diff --git a/crates/bin/ampctl/src/cmd/job.rs b/crates/bin/ampctl/src/cmd/job.rs
index e43f127cf..51ad805e2 100644
--- a/crates/bin/ampctl/src/cmd/job.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/ampctl/src/cmd/job.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Job management commands
 
+pub mod create;
 pub mod events;
 pub mod inspect;
 pub mod list;
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@ pub mod stop;
 /// Job management subcommands.
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
 pub enum Commands {
+    /// Create a new job
+    Create(create::Args),
+
     /// Get lifecycle events for a job
     #[command(after_help = include_str!("job/events__after_help.md"))]
     Events(events::Args),
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ pub enum Commands {
 /// Execute the job command with the given subcommand.
 pub async fn run(command: Commands) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     match command {
+        Commands::Create(args) => create::run(args).await?,
         Commands::Events(args) => events::run(args).await?,
         Commands::List(args) => list::run(args).await?,
         Commands::Inspect(args) => inspect::run(args).await?,
diff --git a/crates/bin/ampctl/src/cmd/job/create.rs b/crates/bin/ampctl/src/cmd/job/create.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c728ad09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/bin/ampctl/src/cmd/job/create.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+//! Job creation command.
+//!
+//! Creates a new job via the admin API's `POST /jobs` endpoint.
+
+use amp_client_admin::jobs::{CreateError, CreateJobRequest};
+use monitoring::logging;
+
+use crate::args::GlobalArgs;
+
+/// Create a new job via the admin API.
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all, fields(admin_url = %global.admin_url))]
+pub async fn run(Args { global, kind }: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let client = global.build_client().map_err(Error::ClientBuildError)?;
+
+    let request = match kind {
+        JobKind::Gc(gc_args) => CreateJobRequest::Gc {
+            location_id: gc_args.location_id,
+        },
+    };
+
+    tracing::debug!("Creating job via admin API");
+
+    let job_id = client.jobs().create(&request).await.map_err(|err| {
+        tracing::error!(error = %err, error_source = logging::error_source(&err), "Failed to create job");
+        Error::CreateError(err)
+    })?;
+
+    let result = CreateResult { job_id, request };
+    global.print(&result).map_err(Error::JsonSerialization)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Errors for job creation operations.
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// Failed to build client
+    #[error("failed to build admin API client")]
+    ClientBuildError(#[source] crate::args::BuildClientError),
+
+    /// Error creating job via admin API
+    #[error("failed to create job")]
+    CreateError(#[source] CreateError),
+
+    /// Failed to serialize result to JSON
+    #[error("failed to serialize result to JSON")]
+    JsonSerialization(#[source] serde_json::Error),
+}
+
+/// Command-line arguments for the `job create` command.
+#[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
+pub struct Args {
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    pub global: GlobalArgs,
+
+    /// The job kind to create
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    pub kind: JobKind,
+}
+
+/// Supported job kinds for creation.
+#[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
+pub enum JobKind {
+    /// Schedule a garbage collection job for a physical table revision
+    Gc(GcArgs),
+}
+
+/// Arguments for creating a GC job.
+#[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
+pub struct GcArgs {
+    /// The location ID of the physical table revision to garbage collect
+    pub location_id: i64,
+}
+
+/// Result of a job creation operation.
+#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
+struct CreateResult {
+    job_id: amp_worker_core::jobs::job_id::JobId,
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    request: CreateJobRequest,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for CreateResult {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        writeln!(
+            f,
+            "{} Job {} created",
+            console::style("✓").green().bold(),
+            self.job_id,
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/clients/admin/src/jobs.rs b/crates/clients/admin/src/jobs.rs
index 9f34b26ad..2fcbfe4a0 100644
--- a/crates/clients/admin/src/jobs.rs
+++ b/crates/clients/admin/src/jobs.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,80 @@ impl<'a> JobsClient<'a> {
         Self { client }
     }
 
+    /// Create a new job.
