[Hiring] Research Administration Expert - AI Trainer @Mercor

Role Description

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily, including grant proposals, budgets, IRB/IACUC protocols, and compliance training records.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows, navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other experts to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for research-administration agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking, informing how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-time experience at a top R1 university, academic medical center, federal research agency, or large research nonprofit.
• Background in pre-award grants management, post-award financial/compliance management, sponsored-programs administration, or research compliance.
• Day-to-day use of SharePoint, Box, DocuSign, Mendeley, EndNote, and ADP Workforce Now/UKG Pro.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Requirements

• Certifications: CRA, CPRA, CFRA.

Benefits

• Compensation will transition from an hourly rate to a model based on throughput of quality work.

Application Process

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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