COMIC RELIEF

Employment Type Full time
Location Hybrid · London, City of, UK 2 days a week in our London Office
Salary £49,746 - £54,749 (GBP)
Team Business Services

Seniority Senior

• Closing: 11:55pm, 3rd Jul 2025 BST

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.
Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Accredited Project Management qualification preferrable but not essential
  Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

PURPOSE OF JOB:

The Senior Project Manager will play a pivotal role in the success of Comic Relief’s programme of strategic projects. The programme consists of key strategic projects that are designed to best support Comic Relief to meet its strategic priorities and mission / vision.
As Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the overarching planning, management and coordination of select Strategic Projects. The role will work with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure planning processes, project governance and reporting is completed at every stage of the project lifecycle.
The successful candidate will work closely with a range of stakeholders across the organisation, including Fundraising, Partnerships, Funding and Production and strong stakeholder skills are essential for this role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage select strategic projects across the full project lifecycle, including project briefing, scoping, set up, governance, planning, task management, communication, coordiation and tracking and reporting.
• Manage procurement processes and any linked consultations, ensuring compliance with Comic Relief’s Procurement Policy as needed in order to progress projects.
• Work with Comic Relief’s Progamme Management Office to track Strategic Projects, taking on overall responsibility for the success and learning of the project.
• Work with cross functional stakeholders, project teams and external stakeholders to manage the delivery of Strategic Projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.
• Maintain internal focus on Strategic Projects, ensuring momentum on projects and regular communications to all Stakeholders. Establish and deliver an effective Stakeholder Communication Plans.
• Work with Stakeholders and project teams to ensure dependencies and risks are actively managed, acting as an arbiter and supporting the resolution of issues.
• Identify and manage dependencies and risks of varying complexity across projects taking corrective action or highlighting issues for escalation as required
• Represent Comic Relief with external partners, as needed, ensuring decisions and actions taken represent Comic Relief’s best interests.
• Use tracking and reporting tools and briefings/huddles that ensure that the progress of all project activity is communicated.
• Member of Strategic Project Steering Groups, recording outcomes of meetings, presenting to senior stakeholders and ensuring effective project governance and decision making.
• Represent project management best practice and identify and facilitate learning opportunities that create efficient and smart ways of working.