History & Political Science Assessment Specialist
$25–$60/hr
About this role
Join a dynamic team of experts in history and political science to create and evaluate high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. This role involves writing and verifying rigorous multiple-choice questions across essential domains, evaluating solution quality, and contributing to the establishment of gold-standard benchmarks that enhance AI capabilities.
Key Responsibilities- Author original history and political science questions that assess deep conceptual understanding rather than surface-level recall.
- Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined, with all necessary information included in the problem statement.
- Rate each question''s difficulty as Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
- Provide one correct answer and nine plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
- Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.
- Supply one to five academic references per question from reputable sources, such as peer-reviewed journals and university repositories.
- For verification tasks, identify issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.
World History, U.S. History, Prehistory & Archaeology, International Relations & Security Studies, Government & Politics, European History, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Miscellaneous History & Political Science.
Ideal Qualifications- PhD or doctoral candidate in History, Political Science, International Relations, or a closely related field.
- Master''s degree may be considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
- Strong command of historiographical methods, political theory, and comparative analysis.
- Research publications or policy experience is a strong plus.
- Excellent written English with the ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.
Expected commitment: 10+ hours per week. This is an asynchronous, fully remote position.
CompensationHourly rate ranges from $25 to $60.