Source: https://deftridge.com/job/project-plan-and-kickoff-united-kingdom-dt-5071035/ Title: Project Plan and Kickoff, remote, UK, £54-65/h | Deftridge Summary: Project Plan and Kickoff for a manager Project Manager, remote in the UK. £54-£65 an hour, about 9 hours in total. Posted by a health charity in climate. One-off Posted Oct 22 · DT-5071035 # Project Plan and Kickoff Manager · Project Manager · Remote · United Kingdom **£54–£65** / hour About £360–£710 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** Health charity in climate · 201–500 employeesCL-35218 · based in Middlesbrough - **Where** Remote · United Kingdom - **Format** One-off task - **Time needed** about 9 h in total - **Start** Starts within 2 weeks - **Level** Manager · 7-12 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async **1,769** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This health charity 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. A fresh pair of experienced eyes is needed, and the result is a document or file the team can use straight away. It is a nonprofit, so budgets are tight and grant reporting dates are fixed. The work is fully remote. Any location in United Kingdom works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. ## 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 final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope - A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer ## How the work runs - Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared - Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback - Last day: final version and handover note **Duration:** 2 to 3 weeks. Accepted when the output matches the agreed checklist and the sample check passes; the recruiter confirms by e-mail. ## 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 - Experience in a similar industry ## Not included - Managing other contractors or employees - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so ## 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 GBP 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** £60 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, £60 an hour, is **above** the median manager Project Manager rate in the United Kingdom (£55). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median £55 This task £60 £37 £74 [All Project Manager jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/project-manager/united-kingdom/) · [Project Manager rates in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/rates/project-manager/united-kingdom/) · [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-35218 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 is noted. 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