Public Administration Expert - Senior Level

Mercor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking senior civic and public administration professionals to craft evaluation tasks for AI systems operating within federal, state, and major municipal government contexts.

Responsibilities include designing scenarios, drafting reference outputs, and writing rubrics that reflect how senior government and civic leaders think, with emphasis on regulatory complexity and public accountability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior capacity at government agencies or public policy orgs.
• Direct ownership of agency programs or public service delivery at scale.
• Fluency in government processes, budgets, procurement, and regulatory compliance.
• Prior authorship of rubrics or policy documentation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design public-sector scenarios and draft reference outputs for AI systems.
• Build civic tasks across public policy analysis and intergovernmental relations.
• Develop administration scenarios using ERP, CRM, GIS, and records platforms.
• Create rubrics that distinguish authentic public-sector judgment.

Skills

Senior governance experience

Policy analysis

Public administration knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

ERP systems

Case management

GIS systems

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.