Senior Public Policy & Administration Designer

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; 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. You will design scenarios, draft reference outputs, and write rubrics capturing how senior government and civic leaders think.

Role focuses on federal, state, and municipal contexts with an emphasis on governance, regulation, and public accountability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years 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 budgets, procurement, legislative review, and regulatory compliance.

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.

Skills

Senior government experience

Public policy expertise

Budget and procurement understanding

Tools

ERP systems

Public records platforms

GIS systems

CRM tools

Job description

Mercor is seeking senior civic and public administration professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in large government and public-sector contexts. You will design scenarios, draft reference outputs, and write rubrics capturing how senior government and civic leaders think.

Role focuses on federal, state, and municipal contexts with an emphasis on governance, regulation, and public accountability.