Civic Policy Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $60/hr

Obsidian; Toronto; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking senior civic and public administration professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in large government and public-sector contexts. The work aligns with regulatory complexity, stakeholder scale, and accountability across federal, state, and municipal governments.

Contributors design public-sector scenarios, draft reference outputs, and write rubrics capturing how senior leaders think, enabling robust policy analysis and compliant public outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior capacity within federal, state, or large municipal government agencies or major public policy organizations.
• Direct ownership of agency programs or public policy initiatives at scale.
• Fluency in government processes, budgeting, procurement, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Construct public-sector scenarios spanning large-scale budget decisions and multi-agency coordination.
• Develop civic tasks across public policy analysis, intergovernmental relations, and regulatory compliance.
• Create reference outputs and rubrics to capture how senior government leaders think.

Skills

Public policy

Civic tech

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Role Overview

• Mercor is seeking senior civic and public administration professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in large government and public-sector contexts.




• The workflows are calibrated to the regulatory complexity, stakeholder scale, and public accountability stakes of federal, state, and major municipal government operations.




• Contributors design public-sector scenarios, draft reference outputs, and write rubrics that capture how senior government and civic leaders think.

Key Responsibilities

• Construct public-sector scenarios spanning large-scale budget appropriations, multi-agency coordination, and complex regulatory or legislative review cycles at federal, state, and municipal levels.




• Build civic tasks across public policy analysis, constituent services delivery, intergovernmental relations, public communications, and regulatory compliance.




• Develop public administration scenarios involving tools such as government ERP/case management systems, public records platforms, GIS systems, and constituent relationship management (CRM) tools used across agencies.




• Apply public administration frameworks (policy impact analysis, cost-benefit analysis, administrative rulemaking, stakeholder engagement models) and produce reference policy briefs, agency strategies, and executive/legislative communications.




• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic public-sector judgment from generic bureaucratic or textbook recall.

Ideal Qualifications

• 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, plus understanding of how public budgets, procurement, legislative review, and regulatory compliance actually work.




• Prior rubric, public-sector training curriculum, or policy documentation authorship is a plus.