Regional Workforce Development Consultant

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, 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.
WIL is seeking a Regional Workforce Development Consultant to lead a workforce strategy study for a major regional workforce board, translating labor-market evidence and stakeholder input into actionable priorities, partnerships, and implementation recommendations.
What you'll do
Lead a regional workforce strategy study from research design through findings and implementation recommendations
Analyze labor-market, industry, demographic, education, and workforce-program data to identify needs and opportunity areas
Facilitate interviews, focus groups, workshops, and stakeholder engagement with employers, educators, workforce partners, and public agencies
Assess current workforce programs, delivery capacity, partnerships, and performance measures
Develop a practical strategy, roadmap, and presentation materials for public-sector decision-makers
Contribute specialist qualifications and past-performance narrative to WIL grant and sponsored-research packages when permissioned

Required:

• Demonstrated experience leading workforce development strategies, regional talent initiatives, or labor-market studies
• Strong research, qualitative and quantitative analysis, stakeholder facilitation, and report-writing skills
• Experience working with workforce boards, economic-development organizations, education systems, employers, or public agencies
• Comfortable as a 1099 / project-based collaborator; remote-first with travel as client work requires

Nice to have:

• Experience with WIOA planning, workforce innovation, sector strategies, or regional labor-market information systems
• Experience translating research into implementation roadmaps, performance measures, and funding priorities
• Prior public-sector consulting or workforce-board engagement with results that can be citedRequired
  Demonstrated experience leading workforce development strategies, regional talent initiatives, or labor-market studies
  Strong research, qualitative and quantitative analysis, stakeholder facilitation, and report-writing skills
  Experience working with workforce boards, economic-development organizations, education systems, employers, or public agencies
  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 WIOA planning, workforce innovation, sector strategies, or regional labor-market information systems
  Experience translating research into implementation roadmaps, performance measures, and funding priorities
  Prior public-sector consulting or workforce-board engagement with results that can be cited