Water Utility Apprenticeship & Internship Program Partner (WIL Collaborator)

Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is building partnerships with water and wastewater utilities, registered apprenticeship sponsors, and training providers to expand career pathways into water-sector trades. We are seeking organization leads and practitioners who can co-design and host internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, or postsecondary bridge pathways with measurable placement outcomes.

This is a collaboration / affiliate track (not a single full-time hire). Engagement is scoped by project.

What you'll do
- Represent a utility, apprenticeship sponsor, labor partner, or training provider willing to co-deliver water-trades pathways
- Help define trainee cohorts, supervisors/mentors, and job-placement pathways into water/wastewater roles
- Share (non-proprietary) program design inputs: hours, credentials, safety/onboarding, and success metrics
- Coordinate letters of support / MOU language for joint workforce proposals when mutually agreed
- Optionally advise WIL on evaluation metrics for completion, placement, and retention

Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is building partnerships with water and wastewater utilities, registered apprenticeship sponsors, and training providers to expand career pathways into water-sector trades. We are seeking organization leads and practiti...

• Required
  - Current role at a drinking water or wastewater utility, registered apprenticeship sponsor, labor organization, community college / technical school, or nonprofit training org serving the water sector
  - Authority (or a clear path to authority) to discuss partnership / host-site arrangements
  - Experience running or supporting internships, apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, or bridge programs
  - Willingness to be considered for time-bounded collaboration (affiliate / consulting / institutional partnership)
  - Authorization to work with a U.S. nonprofit research organization
  
  Nice to have
  - Registered apprenticeship standards already in place for water/wastewater occupations
  - Track record of measurable trainee placements into utility jobs
  - Experience with federal or state workforce grants as a partner (not required)
  - Geographic focus you can host (city/region) and approximate annual trainee capacity