Project Co-ordinator

The Jockey Club; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports entertainment organisation is seeking a Project Coordinator to provide structured project support across all departments. This role is key in ensuring smooth project planning and execution through effective organisation and communication. The ideal candidate will have strong administrative and organisational skills, a full driving licence, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. Join us for a rewarding career with excellent benefits, including free access to events and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Free race day and music event tickets

Generous pension scheme

Healthcare cashback plan

25 days annual leave

Learning & Development resources

Eyecare vouchers and cycle scheme discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an administrative or project coordination role.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workloads.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Support administration and co-ordination of strategic projects.
• Maintain compliance across governance frameworks.
• Organise and co-ordinate meetings and schedules.
• Monitor and track project progress against deadlines.

Skills

Administrative skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Microsoft Excel proficiency

Job description

Job title: Project Coordinator

Based at: Home Based

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Project Coordinator to work across all departments of The Jockey Club Group to provide structured project support. This role plays a key part in ensuring the smooth planning, execution, and governance of strategic projects by maintaining organisation, efficiency, and communication across teams.

About The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival and The Derby. Millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on racedays and beyond.

As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible

At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.

The Project Coordinator will

• Support the administration and co-ordination of multiple strategic projects.
• Maintain and ensure compliance across governance frameworks and reporting requirements.
• Provide organisational support to cross-divisional initiatives and stakeholders.
• Maintain and update project documentation, ensuring accuracy and accessibility.
• Assist in preparing reports, presentations, and status updates.
• Monitor and track project progress, maintaining key records and ensuring deadlines are met.
• Organise and co-ordinate meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, and minute-taking.
• Liaise with stakeholders to support project planning, risk management, and issue resolution.
• Maintain an organised system for tracking project dependencies and deliverables.
• Support post-project evaluation and benefit realisation tracking.
• Identify areas for process improvement and efficiency within project administration.

About you

• Hold a Full driving licence
• Proven experience in an administrative or project co-ordination role.
• Experience in supporting project management, governance, or event planning is an advantage.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise workloads, and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly in preparing reports and documentation
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify risk and improvement opportunities.

What we offer in return

• All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge – along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
• An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
• A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers
• A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.

If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is 20th January but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have a high volume of applications.

This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.