Applied History & Political Science Benchmark Specialist

About the role

This role is for one of our clients. We are seeking experts in history and political science to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core history and political science domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities. You will be assigned one of two task types: Question Authoring — Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review; Question Verification — Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.

Responsibilities

• Author original history and political science questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined — all necessary information must be in the problem statement
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above)
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 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 1-5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories)
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Requirements

• National Security
• Public Policy
• Business History
• Environmental History
• Latin American History

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in History, Political Science, International Relations, or a closely related field
• Master's degree 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 and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

Pay

$44 - $56 per hour

Schedule

Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week

Benefits

• Asynchronous, fully remote work