Psychology PhD — Assessment Specialist

Job overview

The Psychology PhD — Assessment Specialist opportunity is remote, with the posting describing remote work and a commitment of 10 or more hours per week. Compensation is listed as $50–$63 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with AI research labs. The specialist creates and reviews psychology benchmark questions that assess conceptual understanding, providing answer choices, difficulty ratings, reasoned solutions, and academic references. This work supports the development and verification of psychology assessment material.

What you'll do

• Author original psychology questions
• rate question difficulty
• provide one correct answer and nine plausible incorrect alternatives
• write step-by-step solutions in markdown
• supply academic references
• review verification tasks for clarity, completeness, precision, and solvability and justify edits.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

psychology assessment specialist

remote

mercor

psychology

benchmark questions

assessment design

research methodology

academic references

question verification

graduate-level psychology

$50–$63 per hour

10+ hours per week

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

A PhD, PsyD, or doctoral candidacy in psychology or a closely related field is required; a master’s degree may be considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain. Clinical licensure or psychology research publications are preferred.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.