+    ///
+    /// POSTs to `/jobs` endpoint with a job descriptor.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Returns [`CreateError`] for network errors, invalid requests,
+    /// active job conflicts, or unexpected responses.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
+    pub async fn create(&self, request: &CreateJobRequest) -> Result<JobId, CreateError> {
+        let url = self.client.base_url().join(jobs_list()).expect("valid URL");
+
+        tracing::debug!("Sending POST request to create job");
+
+        let response = self
+            .client
+            .http()
+            .post(url.as_str())
+            .json(request)
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| CreateError::Network {
+                url: url.to_string(),
+                source: err,
+            })?;
+
+        let status = response.status();
+        tracing::debug!(status = %status, "received API response");
+
+        match status.as_u16() {
+            202 => {
+                let resp: CreateJobResponse =
+                    response
+                        .json()
+                        .await
+                        .map_err(|err| CreateError::ResponseParse {
+                            url: url.to_string(),
+                            source: err,
+                        })?;
+                Ok(resp.job_id)
+            }
+            400 | 409 | 500 => {
+                let text = response
+                    .text()
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|err| CreateError::ResponseParse {
+                        url: url.to_string(),
+                        source: err,
+                    })?;
+                let error_response: ErrorResponse =
+                    serde_json::from_str(&text).map_err(|_| CreateError::UnexpectedResponse {
+                        status: status.as_u16(),
+                        body: text.clone(),
+                    })?;
+                match error_response.error_code.as_str() {
+                    "INVALID_BODY" | "INVALID_LOCATION_ID" => {
+                        Err(CreateError::InvalidRequest(error_response.into()))
+                    }
+                    "NO_WORKERS_AVAILABLE" => {
+                        Err(CreateError::NoWorkersAvailable(error_response.into()))
+                    }
+                    "ACTIVE_JOB_CONFLICT" => {
+                        Err(CreateError::ActiveJobConflict(error_response.into()))
+                    }
+                    _ => Err(CreateError::Api(error_response.into())),
+                }
+            }
+            _ => Err(CreateError::UnexpectedResponse {
+                status: status.as_u16(),
+                body: response.text().await.unwrap_or_default(),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Get a job by ID.
     ///
     /// GETs from `/jobs/{id}` endpoint.
@@ -1276,3 +1350,54 @@ pub enum GetProgressError {
     #[error("unexpected response (status {status}): {message}")]
     UnexpectedResponse { status: u16, message: String },
 }
+
+/// Request body for creating a job via `POST /jobs`.
+///
+/// Dispatches on the `kind` field to determine the job type.
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+pub enum CreateJobRequest {
+    /// Schedule a garbage collection job for a physical table revision.
+    Gc {
+        /// The location ID of the physical table revision to garbage collect.
+        location_id: i64,
+    },
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
+struct CreateJobResponse {
+    job_id: JobId,
+}
+
+/// Errors from [`JobsClient::create`].
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum CreateError {
+    #[error("network error contacting {url}")]
+    Network {
+        url: String,
+        #[source]
+        source: reqwest::Error,
+    },
+
+    #[error("failed to parse response from {url}")]
+    ResponseParse {
+        url: String,
+        #[source]
+        source: reqwest::Error,
+    },
+
+    #[error("invalid request")]
+    InvalidRequest(#[source] ApiError),
+
+    #[error("no workers available")]
+    NoWorkersAvailable(#[source] ApiError),
+
+    #[error("active job already exists")]
+    ActiveJobConflict(#[source] ApiError),
+
+    #[error("API error")]
+    Api(#[source] ApiError),
+
+    #[error("unexpected response: status={status}, body={body}")]
+    UnexpectedResponse { status: u16, body: String },
+}
diff --git a/crates/services/admin-api/src/handlers/jobs.rs b/crates/services/admin-api/src/handlers/jobs.rs
index 2a1389b2b..b2c78aa3f 100644
--- a/crates/services/admin-api/src/handlers/jobs.rs
+++ b/crates/services/admin-api/src/handlers/jobs.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Jobs HTTP handlers
 
+pub mod create;
 pub mod delete;
 pub mod delete_by_id;
 pub mod event_by_id;
diff --git a/crates/services/admin-api/src/handlers/jobs/create.rs b/crates/services/admin-api/src/handlers/jobs/create.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b44171ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/services/admin-api/src/handlers/jobs/create.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+//! Job creation handler
+
+use amp_worker_core::jobs::job_id::JobId;
+use axum::{Json, extract::State, http::StatusCode};
+use metadata_db::physical_table_revision::LocationId;
+use monitoring::logging;
+
+use crate::{
+    ctx::Ctx,
+    handlers::error::{ErrorResponse, IntoErrorResponse},
+    scheduler,
+};
+
+/// Handler for the `POST /jobs` endpoint
+///
+/// Schedules a new job for execution by an available worker.
