Senior Sales Development Representative, Zen Educate & Zen Locum

£35-44k

OTE

£30-35k

BASE

Junior level

London

4+ days a week in office (Oval, London)

Education & healthcare recruitment platform

Job no longer available

Education & healthcare recruitment platform

1001+ employees

B2BMarketplaceEducationRecruitment

Job no longer available

£35-44k

OTE

£30-35k

BASE

Junior level

London

4+ days a week in office (Oval, London)

1001+ employees

B2BMarketplaceEducationRecruitment

Company mission

To make a positive impact and bring about meaningful change within the education recruitment sector.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

1+ year experience consistently exceeding targets in a sales and/or fundraising environment
Proven track record of resilience and high quality work in your field of choice
Experience studying in the UK education sector or demonstrated passion for making a difference through education
Interest in start-ups and technology
Teaching experience (preferred)

What the job involves

Making calls to teachers and schools to promote Zen Educate as a superior alternative to traditional recruitment agencies
Follow up with school contacts and expand your network within schools to establish their need and potential value from Zen Educate and schedule meetings with them
Educate supply teachers on how they can use the Zen Educate app to level up their experience of supply teaching
Listen back to your calls, and your colleagues’ calls, to share best practices and to consistently improve your communication and persuasion skills
Get your hands dirty. Like any true start-up, no two weeks will be the same and a general interest in ‘mucking in’ and just getting the job done is crucial

Salary benchmarks

Our take

With UK schools under immense financial pressure, Zen Educate is providing a smarter approach to education staffing. Recruitment in schools often relies on inefficient and expensive practices. Zen Educate is focused on tackling the pain points in the industry and providing a way to ensure schools get the best teachers possible.

It provides an online platform as an alternative to recruitment agencies, which is the only online platform accredited by the UK's Department of Education, helping schools fill staffing needs quickly and cost-effectively. Schools using the platform have reportedly saved 20-30% on supply cover costs.

Zen also operates Zen Locum, a service aimed at solving similar problems for pharmacies and opticians. This has already seen high uptake with over 500 new joiners a month. The company has also raised significant funding to support acquisitions in the UK and the US, plus the expansion of its operations and offering.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

40% female employees

62% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.4)

Trustpilot (4.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

May 2024

$37m

SERIES B

Oct 2022

$25.7m

SERIES A

Total funding: $85.1m

Company benefits

Macbook and tech equipment provided
Regular "lunch 'n' learns" every month on a range of topics
Investment in your professional development
Regular socials
Ownership in the company
Pension scheme
25 days of holidays + all UK public holidays off
Central London dog-friendly office with perks like fresh fruit, bike parking, showers, and an on-site gym and café
Life insurance
Vitality health insurance and benefits
Cycle to Work Scheme
Electric Car Scheme

Company HQ

Lambeth, London, UK

Leadership

Slava Kremerman

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously a member of the Leadership Team at Nutmeg a FS startup, they also worked at Barclays and Aon.

Oren Cohen

(Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer)

Ran the UK office of Optimizely, a Silicon Valley tech company. Prior to this, they worked at G-STAT and Intel.

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