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Title: Project Plan and Kickoff, remote, West Virginia | Deftridge
Summary: Project Plan and Kickoff (Asana) for a manager Project Manager, remote in West Virginia. $107-$136 an hour, about 9 hours in total. Starts within 2 weeks.

One-off Shortlisting · 4 candidates Posted Oct 30 · DT-9716950

# Project Plan and Kickoff (Asana)

Manager · Project Manager · Remote · West Virginia only

**$107–$136** / hour About $730–$1,460 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 refugee support · 201–500 employeesCL-50962 · based in Wheeling

- **Where** Remote · West Virginia only

- **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

The company is already looking at 4 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.

**7** professionals have asked about this task **1,769** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

## About this task

This environmental nonprofit in refugee support (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, but the company can only contract people who live in West Virginia, so this one is for residents there. 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.

- A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer

- One round of edits after the company's review is included

- The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed

## 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:** 2 to 3 weeks. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side.

## 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

- Used to short written handovers

## Not included

- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so

- On-call availability outside the agreed window

- Travel or work at a fixed location

## 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** $122 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

## How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $122 an hour, is **above** the median manager Project Manager rate in West Virginia ($95). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

Median $95

This task $122

$69 $144

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## 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-50962 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 (Asana) is noted. A recruiter writes to you from a @deftridge.com address within one working day; the next steps are listed on this page.

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**$107–$136 / hr** I'm interested
