Training Specialist - Child Protection
WIL is seeking a Training Specialist for child protection to train and advise multidisciplinary teams, including law enforcement, child protective services, prosecutors, and child advocacy centers, on child abuse and missing-children cases.
About AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)
The AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is an applied research initiative studying how workforce conditions influence delivery of mission-critical investments and public programs. WIL builds methodology-transparent workforce intelligence and applied public-safety and justice research capacity — including child protection and victim-services TTA support packaged for grant and sponsored-research pursuits.
Learn more: https://wilinstitute.org
We engage experienced practitioners for both full-time employment and project-based contract roles, depending on 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 — not speculative staffing banks.
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.
What you'll do:
Assess training and technical-assistance needs for child-protection, missing-children, and victim-services partners
Design and deliver TTA, curricula, and practice tools for multidisciplinary teams serving children and families
Support coordination among law enforcement, child protective services, prosecutors, medical and mental-health providers, and advocacy organizations
Help partners improve protocols, case coordination, victim-centered practices, and program performance
Contribute specialist qualifications and past-performance narrative to WIL grant and sponsored-research packages when permissioned
Requirements
Required:
Substantial experience in child protection, missing and exploited children response, child-abuse investigation support, or victim services for children
Experience delivering training or technical assistance to multidisciplinary child-serving professionals
Strong facilitation, curriculum development, and report-writing 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 Children's Advocacy Centers, forensic interviewing programs, or Victims of Child Abuse Act–aligned professional development
Familiarity with trauma-informed and victim-centered practice standards
Prior research, public-sector, or nonprofit TTA work that can be cited
As published by workable · 3 questions · 1 written answer
Basics
First name, Last name, Email, Phone, Resume
Pick from a list (2)
- I authorize the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) / AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab to retain my CV, application materials, professional qualifications, research interests, publication information, institutional affiliations, and other professional information I provide for consideration in current and future research, grant, sponsored-project, publication, advisory, collaboration, proposal, and related WIL opportunities. I also authorize WIL to use and summarize this professional information when evaluating teams and preparing proposals or funding applications, and to contact me regarding opportunities that align with my background. I understand that participation does not create employment, compensation, a formal appointment, or a commitment to participate in any specific project.
- May the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) identify you as a prospective expert collaborator, technical lead, or named key personnel on grant packages, sponsored-research proposals, and related research or public-program pursuits that closely align with your stated expertise?
Written answers (1)
- If yes to the previous question, list up to 3 past projects WIL may cite on proposals (agency/partner/institution, your role, year; optional reference name and title for past-performance narrative — we will not contact them without a separate ask). If you answered no, write N/A.