Role: Marketing Projects Manager (CTEC)
Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus
Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £41,086 and £47,971 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, People’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.
Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year
Contract Type: Fixed Term – Full Time – Fixed until 01 March 2029
This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.
About the role:
We are currently seeking a Marketing Projects Manager (CTEC) to join our Marketing & Digital department at The Bedford College Group.
As a Marketing Projects Manager, you play an important role in the success of our students through:
- Marketing Project Management & Delivery - Lead the end-to-end planning, coordination, governance, and delivery of CTEC marketing projects, ensuring activities are completed on time, within budget, to agreed quality standards, and supported by effective risk management, reporting, and evaluation.
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Stakeholder & Partnership Management - Act as the primary marketing lead for internal and external CTEC stakeholders, building strong relationships, translating business needs into actionable marketing briefs, chairing marketing working groups, and providing a professional consultancy-style service.
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Multi-Channel Marketing & Content Strategy - Plan, coordinate, and optimise integrated marketing campaigns across digital and offline channels, including websites, email marketing, social media, paid advertising, print materials, PR activity, and stakeholder communications.
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Website, LinkedIn & Brand Development - Manage CTEC website content and LinkedIn activity, creating engaging and conversion-focused content, delivering organic and paid campaigns, maintaining case studies and success stories, and ensuring all communications align with brand guidelines and objectives.
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Events, Performance Analysis & Continuous Improvement - Lead the delivery of national and regional CTEC events, monitor campaign effectiveness through data and ROI analysis, manage suppliers and agencies, provide performance reporting and insights, and drive continuous improvement while upholding safeguarding, EDI, health & safety, and organisational standards.
About you:
- Qualifications & Professional Development - Degree in Marketing, Business, or a related discipline (or equivalent professional marketing qualification), supported by evidence of continuing professional development and a commitment to staying current with marketing best practice.
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Marketing Campaigns, Content & Digital Expertise - Proven experience delivering successful multi-channel marketing campaigns with measurable outcomes, including website content management, LinkedIn marketing (organic and paid), social media content creation, email marketing, CRM-supported campaigns, and digital performance optimisation.
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Project Management, Events & Stakeholder Engagement - Strong experience managing complex marketing projects, budgets, regional or multi-site campaigns, and stakeholder events, with the ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with internal and external partners to achieve strategic objectives.
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Analytical, Technical & Communication Skills - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong copywriting capability, proficiency with CMS platforms and marketing technologies, advanced IT skills, and the ability to analyse campaign data, evaluate performance, and produce actionable insights and reports.
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Organisation, Professionalism & Personal Effectiveness - Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail, strong judgement, initiative, and problem-solving skills, able to prioritise workloads, work to deadlines, and maintain high professional standards while representing the organisation positively.
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Values, Flexibility & Continuous Improvement - Demonstrates commitment to Bedford College Group values of Student Focus, High Performance, Respect, Openness and Honesty, with flexibility to travel across campuses, work occasional evenings and weekends, and continuously develop knowledge and skills.
For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.
Interviews to be held: 27 August 2027
Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:
- Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
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Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
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Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
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Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
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Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
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Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.
About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.
Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.
Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.
Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.
