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Public Policy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 24+ public policy jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Syracuse University, Experian, and Anthropic.

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9-day fortnights 6
compressed weeks 4
generous PTO 3
unlimited PTO 3
best places to work 4

Updated October 4, 2026

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Communications Manager

Local Progress · Remote · USA

83 · Great4 Day Work Week

Senior Communications Associate

Resources Legacy Fund · Remote · Washington, DC, USA

78 · Great9 Day Fortnight$90k – $100k

Policy Manager, Korea

4mo

Airbnb · Remote · Seoul, South Korea

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

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Director, EMEA Government Affairs & Public Policy

15d

Chainguard · Remote · Europe

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Director, State Government Affairs

12d

Experian · Remote · Sacramento, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$158k – $284k

Senior Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager

1mo

Samsara · Remote · Washington, DC, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$109k – $184k

Director, Policy & Communications

NEW

Merck · Hybrid · North Wales, PA +3 more

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$173k – $273k

CITY ATTORNEY

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$339k

Director - Strategic Planning & Team Lead

11d

Parsons Corporation · Onsite · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

Graduate Mayoral Office

15d

City of Gold Coast · Hybrid · Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$79k

Washington Operations Intern

10d

AV · Onsite · Arlington, VA, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Principal Researcher - A Fairer Start

15d

Nesta · Hybrid · London, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week£59k – £73k

His Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

29d

Scottish Government · Hybrid · Edinburgh, UK

68 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Director of Government Affairs, SLED

10d

ID.me · Onsite · McLean +3 more

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$163k – $209k

Corporate Communications Media Manager

1mo

M&G · Hybrid · London, UK

67 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Manager, EU Government Affairs

4mo

Spotify · Hybrid · Brussels, Belgium

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Government & Political Science Internship - Summer 2027

25d

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Arlington, VA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Phanstiel Chair in Leadership

25d

Syracuse University · Onsite · Syracuse, NY, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Thomas and Colleen Wilmot Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

4mo

Syracuse University · Onsite · Syracuse, NY, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Director, State Government Affairs

12d

Experian · Hybrid · Washington, DC, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$158k – $284k

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Employers hiring for Public Policy on this page include Syracuse University, Experian, and Anthropic. Public Policy 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 Policy is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Public Policy roles span the full seniority range — we list 24 open roles requiring Public Policy 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 Policy 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 Policy 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 Policy 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 Policy on current listings.

Public Policy Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 24+ public policy jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 2 new this week. Hiring companies include Syracuse University, Experian, and Anthropic.

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