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Public Administration Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 23+ public administration jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 3 new this week. Hiring companies include City of Stockton, Ohio University, and City of National City.

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9-day fortnights 11
compressed weeks 10
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Updated October 3, 2026

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Executive MPA (OEMPA) Adjunct Instructor

Ohio University · Remote · Ohio, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Executive MPA (OEMPA) Adjunct Instructor

Ohio University · Remote · Ohio, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

INTEROPERABILITY NETWORK OF THE SOUTH BAY (INSB) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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City of Torrance · Onsite · Torrance, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$85k – $90k

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Library Development Manager

1mo

City of North Las Vegas · Onsite · North Las Vegas, NV, USA

69 · Good4 Day Work Week$75k – $120k

Senior City Marshal

2mo

City of Henderson · Onsite · Henderson, NV, USA

69 · GoodCompressed Work Week

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

11d

City of San Marcos · Onsite · San Marcos, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$159k – $231k

Phanstiel Chair in Leadership

24d

Syracuse University · Onsite · Syracuse, NY, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Economic Development Director

15d

City of Garden Grove · Onsite · City Hall, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$16,856 – $22,588/mo

OFFICER OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE

19d

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$126k – $174k

Communications Manager

23d

City of Fairfield · Onsite · Fairfield, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$133k – $162k

DEPARTMENT FINANCE OFFICER

25d

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$130k – $178k

Planning Division Manager

25d

City of Fairfield · Onsite · Fairfield, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$147k – $179k

Public Works Director

1mo

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

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Director of Public Works

1mo

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

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$153k – $216k

PLANNING MANAGER

1mo

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$125k – $172k

Planner

15d

City of Avondale · Onsite · Avondale, AZ, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$71k – $107k

Deputy Community Development Director

16d

City of Las Vegas · Onsite · Las Vegas, NV, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$123k – $161k

DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (At-Will)

1mo

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

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

Director of Finance - Operations

1mo

City of Palmdale · Onsite · Palmdale, CA, USA

58 · GoodCompressed Work Week$206k – $262k

PLANNING ASSOCIATE

1mo

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

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

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Employers hiring for Public Administration on this page include City of Stockton, Ohio University, and City of National City. 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 23 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.

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