Civic and Public Administration Expert

🕒 August 23

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $50 - $60 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🖥️ Administration

👻 Ghost score 15%

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Mercor

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $350M Series C - Mercor on 2025-10

Mercor is a company for which no descriptive text was provided in the input. Additional information (products, services, target customers, or industry specifics) is needed to create an accurate summary and select appropriate industries.

📋 Description

• Construct public-sector scenarios spanning large-scale budget appropriations, multi-agency coordination, and complex regulatory or legislative review cycles • Build civic tasks across public policy analysis, constituent services delivery, intergovernmental relations, public communications, and regulatory compliance • Develop public administration scenarios involving government ERP/case management systems, public records platforms, GIS systems, and constituent relationship management tools • Apply public administration frameworks including policy impact analysis, cost-benefit analysis, administrative rulemaking, and stakeholder engagement models • Produce reference policy briefs, agency strategies, and executive/legislative communications • Author rubrics distinguishing authentic public-sector judgment from generic bureaucratic or textbook recall • Design evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in large government and public-sector contexts

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years working in a senior capacity at a federal, state, or large municipal government agency, or within a major public policy, civic tech, or intergovernmental organization • Direct ownership of agency programs, public policy initiatives, or constituent-facing service delivery at scale • Fluency in government processes and tooling • Understanding of public budgets, procurement, legislative review, and regulatory compliance • Prior rubric, public-sector training curriculum, or policy documentation authorship is a plus • Must be an independent contractor • Mercor is unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote role • Flexible own schedule • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise • Competitive pay • Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers • Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems • Referral payments of up to $240 per successful referral