partnership development

Job description

About the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

WIL partners with educators and institutions to build water-sector career awareness and education pathways for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students. 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 education partners who can co-develop curriculum exposure, career exploration, dual-enrollment or bridge experiences, or student work-based learning tied to water careers.

What you'll do

• Represent a school district, community college, university, or education nonprofit with water-career programming capacity
• Co-design education activities such as modules, camps, career days, dual credit, or lab experiences
• Identify student populations and delivery geography
• Support partnership documentation for joint education and workforce proposals when agreed

  Required

  • Role at a K-12 local education agency, community college, university, or education nonprofit
  • Experience delivering STEM or CTE career education, water or environmental education, or work-based learning
  • Ability to discuss institutional partnership pathways
  • Willingness to engage on a time-bounded collaborator basis
  • 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 or wastewater industry advisory relationships
  • Dual-enrollment or pre-apprenticeship bridges already operating
  • Rural, tribal, or underserved student reach