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Public Administration Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ public administration jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 16 new this week. Hiring companies include City of Stockton, City of National City, and City of Palm Springs.

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9-day fortnights 8
compressed weeks 13

Updated August 25, 2026

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Planner II & Planner Senior

NEW

Town of Gilbert · Hybrid · Civic Center, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$73k – $122kPro · early access

Cultural Affairs Analyst

NEW

City of Culver City · Onsite · Culver City, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$8,109 – $9,897/moPro · early access

Cemetery Administrator

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17h

City of Santa Monica · Onsite · Santa Monica, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$112k – $139kPro · early access

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Engineering and Asset Management Division Manager

City of Henderson · Onsite · Henderson, NV, USA

69 · GoodCompressed Work Week$128k – $192k

Director of Administrative Services

City of National City · Onsite · National City, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$189k – $252k

Enterprise Program Manager (Refuse Manager)

City of Santa Ana · Onsite · Santa Ana, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$140k – $170k

Finance Director

City of Fountain Valley · Onsite · Fountain Valley, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$209k – $254k

Director of Public Works

Town of Apple Valley · Onsite · Apple Valley, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$153k – $216k

Assistant Director of Utility Operations

City of Colton · Onsite · Colton, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$190k – $231k

Planning & Development Director

City of Corona · Onsite · Corona, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$215k – $262k

Homelessness Solutions/Housing Manager

City of Downey · Onsite · Downey, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$97k – $120k

Climate Action & Sustainability Specialist

City of Palm Springs · Onsite · Palm Springs, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$88k – $118k

Chief Economic Development Officer

City of Palm Springs · Onsite · Palm Springs, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$140k – $189k

Human Resources/Risk Manager

City of Baldwin Park · Onsite · Baldwin Park, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$127k – $170k

PLANNING ASSOCIATE

City of West Covina · Onsite · West Covina, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$69k – $89k

Associate Public Affairs Analyst

Las Vegas Valley Water District · Onsite · Las Vegas, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$98k

Chief Labor Negotiator

3mo

City of Henderson · Hybrid · Henderson, USA

73 · GreatCompressed Work Week$123k – $187k

Administrative Services Officer - Rent Control

10d

City of Santa Monica · Onsite · Santa Monica, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$141k – $174k

Director of Human Resources

11d

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$186k – $259k

PLANNING MANAGER

11d

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$125k – $172k

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Employers hiring for Public Administration on this page include City of Stockton, City of National City, and City of Palm Springs. Public Administration 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 Public Administration is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Public Administration roles span the full seniority range — we list 21 open roles requiring Public Administration 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 — Public Administration 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. Public Administration 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 Public Administration 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 Public Administration on current listings.