Remote Applied History & Political Science Specialist

mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; MXN 1,112,000 - 1,416,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Applied History & Political Science Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract, 10+ hours weekly. You will craft original history and political science questions that probe deep understanding and rate difficulty from Medium to Expert.

Required are a PhD or candidate in history/political science/IR, strong historiographical methods, and excellent English writing. Competitive hourly compensation offered for a contract role.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in History or Political Science or IR.
• Master's degree considered for deep subdomain expertise.
• Strong historiographical methods and political theory skills.

Responsibilities

• Author original history and political science questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear reasoning in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Skills

Historiography

Political theory

Comparative analysis

Academic writing

Education

PhD or doctoral candidate in History

Master's degree considered

Job description

Mercor is seeking an Applied History & Political Science Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract, 10+ hours weekly. You will craft original history and political science questions that probe deep understanding and rate difficulty from Medium to Expert.

Required are a PhD or candidate in history/political science/IR, strong historiographical methods, and excellent English writing. Competitive hourly compensation offered for a contract role.