Freelance Project Manager – Hovercraft Museum

Job Title: Project Manager

Salary: Fixed price of £30,000 (including VAT)

Terms: Freelance contract, July 2025 to June 2026

Location: Hovercraft Museum, Gosport

Closing date: 5:00 pm, 20 Jun 2025

We are looking for an experienced project manager who has excellent leadership skills, and a proven track record of negotiation, in particular with commercial leases and/ or developers. You will have the ability to work with a volunteer Board to develop a Business Plan, Fundraising Strategy and a development phase application to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. You will be willing to work with and collaborate with other consultants, specialists and experts on the project.

We are at an exciting time in the journey of the Hovercraft Museum.

A grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund has given us funding to enable the Museum to deliver our project – First steps in securing the future of the Hovercraft Museum. This project is an important step for the Museum providing support to help us to deliver our vision to provide a world-class museum telling the ongoing story of the Hovercraft in a way that captivates, inspires, and educates people. The Heritage Fund grant enables us the opportunity to offer the Project Manager consultancy contract to support this aim.

How to apply

To apply for further details and the tender brief for the freelance contract please contact Sonia Rasbery, [email protected]

Submission Deadline: 5pm on Friday 20 June 2025. Interviews will be held 2 July 2025.