Workforce-Development-Consultant, Program-Consultant, Workforce-Development-Specialist Jobs

AlphaGov delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research.

We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel. When you authorize it, AlphaGov may name you as an expert collaborator or key personnel on proposals that match your expertise. We build ready teams for live pursuits — not speculative staffing banks.

AlphaGov is engaging a Port & Maritime Workforce Development Consultant for current workforce work with port authorities, cities, and regional workforce boards. You will help agencies build training and hiring pipelines for port operations, maritime trades, and logistics occupations, tied to measurable placement and retention outcomes.

We confirm scope, schedule, and fee with you before any engagement begins.

What you'll do

• Assess port, maritime, logistics, and adjacent-industry workforce demand, occupational pathways, and skills gaps
• Design or strengthen recruitment, pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, training, and placement pipelines
• Convene employers, labor partners, training providers, community organizations, and municipal workforce programs
• Build program models, partnership agreements, implementation plans, budgets, and performance measures
• Analyze labor-market and program data and turn findings into recommendations agency leaders can act on
• Support participant-centered design, outreach, and continuous-improvement reviews of workforce programs
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming

Apply to be considered.

Requirements

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
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant, remote-first with travel to port and partner sites when a project calls for it

Nice to have

• Experience with ports, maritime operations, logistics, transportation, or skilled-trades workforce systems
• Familiarity with WIOA, Registered Apprenticeship, sector-partnership, or economic-development programs
• Experience serving port authorities, large urban agencies, or multi-partner workforce grants

Originally posted on Himalayas

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.

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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 Workforce Development Program Consultant to build workforce pipelines for port operations and city training programs, connecting employers, training providers, community partners, and public agencies around measurable talent outcomes.

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

Requirements

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

Originally posted on Himalayas