Project Overview:
The Fashion Awards Project Manager will work cross functionally, across multiple
stakeholders, internal and external departments ensuring the project is set up and
delivered on time and to an excellent standard.
This remit ensures structured critical paths, stage gates, reporting cadence, meeting
cadence and risk reporting, ensuring escalation as needed.
The ultimate objective is to ensure that The Fashion Awards is delivered on time to the
standard required at every stage.
This is a temporary freelance role (May 2026 to December 2026). BFC Office is based at: Soho Works, 180 Strand, Temple, London, WC2R 1EA
Objectives:
- Ensure project stays on track, delivery is on time and to agreed quality and
standards
- Project planning and alignment across departments
- Organisation of meetings including agendas, minutes, actions
- Critical path and project plan management (adopt Monday.com or equivalent
with support)
- Ensure milestones / stage gates are met and updated as required
- Align cross-functional teams around defined outcomes
SOW:
Project Controls
- Develop master project plan with critical path and key milestones / stage gates
- Implement a change management process
- Lead and organise regular meetings (weekly)
- Weekly update to IB on status and traffic light system
- Regular reporting
- Maintain and update risk register (alongside COO)
Stakeholder Management:
- Serve as primary contact for internal stakeholders and ensure co ordination
- Establish cadence for 1:1 updates with CEO, CMO and COO as required
- Ensure co-ordination with external stakeholders alongside work stream leads to
align with RACI
Budget Management:
- Invoice workflow support as required
- Assist in budget tracking alongside work stream leads
Required Competencies:
- Extremely organised with attention to detail
- Advanced senior stakeholder management
- Excellent communication capability
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Operational agility under pressure
- Strong problem solving and trouble shooting
- Experience in management of complex event based projects
Behavioural Profile:
- High composure under pressure
- Politically astute, with emotional intelligence
- Detail-oriented
- Effective and respectful communication skills
- Decisive and solutions-focused
- Strong interpersonal influence
- Ask: Work cross functionally, socialise ideas and brings cohesion in a positive
and collaborative manner
ABOUT THE BFC
The British Fashion Council (BFC) is a not-for-profit organisation that strengthens British fashion in the global economy as a leader in responsible, creative businesses. It does this through championing diversity, building and inviting the industry to actively participate in a network to accelerate a successful circular fashion economy. The BFC is a membership organisation, funded by industry patrons, commercial partners and the government. It convenes the UK fashion industry through three strategic pillars: Supporting Excellence in Design; Empowering Growth; Communicating to Activate Positive Change.
The BFC encourages a culture which empowers, values, nurtures, supports and rewards its employees and promotes a positive environment with a focus on team collaboration and open communication.
The BFC is committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. They’re more than just words. We are inclusive. We celebrate and champion multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation. So together we’re building a culture where difference is valued. Our commitment to inclusion drives us forward every day internally and externally.
Everyone is welcome, as an inclusive workplace the BFC encourages our employees to bring their true self to work and we commit to develop your skills and advance your careers in a culture of creativity.
BFC ETHOS AND VALUES:
Our mission is to establish a dynamic, inclusive, and unified network that advocates for British talent, innovation and creativity. Through meaningful and authentic engagement with all stakeholders, we aim to foster collaboration, inspire innovation, stimulate connections, inform, provide access, and promote mutual growth. Through our commitment to excellence, we want to empower our network and pioneer new approaches that drive progress and create lasting tangible impact.
We deliver our strategy through our pillars:
- Relentless Innovation: Preparing businesses for positive change by embracing innovation.
- Fuelling Responsible Growth: Develop a dynamic, inclusive and unified community that advocates for creativity, innovation and collectively supports the industry to grow and talent to gain access. We deliver this through our annual programme of events for the BFC Community of members and patrons which connects, updates, and promotes them while giving them a voice. The BFC Foundation charity raises funding to support creative talent through our world class designer support initiatives.
- Amplifying our Narrative Globally: though storytelling, evolving BFC platforms to amplify excellence in creativity and our role in the UK’s cultural influence focusing on creativity, culture and commerciality. The Fashion Awards and London Fashion Week are best in class here.
