Communications Manager
| Posting date: | 22 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,529 to £36,599 per year |
| Additional salary information: | + extra 17% of salary into pension + 50 days' paid holiday* |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 September 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter, Devon |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Exeter College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Could you be the voice of Exeter College?
Are you a strategic storyteller with a passion for purposeful communication? Do you thrive on shaping narratives that inspire, engage, and elevate reputation?
We’re looking for a dynamic Communications Manager to lead our internal and external communications at Exeter College. This is your opportunity to make a real impact, supporting our Senior Leadership Team, managing our public voice, and driving campaigns that matter.
Why this role is fulfilling:
You’ll be at the heart of a college that’s deeply embedded in its community, helping to shape how we connect with students, staff, partners, and the wider public. From media relations and social media to internal comms and crisis response, your work will influence how we’re seen and heard.
What you’ll be doing:
-Leading the development and delivery of our communications strategy.
-Managing media engagement and producing compelling content.
-Driving internal communications that boost staff and student engagement.
-Overseeing multi-channel content creation, from social to web.
-Supporting major campaigns like Open Days, Results Days, and recruitment.
-Advising senior leaders and safeguarding our reputation during crises.
Who we’re looking for:
You’re likely already working in a communications, PR, or content perhaps in education, the public sector, or a purpose-driven organisation. You’re a confident communicator, a natural collaborator, and someone who thrives in a fast-paced, creative environment.
You’ll bring:
-A degree in PR, Communications, Journalism, English or similar.
-A strong portfolio of impactful campaigns and content.
-Experience in internal comms and stakeholder engagement.
-Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
-A proactive, inclusive, and innovative mindset.
What you’ll gain:
-A management role in a respected and ambitious college.
-The chance to shape a growing team and mentor others.
-A platform to innovate and influence at a strategic level.
-A supportive, collaborative culture that values creativity and impact.
Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values.
Benefits
We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.
Applying for the role
If you’re reading this on our website, click on the apply button, below.
If you’re reading this advert on another site, visit our vacancies page.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Tuesday 9th September at midnight.
Interviews will be held in Exeter on Thursday 18th September.
No CVs or agencies please.
Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.
*the paid holidays quoted include at least 7 Christmas closure days and 8 bank holidays
Are you a strategic storyteller with a passion for purposeful communication? Do you thrive on shaping narratives that inspire, engage, and elevate reputation?
We’re looking for a dynamic Communications Manager to lead our internal and external communications at Exeter College. This is your opportunity to make a real impact, supporting our Senior Leadership Team, managing our public voice, and driving campaigns that matter.
Why this role is fulfilling:
You’ll be at the heart of a college that’s deeply embedded in its community, helping to shape how we connect with students, staff, partners, and the wider public. From media relations and social media to internal comms and crisis response, your work will influence how we’re seen and heard.
What you’ll be doing:
-Leading the development and delivery of our communications strategy.
-Managing media engagement and producing compelling content.
-Driving internal communications that boost staff and student engagement.
-Overseeing multi-channel content creation, from social to web.
-Supporting major campaigns like Open Days, Results Days, and recruitment.
-Advising senior leaders and safeguarding our reputation during crises.
Who we’re looking for:
You’re likely already working in a communications, PR, or content perhaps in education, the public sector, or a purpose-driven organisation. You’re a confident communicator, a natural collaborator, and someone who thrives in a fast-paced, creative environment.
You’ll bring:
-A degree in PR, Communications, Journalism, English or similar.
-A strong portfolio of impactful campaigns and content.
-Experience in internal comms and stakeholder engagement.
-Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
-A proactive, inclusive, and innovative mindset.
What you’ll gain:
-A management role in a respected and ambitious college.
-The chance to shape a growing team and mentor others.
-A platform to innovate and influence at a strategic level.
-A supportive, collaborative culture that values creativity and impact.
Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values.
Benefits
We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.
Applying for the role
If you’re reading this on our website, click on the apply button, below.
If you’re reading this advert on another site, visit our vacancies page.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Tuesday 9th September at midnight.
Interviews will be held in Exeter on Thursday 18th September.
No CVs or agencies please.
Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.
*the paid holidays quoted include at least 7 Christmas closure days and 8 bank holidays