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

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Civic and Public Administration Expert to join as a remote contractor. You will leverage senior government experience to design public-sector scenarios, analyze budgets, and support multi-agency coordination for federal, state, and municipal programs.

You will work asynchronously to produce policy briefs, apply impact analyses, and craft rubrics that distinguish authentic public-sector judgment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop public administration scenarios for government-wide budgets, multi-agency coordination, and regulatory review cycles.
• Coordinate public policy analysis with intergovernmental stakeholders and constituent services delivery.
• Use government ERP/case management systems, public records platforms, GIS, and CRM tools in analyses.
• Apply policy impact analysis and cost-benefit analysis to policy briefs, agency strategies, and communications.
• Create rubrics to distinguish authentic public-sector judgment from generic bureaucratic recall.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Skills

Public policy

Government processes

Intergovernmental relations

Budget knowledge

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Civic and Public Administration Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $50-$60/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Construct public-sector scenarios for 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 using tools such as government ERP/case management systems , public records platforms , GIS systems , and CRM tools .
• Apply public administration frameworks like policy impact analysis , cost-benefit analysis , and stakeholder engagement models to produce reference policy briefs, agency strategies, and executive/legislative communications.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic public-sector judgment from generic bureaucratic or textbook recall.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

• Must-Have
  • 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.
• Preferred
  • Prior rubric, public-sector training curriculum, or policy documentation authorship.