Remote | Public Policy & Government Affairs Expert — $45–$55/hour

24-Mag•New York, NY

5d•Remote

About The Position

We are sharing a specialised hourly consulting opportunity for experienced public policy, government affairs, and regulatory professionals with hands-on expertise across public-sector decision-making, administrative processes, policy development, and government operations. This role supports advanced AI evaluation work focused on realistic government and public-policy workflows. Selected experts will design, review, and assess tasks spanning policy analysis, regulatory affairs, procurement, grants and programme management, budgeting, appropriations, and legislative affairs, applying professional judgement grounded in real-world public-sector experience.

Requirements

3+ years of professional experience in government, public policy, regulatory affairs, government affairs, or a closely related field
Hands-on experience within federal, state, local, tribal, legislative, regulatory, or agency-adjacent environments
Depth in one or more areas such as policy analysis, regulatory compliance, government procurement, grants management, budget and appropriations, or legislative affairs
Strong understanding of administrative processes and how statutory authority is translated into regulation, guidance, and implementation
Experience working with the practical constraints, stakeholders, and trade-offs involved in public-sector decision-making
Excellent written communication and ability to explain nuanced policy reasoning clearly and concisely
Strong attention to detail, source and citation discipline, and confidence evaluating the quality of complex written work
Familiarity with US public-sector frameworks, regulatory processes, or government operations is highly relevant

Nice To Haves

Credentials such as an MPP, MPA, JD, CFCM/CPCM, PMP, or comparable qualification are advantageous, with substantive professional experience carrying significant weight

Responsibilities

Develop realistic policy scenarios, options analyses, decision memoranda, briefing papers, and issue backgrounders
Evaluate policy recommendations for analytical quality, feasibility, completeness, and alignment with governing authority
Assess trade-offs, implementation constraints, stakeholder considerations, and institutional context
Review AI-generated policy work for accuracy, procedural soundness, and decision-maker relevance
Identify subtle gaps, unsupported assumptions, and weaknesses in public-policy reasoning
Develop and review regulatory drafting and compliance exercises
Assess proposed and final rule language, regulatory preambles, guidance documents, and related work products
Evaluate public-comment analyses and regulatory impact considerations
Review compliance determinations against applicable statutes, regulations, and administrative requirements
Assess how legal authority progresses from statute through regulation, guidance, and implementation
Create and evaluate procurement scenarios grounded in real public-sector practice
Review requirements, statements of work, solicitations, RFPs, and evaluation criteria
Assess procurement reasoning involving the FAR, agency supplements, source selection, and contract administration
Evaluate source-selection rationales for procedural consistency and analytical quality
Identify procurement risks, compliance gaps, and weaknesses in contracting decisions
Develop tasks involving notices of funding opportunity, application review, scoring, and grant administration
Evaluate subrecipient monitoring, performance measurement, and reporting requirements
Review budget justifications, spend plans, cost estimates, and resource-allocation decisions
Assess appropriations, reprogramming, apportionment, and related fiscal questions
Evaluate reasoning involving fiscal-law principles such as purpose, time, and amount
Develop and review bill analyses, fiscal notes, amendment tracking, and legislative briefing materials
Assess testimony preparation and communications for policymakers and senior officials
Review stakeholder and constituent correspondence for accuracy, clarity, and policy relevance
Evaluate legislative materials against procedural and substantive requirements
Provide structured feedback on the quality and completeness of legislative reasoning
Review and grade AI-generated outputs across government and public-policy workflows
Assess accuracy, completeness, procedural soundness, and fidelity to governing authorities
Identify edge cases, reasoning failures, and subtle factual or procedural errors
Provide clear written rationales explaining evaluation decisions
Contribute to the development and refinement of expert-level evaluation rubrics