Project Coordinator (12 month FTC)

Hachette UK Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Community days

Summer hours

Staff discounts

Cycle to work

Training library

Mentoring

Book discounts

Staff networks

Season ticket loans

Job summary

Hachette UK Limited in London is seeking a proactive Project Coordinator to support the Project Eve programme, helping keep information, actions and reporting up to date. You will maintain project documentation and trackers, including Jira and SharePoint; gather updates from the project team, follow up actions and dependencies, and support meetings, reporting and communications.

The role offers hybrid working with three days in the London office and two days at home, with opportunities to take

Qualifications

• Strong project coordination abilities and multitasking
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Eve programme with day-to-day coordination
• Maintain key project documentation and trackers (Jira, RAID logs, SharePoint)
• Gather updates from the project team and follow up actions and dependencies
• Assist with project meetings, reporting and communications and opportunities to own issues across Finance, Royalties and IT

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Organizational skills

Tools

Jira

SharePoint

Confluence

Job description

Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.

We're made up of 10 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.

Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Little, Brown, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2026 British Book Awards; Orion (2021 Publisher of the Year Award Winner); John Murray Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Headline; Octopus, and Bookouture. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world's best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O'Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children's Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hachette Learning is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.

Hachette UK is part of Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the‑art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.

It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries.

What you'll be doing

You’ll support the day-to-day coordination of Project Eve, helping to keep project information, actions and reporting organised and up to date.

You’ll maintain key project documentation and trackers, including Jira, RAID logs and SharePoint; gather updates from the project team; follow up actions and dependencies; and support project meetings, reporting and communications.

Depending on your experience, there will also be opportunities to take ownership of suitable project issues and work with colleagues across Finance, Royalties and IT to progress them.

Who we are looking for

We’re looking for someone organised, proactive and comfortable working with a range of stakeholders.

You’ll need strong attention to detail, good written and verbal communication skills, and the confidence to follow up actions and information when needed. Experience using Jira or similar project tools would be helpful, but we’re also interested in someone who is keen to learn and develop their project management experience.

The role would suit someone looking to build practical experience within a busy programme and gradually take on more responsibility.

What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:

• 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
• 2 community days per year
• Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
• Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Wide-ranging training library
• Development programmes (including mentoring)
• Up to 70% off book purchases
• A charity bookshelf
• An active range of staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including AgeWise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing, Women in Tech and religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

The role will be based at our London office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Our commitment

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to perform at their best during our recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, you can let us know at the ‘Reasonable Adjustments’ section of your application. We’ll make sure you’re supported throughout the process.

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit https://btbs.org/grants