Feasibility Study Researcher for AI Workforce

Job Title Feasibility Study Researcher — AI Workforce Pilot, Imperial County, CA - Category: Market Research / Program Evaluation - Budget type: Fixed price — $4,000 - Estimated duration: 6–8 weeks - Project type: One-time project - Location preference: Remote-friendly; preference for candidates familiar with California workforce systems, the Imperial Valley, or the Southern Border Region (not required) - Description: We're Nureaum, lead applicant on a California Jobs First Catalyst grant (AI Content Creation & Environmental Literacy Hub) — a 9-month exploratory workforce-development project in Imperial County, CA. The project is testing the feasibility of an AI-driven, bilingual content-creation training pipeline tied to environmental literacy and climate resilience, in partnership with The Becoming Project, Inc. (fiscal sponsor/CBO) and Eden.art (AI training partner). We've completed three community listening sessions — including one with Imperial Valley College's MESA hub — and are about to run our pilot AI training workshops. We're now looking for a researcher/consultant to help us turn that data into a rigorous feasibility study and workforce roadmap. This is a remote-friendly role, but we'd love someone who already has some context on California workforce development systems or the Imperial Valley / Southern Border Region — it'll make the labor-market mapping and partnership-pathway work faster and more grounded. *Not a dealbreaker if you don't, but flag it if you do. - Scope of work: 1. Review listening-session and pilot-workshop data (qualitative interviews, participant feedback, skill-progression data) 2. Design a simple evaluation framework/methodology for assessing program feasibility 3. Conduct workforce and labor-market mapping for Imperial County / Southern Border Region relevant to AI content creation, bilingual communications, and environmental/climate-related jobs Identify institutional partnership and scaling pathways (e.g., community colleges, workforce boards, environmental agencies) 4. Draft a final Feasibility Study & Workforce Roadmap report (approx. 15–20 pages), written for a CalFwd/ California Workforce Development Department/ EDD funders /coalition audience 5. Light support presentation summary of findings - Deliverables: 1. Evaluation framework/methodology memo 2. Workforce/labor-market mapping summary 3. Final Feasibility Study & Workforce Roadmap report 4. Slide or one-pager summarizing key findings - Ideal skills & experience: Background in workforce development research, program evaluation, or labor-market analysis Experience writing feasibility studies or evaluation reports for nonprofits, CBOs, or grant-funded programs Comfortable synthesizing qualitative data (interviews, listening sessions) alongside quantitative/labor-market data. Familiarity with California workforce systems, Imperial Valley/Southern Border Region, or rural/bilingual community contexts is a strong plus Spanish/English bilingual a plus, not required Strong, clear writing for a non-academic, funder-facing audience - To apply, please include: 1. A short note on relevant feasibility study, evaluation, or workforce-research experience 2. A writing sample or link to a past report (can be redacted/excerpted) *Note if you have California/Imperial Valley/Southern Border Region context 3. Your availability over the next 6–8 weeks