Freelance Website Project Manager (Part-Time, Short-Term Contract)

Location: Within commuting distance of Buckinghamshire (hybrid working)

Contract: Freelance, part-time (approx. 2 days per week)

Duration: 3–4 months

Start: Immediate

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Freelance Website Project Manager to support the post-launch optimisation of our recently relaunched website www.ioa.org.uk. The successful candidate will serve as our day-to-day representative, coordinating improvements across functionality, usability, and content discovery, working closely with internal stakeholders and external web development partners.

This is a short-term, hands-on delivery role requiring strong organisation, stakeholder management, and digital product experience. We envisage the successful candidate working with us a couple of days a week. There is likely to be an initial 3-4-day onboarding process during which the WPM will come in to meet the team at our Head Office in Milton Keynes and identify our short- to medium-term requirements. Then this individual will work directly with our website IT provider.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead and coordinate a structured programme of website fixes and enhancements following a recent relaunch

· Audit current website functionality, navigation, and content discoverability issues

· Define, prioritise, and manage a backlog of required improvements

· Act as the main liaison between internal teams, content owners, designers, developers, and third-party suppliers

· Ensure issues are clearly documented, scoped, and delivered to agreed timelines

· Support usability improvements and user journey optimisation

· Monitor progress against agreed KPIs and milestones

· Provide regular status reporting and recommendations to senior stakeholders

Help establish practical processes for ongoing website governance and optimisation

Key Deliverables:

· Prioritised roadmap of website improvements

· Delivery oversight of agreed technical and content fixes

· Clear documentation of changes and future recommendations

What we're looking for:

● Proven experience managing website or digital projects, ideally including post-launch remediation or improvement programmes

● Experience building as well as deploying / managing websites (ideally full stack development – i.e. client-side and server-side)

● Strong understanding of website functionality, UX principles, and content architecture

● Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills — you'll be representing us with external teams

● Comfortable working with ambiguity and able to bring structure and clarity to a fast-moving workstream

● Familiarity with project management tools (e.g. Jira, Asana, Trello, or similar)

● Self-sufficient and proactive — able to operate independently with minimal day-to-day oversight

Nice to have:

● Experience working with CMS platforms (e.g. WordPress, Contentful, Drupal, Magnolia). The new website uses Magnolia CMS.

● Background in SEO or content strategy, particularly around discoverability

● Previous experience in a client-side or agency project management role

Practical Requirements:

· Able to work part-time (approx. 2 days per week) for the duration of the contract

· Within reasonable commuting distance of Buckinghamshire for occasional in-person meetings

· Comfortable working in a hybrid and collaborative environment

· Please, no agency applicants; we are looking for an individual WPM.

How to Apply:

If you are interested, please submit:

· A short statement outlining your relevant experience

· Examples of similar website improvement or relaunch projects you have managed

· Your day rate and availability

· We are keen to appoint quickly and will review applications on a rolling basis.

Start date: Immediate