Program Director - Technician Education

Responsibilities

• WIL is seeking a Program Director for technician education at a community or technical college to lead a project improving technician training in advanced technology fields, including electric vehicles.

About the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

• Opportunity type: this is a contingent proposal opportunity in WIL's expert collaborator network, not a funded vacancy. It supports a competitive grant application WIL is preparing; no award has been made, and there is no guaranteed work or funding. If an award proceeds and the staffing model calls for it, WIL may offer a project-based contract or consulting engagement. We will ask before naming you or including your resume in any proposal.
• Serve as lead PI or co-PI from a two-year college
• Design or update technician curricula and stackable credentials with industry partners
• Lead faculty professional development and lab or equipment planning
• Recruit and support students, including students from underrepresented groups
• Work with evaluators to measure student and program outcomes
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to WIL proposals when you authorize naming
• Apply to be considered.

Requirements

• AlphaX · United States (Remote) · Contract · Posted 2026-10-23
• Faculty member, dean, or administrator at a community or technical college
• Experience developing technician education programs in advanced technology fields
• Comfortable as a project-based contract collaborator; remote US

Preferred

• Industry partnership experience
• Experience leading or supporting grant-funded education projects
• Prior federal technician-education grant as PI or co-PI
• Electric vehicle, automotive, or electrical technology program experience
• Experience partnering with external evaluators

Description

The Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is an applied workforce research initiative. WIL builds methodology-transparent workforce intelligence, including labor demand signals, occupational and credential pathways, and training-to-employment outcome measures, and works with education, employer, research, and community partners to turn that evidence into grant and sponsored-project collaborations. Learn more: [https://wilinstitute.org](https://wilinstitute.org)

Apply

[Apply at AlphaX](https://apply.workable.com/alphax/j/73917D4546/apply)