Project Manager for River Clean Ups

Zero Co have a vision to build a full-time clean up operation in The Philippines that will:

• Clean oceans, beaches and rivers at scale everyday
• Generate daily clean up marketing content for Zero Co to share the project with the world and raise more funds for more clean ups.

Zero Co are looking to contract a Project Manager based in the Philippines to plan and manage the clean up operation over a 2-3 month trial period. If the trial project is successful, Zero Co intends the project to continue as a permanent full time operation.

Project KPIs:

• Pilot phase: Collect and properly dispose of rubbish at less than $1 AUD per KG running costs.
• Growth phase: (Pending success of Pilot phase) Collect 100,000kgs of rubbish per year (5.5M water bottles worth) within budget
• Ongoing: Deliver epic short-form clean up content (videos & photos) that drive viral social media growth

Project Scope:

• 9 days for Project Manager to prepare for first clean up
• 25 days of clean ups over 1-2 month test and learn period
• First clean ups starting early August
• Rubbish goals = collect 20,800kgs of rubbish with a crew of 10 people over 25 days
• 840 kgs collected p/day
• 84kg p/person p/day, 14kg p/hour if hands on cleaning 6 hrs p/day
• 25 pieces of epic short-form clean up content for socials (to be managed separately by Videographer)

What will you get ?

• Pilot phase = 31 days full time work.
• Note this is subject to change as we develop the scope of the project
• Being part of an epic project to clean up the planet
• Grow your career experience by managing a team that has to opportunity to scale and have an immense positive impact in the Philippines and beyond
• If pilot phase is successful, an opportunity to secure full time work and continue doing good for the planet.

Preferred experience of applicants:

• Leading a team of people to achieve daily targets.
• Managing an event of physical product development for a business within budget
• Managing operations, logistics, supply chains and achieving business targets

Key Tasks of Project Manager:

• Identify total of 75 clean up locations over duration of project that align to brief
• Hire & manage a crew of 10 people to participate in the clean ups
• Prepare & organise day to day logistics of clean ups
• Source and purchase clean up equipment (weighing mechanism, t-shirts, safety equipment etc)
• Source and purchase Zero Co banner for video content backdrop
• Source quotes to hire/buy a truck to transport rubbish from clean ups to landfill
• Source quotes to hire boats in regions clean ups require
• Identify landfills we can send rubbish collected for each clean up location
• Manage clean up crew to hit daily collection targets
• Manage videographer to capture required content at each location. See videographer JD for details on their KPIs
• Identify how we can sort and process rubbish collected, for a future stage of the project if the pilot is successful.