Hire a Project Manager.
Plans, deadlines and stakeholders, kept on track.
Also called: Virtual Project Manager, Project Management Assistant, Project Coordinator
From £4.50 an hour£4.50-20.50/hr
- Agencies
- SaaS & tech
- Professional services
- Works your hours
- Nigeria hub, on London time or an hour ahead
- Month to month
- Breaks a brief or SOW into a work breakdown structurePlanning & setup
- Runs kickoffs, weekly work-in-progress meetingsDelivery cadence
- Writes and sends the weekly client status reportStakeholder communication
- Tracks hours and spend against budgetScope, budget & riskDoing
- Asana
- ClickUp
- Jira
- Confluence
- Trello
- Notion
Pick the level. See the price.
£4.50an hour
Level 1 of 4, also called junior.Maintains project boards, updates task status and dates and schedules meetings.
- Up-to-date project board with owners and due dates
- Meeting minutes with action items logged in the PM tool
- Draft weekly status report
£8an hour
Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Builds the plan from a brief and runs the full delivery cadence.
- Project plan, WBS and Gantt timeline
- RAID log
- Weekly RAG status reports
£12.50an hour
Level 3 of 4, also called senior.Owns delivery outcomes across a portfolio of projects.
- Portfolio status dashboard
- Recovery plans for red projects
- Resource and capacity forecasts
£20.50an hour
Level 4 of 4, also called lead or specialist.Leads and coaches a team of PMs and designs the delivery framework and PMO standards.
- Delivery framework and PM playbook
- Portfolio capacity plan
- Estimation model and pricing inputs
Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management. Prices exclude VAT.
What you hand to your Project Manager
Tasks
Planning & setup
- Breaks a brief or SOW into a work breakdown structure
- Builds the project timeline with milestones and critical path
- Sets up project workspaces from templates
- Plans resourcing and capacity
Delivery cadence
- Runs kickoffs, weekly work-in-progress meetings
- Runs sprint planning, backlog refinement and sprint reviews
- Chases task owners, unblock dependencies
- Coordinates client reviews, feedback rounds and sign-offs
Stakeholder communication
- Writes and sends the weekly client status report
- Sends meeting notes and action items within 24 hours
- Manages client expectations about timelines, trade-offs and priorities
Scope, budget & risk
- Tracks hours and spend against budget
- Keeps a RAID log with owners and mitigations
- Raises and documents change requests whenever scope moves
Close-out & improvement
- Delivers the handover documentation and project close report
- Runs post-mortems and turns the lessons into updated templates and SOPs
Week one
- Accounts created and tested
- Access granted to the SOWs, budgets, timelines and boards for all active projects
- Stakeholder map documented
- Delivery SOPs read and confirmed
Tools
Work tools
Asana
ClickUp
- Monday.com
Jira
Confluence
Trello
Notion
- Smartsheet
Microsoft Project
- TeamGantt
- Teamwork.com
- Float
- Resource Guru
- Harvest
Toggl Track
- Everhour
Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
Tested live in the tools on your job description.
Works inside your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, under your admin settings.
- Microsoft 365Copilot
- Google WorkspaceGemini
AI
AI writes up the processes, minutes and status reports. Your Project Manager keeps the priorities straight and the work moving.
SOPs from screen recordings
Loom or Scribe recordings turned into step-by-step procedures, then tested by following them.
Status reports
Asana, ClickUp, monday.com or Notion AI summaries turned into a weekly report, checked against the actual tasks.
Meetings into tasks
Minutes become assigned tasks with dates in your project tool.
Process maps and automation ideas
AI helps map a process and spot steps worth automating. Your Project Manager checks the business case.
Supplier comparisons
Quotes and terms compared side by side, with every figure checked against the source document.
Our rule: business-grade AI only, never free or personal accounts.
Prefer no AI on a task? Tell your Project Manager and they won't use it.See AI & automation roles
Tested before you meet them
- Written status reportAll levels30 min
- PM tool buildIntern to Expert45 min
- Project plan from SOWIntermediate and up1.5 hrs
- Client escalation role-playIntermediate and up30 min
- Agile sprint scenarioIntermediate and up25 min
- Portfolio leadership caseSpecialist only1.5 hrs
Sample shown
91%
- Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
- English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
- ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees
From booked call to day one
Step 1: Book a demo
Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.
Step 2: Meet your shortlist
Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.
Step 3: Pick your person
Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.
Step 4: They start work
In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.
Questions answered
An Intern Project Manager is £4.50 an hour, Intermediate £8, Expert £12.50 and Specialist £20.50, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month. Prices exclude VAT.
Planning & setup, delivery cadence, stakeholder communication and scope, budget & risk, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.
Six practical tests, marked by a senior, including written status report, PM tool build and project plan from SOW. You see the score before you meet.
Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.
Meet the people who fit your work.
A 15‑minute call on Teams. You leave knowing the level you need and its hourly price.