Public Administration Expert - Senior Level

Obsidian; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor in Ontario is seeking senior civic and public administration professionals to craft evaluation tasks for AI systems within large government and public-sector settings. The work spans federal, state, and municipal contexts with a focus on regulatory accountability and stakeholder scale.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in senior roles managing agency programs or policy initiatives, and strong knowledge of budgets, procurement, legislative review, and compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years 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 budgets, procurement, legislative review, and regulatory compliance.
• Prior rubric, public-sector training curriculum, or policy documentation authorship is a plus.

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 ERP/case management systems, public records platforms, GIS systems, and CRM tools used across agencies.
• Apply policy analysis and rulemaking frameworks and produce reference policy briefs, agency strategies, and executive communications.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic public-sector judgment from generic bureaucratic recall.

Skills

Public policy

Intergovernmental coordination

Budget & procurement

Policy analysis

Tools

ERP systems

Case management systems

GIS

CRM tools

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.