Politics & Government Specialist – Freelance AI Trainer Project

remote work; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Meridial seeks politics experts to train and evaluate large language models on policy, governance, and civic topics. This freelance contracting role focuses on structured feedback and verifiable analysis from real-world government experience.

You will engage AI models with policy scenarios, verify factual and institutional accuracy, assess bias risks, and document failure modes to improve model reasoning. Applicants should have government experience and strong explicit reasoning skills, with

Qualifications

• Experience in political science or public policy.
• Real-world government offices or civic institutions experience.
• Strong metacognitive communication and explicit reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Engage AI models with policy scenarios and governance questions.
• Verify factual accuracy and institutional correctness.
• Assess logical consistency and bias risks in model outputs.
• Capture reproducible error traces and provide structured feedback.
• Document failure modes to strengthen model reasoning and neutrality.
• Identify where models oversimplify political processes or misinterpret rules.

Skills

Political science

Public policy

Government experience

Constitutional analysis

Explicit reasoning

Remote contractor

Prompt/document tracing

Job description

About the role

Meridial seeks politics experts to help train and evaluate large language models. You will apply real world government experience to test, critique, and improve AI understanding of policy, governance, and civic topics. This is a freelance contracting role focused on providing structured feedback and verifiable analysis.

What you'll do

• Engage AI models with policy scenarios and governance questions
• Verify factual accuracy and institutional correctness
• Assess logical consistency and bias risks in model outputs
• Capture reproducible error traces and provide structured feedback
• Document failure modes to strengthen model reasoning and neutrality
• Identify where models oversimplify political processes or misinterpret rules

What they're looking for

• Background in political science, public policy, public administration, international relations, or related field
• Real-world experience in government offices, legislative bodies, regulatory agencies, campaigns, or civic institutions
• Experience analyzing constitutional frameworks, policy trade-offs, electoral systems, or governance processes
• Strong metacognitive communication and explicit reasoning about decisions
• Ability to work as a contractor and provide secure equipment and reliable internet
• Wamiliarity with documenting and tracing model prompts and outputs

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states worldwide remote eligibility; Nigeria is not excluded by region.
• Pay is described as a range per hour with final offer after evaluation of experience and location; currency is USD per hour in the listing.
• The posting does not specify timezone requirements; confirm during interview.