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