Employee Engagement Survey Consultant

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 employee engagement and organizational research, emergency management and continuity planning, housing and community development, grant administration technical assistance, research and program evaluation, and applied field operations support.

Learn more: https://wilinstitute.org

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 an Employee Engagement Survey Consultant to design and deliver actionable engagement research for major public employers, including a large port authority program, from instrument development through analysis, reporting, and follow-through.

What you'll do

Design employee engagement survey strategies, instruments, sampling plans, and administration workflows
Align survey constructs and questions to organizational goals, workforce realities, and leadership decisions
Manage survey communications, stakeholder coordination, data-quality checks, and participation analysis
Analyze quantitative and open-ended results and identify meaningful patterns across teams, locations, and demographic groups
Deliver executive briefings, clear reports, and practical action-planning recommendations
Contribute specialist qualifications and past-performance narrative to WIL grant and sponsored-research packages when permissioned

Required

Demonstrated experience designing and delivering employee engagement or organizational climate surveys
Strong command of survey methodology, questionnaire design, quantitative analysis, and open-ended response coding
Ability to communicate sensitive findings clearly and facilitate action planning with public-sector leaders
Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requires

Nice to have

Experience serving ports, transportation agencies, utilities, municipalities, or other complex public employers
Familiarity with common engagement platforms, confidentiality practices, comparative analysis, and dashboard or reporting tools
Experience connecting survey findings to organizational-development, retention, or workforce strategies