About PWI The Partnership for Workforce Innovation provides labor market analysis, curriculum development and strategic planning services that align education and workforce development strategies with the realities of local and regional economic trends. Business organizations, school districts, workforce boards and economic development organizations around the country have worked with PWI for more than a decade to create strategies, curricula and policies that position education as an engine of economic success rather than a byproduct of it. PWI's award-winning approach to labor market analysis and career-driven education brings the full spectrum of community stakeholders, including industry, education and economic development, to the table to inventory their perspectives and priorities and build talent development strategies that are rigorous, responsive and relevant to real-world career opportunities. About the CEO Trevor Stokes is making the world of work understandable, accessible and manageable. He served for five years as the Workforce Programs Manager for the Office of Economic Opportunity, Arizona's labor market information and workforce policy hub. His extensive background in economic research and labor market analysis includes more than 380 regional labor market studies conducted for school districts, economic development organizations and workforce boards across the country. Trevor is: - Arizona's Adult Education 2018 WIOA Partner of the Year - a Fellow of the Aspen Institute's Communities That Work program - a member of the Arizona Association of Career and Technical Education's Circle of Distinction - Arizona's delegate to the National Governors Association Good Jobs for All Americans initiative - a Certified Community Researcher Before coming to Arizona, Trevor provided leadership to some of the country's most innovative and successful career-driven education and workforce development initiatives, including Go Build Alabama, Florida Ready to Work and the Kentucky Career and College Readiness Transformation. In Arizona, he has designed and implemented numerous innovative projects, including the Arizona Advanced Technologies Network, the Maryvale Workforce Initiative, and the Arizona Career Readiness Credential. About the opportunity PWI is offering a one-year paid ($12/hour) internship with a term of September 21, 2020 through September 20, 2021. The intern will assist with economic research, collecting and formatting data that the CEO and project manager will analyze and synthesize into high-profile, high-impact deliverables for economic development, education and workforce development projects around the country. Over the life of this opportunity, the intern can expect to develop important relationships with public sector leaders, become familiar with the work of a highly-effective public policy/economics firm and hone a unique set of skills that should include: data collection data formatting survey analysis technical and academic writing presentations