Marketing & Comms Manager in Exeter

Do you want to help us unlock potential with young people and their communities? Do you love a challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and inspiring Marketing & Comms Manager, who will work within our Marketing and Fundraising team.

About the job

• Location: Hybrid (Remote/Office): This role offers remote work with a requirement to attend the office at least one day per week. Additionally, occasional travel to youth centres and other delivery locations will be required based on operational needs.
• Employment Type: 12 months Fixed-Term Contract with potential to extend to become permanent
• Hours: 0.61 FTE (22.5 hours per week). Flexible working applies to this role. Occasional evenings and weekends may be required
• Interview Date: 17/08/2026

SPACE is an ambitious and innovative charity, driven by our values and seeking to support even more young people by developing current and new services. Our employees strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others. We value everyone's contribution and create safe spaces for exploration and growth.

What is the role

This role comes as we prepare to celebrate ten years as a charity in 2027. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and delivering marketing and communications strategies across the organisation with the goals of:

• Increasing brand awareness among young people and potential and existing donors/supporters
• Celebrating contribution and potential of young people whilst communicating the challenges they face
• Increasing income from community support, individual donations, corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations and public bodies, working closely with the Fundraising team
• Ensuring consistency and regularity of communications with and for external audiences
• Identifying and implementing internal communications best practices
• Retaining and engaging more young people with our in-person and digital services (during period of national review of Social Media for under 16s)
• Evidence of leading campaigns achieving measurable engagement, brand, service-use or income-related outcomes.

Experience required:

• Charity, youth, education or public-sector experience
• Experience of working to deadlines, planning workload and coordinating others, as required, to ensure they are met
• Experience communicating effectively with a diverse range of audiences and tailoring approach to ensure relevance and drive engagement
• A fast learner who can quickly grasp new concepts, take the initiative on new projects, and remain open about areas for growth.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, relationship management and presentation skills.
• Experience in using marketing and design software to a professional level. Such software may include Canva, Adobe CC suite of apps, META, social media scheduling and analytics software, email marketing software such as Mailchimp, digital advertising platforms such as Facebook Ads and Google Ads, and SEO software such as SEMrush
• Experience of managing communication channels ensuring regular, consistent messaging and adherence to brand
• Experience of holding significant responsibility (including budgets) and managing workload to ensure challenging projects are delivered on time.
• Ability to travel between work locations, subject to reasonable adjustments.

Space is an inclusive and learning organisation. Our employees should strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others. As part of our ambitions to improve equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under any of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, which include race, age, disability, gender, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.

What We Offer

• Annual leave: 6 weeks for the first 5 years then increased to 7 weeks (pro-rata’d for part-time roles)
• Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and New Year plus bank holidays
• Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year
• Employee assistance programme 24/7
• Casual dress code
• Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities
• Chromebook and work mobile

Deadline for applications is 10th August 2026. The Interview will be held at The 100 Club, Exeter on 17th August 2026.

Safeguarding Statement and Pre-Employment Checks

At SPACE, we work with young people and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare is a priority at all times. As part of our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, all of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process which will include:

• An identity check (photo ID)
• Receipt of satisfactory references cover for 3 years to current
• Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
• A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)