Job Description

Salary

40,555

Hours

Full Time

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

Exeter

Closing Date

12/11/2025



Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for winning new opportunities? You'll lead the identification, evaluation, and delivery of bid opportunities, contracts, grants, and awards that align with the College's strategic vision. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you'll develop compelling, high-quality proposals that demonstrate our excellence, innovation, and impact.


You'll also take the lead on managing our training offer across public sector purchasing frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems, ensuring our information is accurate, compliant, and up to date. Beyond that, you'll be instrumental in evolving our internal systems to deliver real-time reporting on bid pipelines, progress, and performance - helping to keep the College at the forefront of opportunity and growth.

What you'll bring:

Proven experience in bids, tenders, or contract management, ideally within education or the public sector A strategic and analytical mindset, with the ability to translate opportunity into success Excellent communication, project management, and relationship-building skills A strong understanding of public procurement frameworks and compliance The drive to enhance processes and achieve outstanding results

Why Exeter College?

Join a forward-thinking, multi award-winning college with national recognition for excellence Be part of a collaborative and ambitious team that values innovation and quality Enjoy a supportive environment where your expertise really does make an impact Play a pivotal role in driving the College's growth and success

Ready to take on a role where your insight, expertise, and ambition can shape real outcomes? Apply today!

Ambition, Collaboration, Energy.

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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

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The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 12th November at midnight.

Interviews will be held in Exeter on 25th November

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.