Senior Public Administration Strategist for Civic Policy

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

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.