+/// Currently supports GC jobs only.
+///
+/// ## Request Body
+/// - `kind`: The job type (currently only `"gc"`)
+/// - Additional fields depend on the job kind
+///
+/// ### GC job
+/// ```json
+/// { "kind": "gc", "location_id": 42 }
+/// ```
+///
+/// ## Response
+/// - **202 Accepted**: Job scheduled successfully
+/// - **400 Bad Request**: Invalid request body or unsupported job kind
+/// - **409 Conflict**: An active job with the same idempotency key already exists
+/// - **500 Internal Server Error**: Scheduler error
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all, err)]
+pub async fn handler(
+    State(ctx): State<Ctx>,
+    json: Result<Json<CreateJobRequest>, axum::extract::rejection::JsonRejection>,
+) -> Result<(StatusCode, Json<CreateJobResponse>), ErrorResponse> {
+    let Json(req) = json.map_err(|err| {
+        tracing::debug!(error = %err, "invalid request body");
+        Error::InvalidBody(err)
+    })?;
+
+    let (idempotency_key, descriptor) = match req {
+        CreateJobRequest::Gc { location_id } => {
+            let location_id = LocationId::try_from(location_id).map_err(|_| {
+                tracing::debug!(location_id, "invalid location ID");
+                Error::InvalidLocationId(location_id)
+            })?;
+
+            let key = amp_worker_gc::job_key::idempotency_key(location_id);
+            let desc =
+                scheduler::JobDescriptor::from(amp_worker_gc::job_descriptor::JobDescriptor {
+                    location_id,
+                });
+            (key, desc)
+        }
+    };
+
+    let job_id = ctx
+        .scheduler
+        .schedule_job(idempotency_key.into(), descriptor, None)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| {
+            tracing::error!(
+                error = %err,
+                error_source = logging::error_source(&err),
+                "failed to schedule job"
+            );
+            Error::Scheduler(err)
+        })?;
+
+    tracing::info!(%job_id, "job scheduled");
+    Ok((StatusCode::ACCEPTED, Json(CreateJobResponse { job_id })))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// Invalid request body
+    #[error("invalid request body: {0}")]
+    InvalidBody(#[source] axum::extract::rejection::JsonRejection),
+
+    /// Invalid location ID
+    #[error("invalid location ID: {0}")]
+    InvalidLocationId(i64),
+
+    /// Scheduler error
+    #[error("failed to schedule job")]
+    Scheduler(#[source] scheduler::ScheduleJobError),
+}
+
+impl IntoErrorResponse for Error {
+    fn error_code(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Error::InvalidBody(_) => "INVALID_BODY",
+            Error::InvalidLocationId(_) => "INVALID_LOCATION_ID",
+            Error::Scheduler(err) => match err {
+                scheduler::ScheduleJobError::NoWorkersAvailable => "NO_WORKERS_AVAILABLE",
+                scheduler::ScheduleJobError::ActiveJobConflict { .. } => "ACTIVE_JOB_CONFLICT",
+                _ => "SCHEDULER_ERROR",
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
+        match self {
+            Error::InvalidBody(_) => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+            Error::InvalidLocationId(_) => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+            Error::Scheduler(err) => match err {
+                scheduler::ScheduleJobError::NoWorkersAvailable => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+                scheduler::ScheduleJobError::ActiveJobConflict { .. } => StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+                _ => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Request body for creating a job.
+///
+/// Dispatches on the `kind` field to determine the job type.
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+pub enum CreateJobRequest {
+    /// Schedule a garbage collection job for a physical table revision.
+    Gc {
+        /// The location ID of the physical table revision to garbage collect.
+        location_id: i64,
+    },
+}
+
+/// Response body for a created job.
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize)]
+pub struct CreateJobResponse {
+    /// The ID of the scheduled job.
+    pub job_id: JobId,
+}
diff --git a/crates/services/admin-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/services/admin-api/src/lib.rs
index f5323fab9..957134219 100644
--- a/crates/services/admin-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/services/admin-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ pub fn router(ctx: Ctx) -> Router<()> {
         .route("/files/{file_id}", get(files::get_by_id::handler))
         .route(
             "/jobs",
-            get(jobs::get_all::handler).delete(jobs::delete::handler),
+            get(jobs::get_all::handler)
+                .post(jobs::create::handler)
+                .delete(jobs::delete::handler),
         )
         .route(
             "/jobs/{id}",