Social Sciences Expert | $70/hr Remote

Crossing Hurdles; United States; Remote; USD 82,656 - 96,432; Part time

Job summary

A company in the education and research sector is seeking a Social Sciences PhD Expert for a remote part-time role, requiring strong analytical skills and independent work. The position involves creating historically relevant prompts, evaluating AI outputs, and contributing to research initiatives. Ideal candidates will hold a PhD in History or a related discipline and possess experience in academic writing and curriculum design. This is a project-based position with flexible hours, offering competitive pay.

Qualifications

• PhD in History or a related social science discipline.
• Specialized expertise in a defined historical era or region.
• Experience in academic writing and curriculum design preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create historically accurate prompts and ideal responses.
• Evaluate and improve AI-generated outputs.
• Develop content aligned with different system personas.
• Generate prompt variants for testing responses.
• Identify tasks exposing AI model limitations.
• Contribute to supervised fine-tuning dataset development.

Skills

Strong analytical and written communication skills

Experience in academic writing

Curriculum design

Ability to work independently

Education

PhD in History or closely related social science discipline

Job description

This range is provided by Crossing Hurdles. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$60.00/hr - $70.00/hr

Position

Social Sciences PhD Expert

Type

Hourly contract

Compensation

$60–$70/hour

Location

Remote

Commitment

Part-time, project-based (10–20 hours/week)

Role Responsibilities

• Create and refine historically accurate prompts and ideal responses across diverse time periods and geographies
• Evaluate and improve AI-generated outputs for factual accuracy, depth, and clarity
• Develop content aligned with different system personas (e.g., academic expert, generalist learner)
• Generate prompt variants to test instruction-following, tone, and persona-based responses
• Identify and design tasks that expose limitations in state-of-the-art AI models
• Contribute to long-term supervised fine-tuning dataset development initiatives

Requirements

• PhD in History or a closely related social science discipline
• Specialized expertise in a defined historical era, region, or methodology
• Strong analytical and written communication skills
• Experience in academic writing, curriculum design, or public history is preferred
• Ability to work independently and iteratively with minimal oversight

Application Process (Takes ~20 minutes)

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Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

Industries

Civic and Social Organizations, Higher Education, and Research Services