Updated July 29, 2026

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Grant Writing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 27+ grant writing jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and 4-day weeks—full pay and a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Syracuse University, University of Manchester, and Ohio State University.

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Senior Associate, Business Development (APAC)

11h

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

RemoteUSA

93 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Business Development Manager

11h

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

RemoteUSA

93 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Partnerships Operations Manager

2mo

Simprints

RemoteUK

93 · Excellent4 day week100% pay£45k

Community Energy Resilience Director

The Climate Center

RemoteUSA

66 · Good9 day fortnight

Development Specialist

14d

Murmuration

RemoteUSA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Scientist - Bursky Public Health

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

67 · GoodCompressed week$63k – $115k

Senior Research Associate - Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep

12h

Ohio State University

OnsiteColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Northeast Program Manager

15d

National Parks Conservation Association

HybridNew York, USA

90 · Excellent4 day week100% pay$69k – $80k

Research Scientist - Radiology

22h

Ohio State University

OnsiteColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Workforce (Teaching & Research)

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Otolaryngology

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Polar Archivist

Ohio State University

HybridColumbus, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Project Manager, Humanities and Human Flourishing Project

University of Pennsylvania

HybridPhiladelphia, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Transition Fellow

1mo

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Research Professor of Audiology

1mo

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Postdoc: Lunar Volatiles

15d

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

OnsitePasadena, USA

68 · Good9 day fortnight$84k

Molecular Ecologist

12d

University of Pennsylvania

OnsitePhiladelphia, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Manager, Partnerships and Funding

2mo

Khan Academy

HybridNew Delhi +2 more

63 · Good4 day week during Summer

Administrative Analyst

12d

City of Carson

OnsiteCarson, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$102k – $130k

Postdoctoral Researcher - Soft Matter Physics

2mo

Syracuse University

OnsiteSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Researcher - Exercise Science

2mo

Syracuse University

HybridSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Scholar - Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER)

2mo

Syracuse University

OnsiteSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Tenure Track Cognitive Psychology Faculty (Quantitative Focus)

2mo

Ohio University

OnsiteAthens, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Associate

2mo

George Washington University

OnsiteWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Scholar

2mo

George Washington University

OnsiteWashington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Postdoctoral Researcher - Voice Disorders Lab

2mo

Syracuse University

HybridSyracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

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Employers hiring for Grant Writing on this page include Syracuse University, University of Manchester, and Ohio State University. Grant Writing roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Grant Writing is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Grant Writing roles span the full seniority range — we list 26 open roles requiring Grant Writing across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Grant Writing hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Grant Writing roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Grant Writing candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Grant Writing on current listings.

Grant Writing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 27+ grant writing jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and 4-day weeks—full pay and a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Syracuse University, University of Manchester, and Ohio State University.

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