History & Political Science Assessment Specialist (Remote)

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experts in history and political science to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will create and verify rigorous MCQs, rate difficulty, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

Role is remote and part-time (10+ hours/week). You will transfer expertise to evaluation tasks, produce references, and document edits for improved rigor.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in History, Political Science, International Relations, or closely related field.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Author original history and political science questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible alternatives.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear reasoning.
• Provide 1–5 academic references per question.
• For verification tasks: flag clarity, completeness, precision, solvability and justify edits.

Skills

History knowledge

Political science expertise

Academic writing

Question authoring

Question verification

English writing clarity

Education

PhD in History or Political Science

Doctoral candidate

Job description

Mercor is seeking experts in history and political science to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will create and verify rigorous MCQs, rate difficulty, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

Role is remote and part-time (10+ hours/week). You will transfer expertise to evaluation tasks, produce references, and document edits for improved rigor.