Source: https://deftridge.com/job/project-plan-and-kickoff-los-angeles-dt-9261110/ Title: Project Plan and Kickoff, hybrid in Los Angeles | Deftridge Summary: Project Plan and Kickoff for a manager Project Manager, hybrid in Los Angeles. $128-$151 an hour, about 9 hours in total. Starts within 7 days. One-off Shortlisting · 3 candidates Posted Oct 22 · DT-9261110 # Project Plan and Kickoff · Nonprofit Manager · Project Manager · Hybrid · Los Angeles **$128–$151** / hour About $840–$1,670 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Environmental nonprofit in climate · 201–500 employeesCL-86408 · based in Livonia - **Where** Hybrid · Los Angeles - **Format** One-off task - **Time needed** about 9 h in total - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Manager · 7-12 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async1 h a week overlap with PT The company is already looking at 3 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides. **5** professionals have asked about this task **1,769** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This environmental nonprofit in climate (201–500 employees) is looking for a manager Project Manager for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Scope, milestones, owners and a plan agreed at kickoff. It is a self-contained job: scope, checklist and price are agreed before you start. It is a nonprofit, so budgets are tight and grant reporting dates are fixed. The team sits in Los Angeles. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (PT). ## What you deliver - Create the plan, RACI and risk list for a CRM rollout and run the kickoff meeting. - One round of edits after the company's review is included - A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer - A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope ## How the work runs - Day 1: kickoff call and access to the files - Days 2 to 6: the work, with questions answered the same day - Last day: delivery and a short walkthrough **Duration:** 1 to 2 weeks. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included. ## Tools Asana MS Project Smartsheet ## Who fits - 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Project Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Asana, MS Project and Smartsheet - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Has worked with a distributed team across time zones - A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late ## Not included - Managing other contractors or employees - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so - On-call availability outside the agreed window ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Manager Project Manager - **Experience** 7-12 years in operations & assistance - **Tools** Asana, MS Project, Smartsheet - **Offers** 9 hours in total, weekday evenings - **Rate** $140 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $140 an hour, is **below** the median manager Project Manager rate in California ($145). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $145 This task $140 $101 $201 [All Project Manager jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/project-manager/united-states/) · [Project Manager rates in California](https://deftridge.com/rates/project-manager/california/) · [Operations & Assistance jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/operations-and-assistance/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-86408 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Project Plan and Kickoff · Nonprofit is noted. 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