We welcome all candidates who feel that they would be appropriate, including, but not limited to, recent graduates, those working around child-care and those returning to work.
Job Description
Job title: Project Manager
Salary: £30,000-£35,000 pro rata
Hours: 24 hrs per week
Job location: Hybrid, primarily remote with London and Bristol offices available
Responsible to: CEO
Responsible for: volunteer and freelance project teams
Pledgeball is looking to appoint a Project Manager to support the staff team across the work of this exciting, rapidly growing charity, a charity that has been recognised as the BBC Green Sport Award organisation of the Year.
For the role, we are looking for someone to take the lead on some of Pledgeball’s operational projects and specific campaigns, as well as bridge the gap between the various operational projects and the communication of these.
The Project Manager will work with the CEO, core staff and volunteer team to oversee delivery of specific projects supporting the strategic priorities of the charity.
Pledgeball has been through an enormous growth period over the last 2 years, with demand for the research-led engagement expertise that Pledgeball provides being highly sought-after. Streamlining workflows and managing staff and material resources will be a crucial element to this role, as well as the ability to bring a level of creative autonomy and strategic awareness.
As Pledgeball enters the next phase of growth, the Project Manager will support to optimise the efficiency and impact of Pledgeball, ensuring that the charity continues to meet its charitable objectives.
Responsibilities
- Plan and implement projects
- Help define project scope, goals and deliverables
- Liaise and build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders
- Define tasks and required resources
- Collect and manage project team
- Manage the project budget
- Allocate project resources
- Create a project schedule and timeline
- Support and direct team
- Lead quality assurance
- Report on the project status
- Present to stakeholders reports on progress as well as problems and solutions
- Implement and manage changes when necessary to meet project deliverables
- Evaluate and assess the result of the project
Person Specification
The ideal candidate will be pivotal to the success of Pledgeball continuing to scale. They need to be:
- Fully committed to the work and mission of Pledgeball.
- Very organised and experienced at managing projects.
- Evaluative in their approach, maintaining knowledge of the key objectives and KPIs of the charity and applying this knowledge in their management of projects and resource.
- IT literate and quick to learn.
- Willing to take the initiative.
- Keen to learn.
- Goal oriented, constantly on the lookout for smarter ways of working and able to work at pace.
- Able to engage, enthuse and influence staff, colleagues and external stakeholders and quickly build strong and effective working relationships
- Imaginative, creative and a problem solver.
About us
Pledgeball is a young, research-backed charity that works with stakeholders across the sports community, from clubs to County FAs, from fans including partners the Football Supporters’ Association to governing bodies, to raise awareness and motivate fans to take action on climate and environmental sustainability. The team currently consists of three members of staff, and a volunteer team of around 10-15 people.
Why join us?
We offer flexible hours, as well as the ability to enjoy office space located in central Bristol and London, and to work from home. By joining Pledgeball, you’ll be part of an exciting, rapidly growing charity powered by a team of passionate staff and volunteers, where collaboration and support is at the heart. As well as all this, you will receive enrolment into an ethical pension scheme and 16.8 days annual leave.
All applicants must provide at least two independent references. We are committed to providing services that embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. The successful candidate must ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.
Closing Date: 21st March 2025 5 PM GMT
Please send your CV and cover letter, stating how you meet the person specification, to recruitment@pledgeball.org
