Project Manager – Maternity Cover

Role Overview

• Manage end-to-end delivery of website-related projects across multiple brands.
• Coordinate website launches, redesigns, migrations, enhancements, and optimisation initiatives.
• Manage project timelines, dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery milestones.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to business objectives.
• Maintain project documentation, plans, status reports, and action logs.
• Facilitate project meetings, workshops, and stakeholder reviews.
• Oversee incoming website change requests and enhancement requests.
• Prioritise workstreams in collaboration with business stakeholders and Digital Operations leadership.
• Coordinate implementation of content, design, functionality, and technical changes.
• Monitor delivery progress and ensure adherence to agreed SLAs and processes.
• Identify and escalate blockers or risks that may impact delivery.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders.
• Build strong working relationships across marketing, admissions, compliance, IT, development, and external agencies.
• Provide regular project updates and status communications.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and facilitate decision-making where required.
• Ensure clear communication between technical and non-technical teams.
• Coordinate activities across multiple internal teams and external vendors.
• Schedule and facilitate project meetings and governance forums.
• Track resource allocation and capacity across concurrent workstreams.
• Ensure actions are followed through to completion.
• Support established governance processes and delivery standards.
• Ensure compliance, accessibility, security, and performance requirements are considered throughout project delivery.
• Support testing, sign-off, and deployment activities where required.
• Ensure project documentation and handover materials are maintained.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years' experience managing digital or website projects.
• Demonstrable experience delivering multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of website development lifecycles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.
• Experience communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and challenging stakeholder environments.
• Exceptional organisational and planning skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and issue resolution.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Project planning and collaboration tools, CMS platforms (WordPress experience desirable).

Tech Stack

• WordPress

Benefits

• Global University Systems equal opportunity employer.
• We provide equal opportunities and are committed to the principle of equality regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability.