Manager, Workforce Development

Job Description

Job Description

Description : $69,000 - $84,000

WEF is a global leader in water, with over 30,000 members and 75 affiliated Member Associations. Our mission is bold : a world free of water challenges. Through our Strategic Plan, we’re driving transformation across three pillars – Workforce Development, Community Engagement, and the Circular Water Economy –with cross-cutting priorities in Global Engagement and Artificial Intelligence.

Location - Hybrid or Remote from these US states (VA, DC, MD, PA, NC, FL, GA, NM, IL, OR, WA, WV, MA, SD, MN, OK & AL)

The Manager, Workforce Development is a role central to our Workforce Development strategy, which focuses on attracting and recruiting and diverse and passionate water workforce through :

• Forging strategic partnerships to expand reach and impact
• Broadening education and training, including AI and circular water economy content
• Building a robust knowledge base to disseminate content through and among networks, encouraging adoption of local workforce programs
• Promoting careers in water through storytelling and digital engagement

WEF’s Workforce Development team leads flagship programs like InFLOW (Introducing Future Leaders to Opportunities in Water), Water Leadership Institute, operator programs, and emerging leader programs within the Students and Young Professionals Community. The Manager, Workforce Development will lead assigned programs, collaborating with volunteers, utilities, academic institutions, and industry partners to deliver high-impact leadership development experiences (both in-person and online). The ideal candidate will have experience developing excellent and highly impactful programming for annual programs and in-person events for current and future water leaders of the water sector. The position reports to the Senior Director, Workforce Development.

NOTE : This role is hybrid and requires working in the office (Alexandria, VA) 2 days every other week. Travel is required (up to 20% of the year) for meetings and events.

Key Responsibilities

Requirements :

Preferred Qualifications

This person will work primarily in an office environment using standard office equipment. Must be able to lift at least 20 lbs.

About Us

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of more than 30,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations (MAs) representing water quality professionals around the world. Since 1928, WEF and its members have protected public health and the environment. WEF and its global network of members and member associations provide water quality professionals around the world with the latest in water quality education, training, and business opportunities.

WEF’s diverse membership includes scientists, engineers, regulators, academics, utility managers, plant operators, and other professionals. WEF uses this collective knowledge to further a shared goal of improving water quality around the world.

WEF is operating under a new Strategic Plan built on the vision of a life free of water challenges.

Our ultimate goal is a world where each person has access to clean water and sanitation, where communities prosper, and where nature thrives. The key strategic goals under the new Strategic Plan are : 1) to attract and develop a diverse and passionate workforce; 2) to cultivate a purpose-driven community to sustainably solve water challenges for all; and 3) to lead the transformation to the circular water economy.

The new Strategic Plan embodies WEF’s embrace of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. WEF is committed to equity and inclusion in all aspects of our work, including within the governance structure and leadership, WEF partners, WEF staff, and the WEF membership. This commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion will guide our work and our programs, culminating in outcomes that improve public health for all.

WEF is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

WEF is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.