Website Project Manager at Institute of Acoustics, Milton Keynes/Remote, 3-4 Months, Part-Time, £Freelance Rate

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