Higher Education Expert (Remote)

Job overview

The Higher Education Expert role is remote, with compensation of $60–$70 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The role applies higher education expertise to create realistic academic scenarios, tasks, and evaluation rubrics for AI-related work. It contributes institutional knowledge and judgment to materials covering academic programs, student affairs, research administration, faculty governance, and institutional advancement.

What you'll do

• Construct higher education scenarios for curriculum and program design, accreditation review, and budget or enrollment planning
• build tasks across academic program development, student affairs, research administration, faculty governance, and institutional advancement
• develop scenarios using higher education systems
• produce academic plans, accreditation documents, and communications
• author rubrics that distinguish authentic higher education judgment.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

remote

higher education

academic administration

curriculum design

accreditation

faculty governance

student affairs

research administration

ai research

$60–$70/hr

mercor

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires 5+ years as faculty, academic administrator, or senior higher education operations professional; remote contract opportunity.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services. Sector: 54.