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

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

Job summary

Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) seeks education partners to co-develop curriculum exposure, career exploration, dual-enrollment or bridge experiences tied to water careers. This remote-first arrangement supports grant or sponsored-project work with travel as needed for partner and field sites.

Represent a school district, community college, university, or education nonprofit with water-career programming capacity and help co-design modules, labs, and career events while identifying delivery

Qualifications

• Experience delivering STEM or CTE career education.
• Water or environmental education experience preferred.
• Ability to discuss institutional partnership pathways.
• Willingness to engage on a time-bounded collaborator basis.
• Authorization to work with a U.S. research organization.
• Remote-first with travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Represent a K-12 local education agency, 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.
• Advise on learning outcomes and measurement appropriate to education settings.

Skills

STEM education

CTE career education

Water education

Partnership pathways

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


• Advise on learning outcomes and measurement appropriate to education settings

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