Operational Behaviour Manager

Location: Hastings, East Sussex
Salary: £35,599 – £40,067 FTE
Contract: Full-Time, Term Time Only
Contract Type: Temporary to Permanent or Permanent
Start Date: September 2026

Lead Positive Change and Student Success

We are seeking an experienced, proactive, and highly motivated Operational Behaviour Manager to join a secondary school in the Hastings area. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong behaviour management, leadership, and pastoral experience to play a key role in promoting a positive learning culture and supporting student achievement.

Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, you will be responsible for overseeing the school’s behaviour systems, coordinating behaviour support provision, and leading a team of Behaviour Mentors to ensure students receive the support they need to engage successfully in education.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate behaviour support across the school.
• Manage and support a team of Behaviour Mentors and pastoral staff.
• Ensure behaviour policies and procedures are implemented consistently and effectively.
• Coordinate daily behaviour interventions and support strategies.
• Oversee student arrivals, departures, detentions, and internal behaviour systems.
• Monitor behaviour trends and implement targeted support plans.
• Work with students who may be at risk of disengagement, exclusion, or poor attendance.
• Build positive relationships with students, families, and external agencies.
• Support staff with behaviour management strategies and best practice.
• Contribute to safeguarding, pastoral support, and student wellbeing initiatives.
• Analyse behaviour data and produce reports to support school improvement planning.
• Promote a calm, safe, and inclusive learning environment across the school.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Previous experience within education, behaviour support, pastoral care, youth work, or a similar setting.
• Strong understanding of behaviour management and restorative approaches.
• Experience leading or supervising a team.
• Ability to build positive relationships with secondary-aged students.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within a secondary school, SEMH setting, or Alternative Provision.
• Knowledge of attendance, behaviour, and inclusion strategies.
• Experience working with vulnerable learners and students with additional needs.

What We Offer

• Salary of £35,599 – £40,067 FTE.
• Full-time, term-time only role.
• Temporary to permanent or permanent opportunities available.
• Supportive Senior Leadership Team.
• Ongoing training and professional development.
• The opportunity to make a significant impact on student outcomes and school culture.

If you are passionate about supporting young people, developing positive behaviour, and leading effective pastoral provision, we would love to hear from you.

ink Tile Education, their schools and candidates all
share the view of “Best Fit, Every Time” and our role is to ensure
that every candidate we place has a positive impact on the team of their new
employers. Please note the pay is inclusive of the 12.07% PAYE holiday.

We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to
all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of
applications, we sometimes cannot reply to individual enquiries. If we have not
contacted you within this specified time, your application may have been
unsuccessful on this specific occasion, but we encourage you to apply for
positions that you may see in the future. Alternatively, please check missed
calls and all your email folders as it may have been that we have tried to
reach you. Thank you.