Workforce Development Specialist - Maritime

WIL is seeking a Workforce Development Specialist for port and maritime careers to build training, apprenticeship, and job-placement pipelines with port employers, training providers, and city workforce programs.

About the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

The Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) delivers applied research and public-program support for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans workforce and economic development, port and maritime workforce systems, emergency management and continuity planning, housing and community development, grant administration technical assistance, research and program evaluation, and applied field operations support.

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.

What you'll do

Assess port, maritime, logistics, and adjacent-industry workforce needs and occupational pathways
Design or strengthen training, recruitment, pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and placement pipelines
Coordinate employers, labor and community partners, education providers, and municipal workforce programs
Develop program models, partnership agreements, implementation plans, budgets, and performance measures
Support outreach, participant-centered design, and continuous-improvement processes for workforce programs
Contribute specialist qualifications and past-performance narrative to WIL grant and sponsored-research packages when permissioned

Required

Demonstrated experience designing or managing workforce development programs, sector partnerships, or talent pipelines
Knowledge of employer engagement, training-provider coordination, career pathways, and participant-support models
Strong program design, facilitation, partnership management, and performance-measurement skills
Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requires

Nice to have

Experience with ports, maritime operations, logistics, transportation, manufacturing, or skilled-trades workforce systems
Familiarity with WIOA, apprenticeship, sector-partnership, economic-development, or city training initiatives
Experience serving large urban public agencies or coordinating multi-partner workforce grants