Talent Acquisition Specialist, Zen Educate
$52k
OTE
$46.6k
BASE
+ Equity & Bonus
3 days a week in office
Education recruitment platform
Posted today
Education recruitment platform
201-500 employees
Posted today
$52k
OTE
$46.6k
BASE
+ Equity & Bonus
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make a positive impact and bring about meaningful change within the education recruitment sector.
Role
Who you are
- Applicable Experience: Backgrounds in customer service (serving/hospitality welcomed!), recruitment, education, acting/theatre, or fast-paced startups are highly transferable. We value any experience where you've had to move quickly to get results
- Proactive Communicators: Strong written and oral communication skills. You must be dedicated to conducting proactive daily outreach and feel completely comfortable speaking to a high volume of people every single day
- Goal-Oriented: You're a bit competitive and feel motivated by hitting (and beating) targets
- Organized & Adaptable: An independent and self-motivated worker capable of managing a large pipeline of educators. You excel at prioritizing, context-switching quickly, and staying highly organized in a fast-paced environment
- Tech-Savvy: Comfortable navigating and utilizing technology, including the Google Suite and AI. You’re eager to adopt and try out new tools and tech
- Eager to Learn: Recent graduates with a proactive mindset are highly encouraged to apply!
- Mission-Driven: Above all, you care about helping educators make a difference in students' lives
- Hands-on experience and real ownership from day one
- A deep investment in your training - four weeks of dedicated onboarding, plus a 1:1 mentor while you learn the ropes
- A clear link between your work and its impact in classrooms
- A real path into leadership - we promote from within, and many of our team leads and managers started in this seat
- Skills you can carry into future careers in recruitment, sales, HR, or tech
- A collaborative, supportive, and high-energy work culture
- The chance to join a fast-growing company with a meaningful mission
What the job involves
- As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you'll be on the front lines of our hiring process - connecting talented paraprofessionals and substitute teachers with the schools that need the
- You'll own the full journey for your applicants: qualifying them as they come in, conducting interviews, guiding them through onboarding, and matching them to roles that fit both their preferences and a school's specific needs - all while ensuring only the best educators access our platform
- This is a high-activity, highly social role - you'll spend most of your day on the phone, vetting high-quality educators and getting them placed as quickly as possible
- It's a great way to build skills in recruitment, sales, communication, and collaboration, all while working with a high-energy team in a rapidly scaling tech company that's making a real difference in education
- Qualify and interview applicants: Call teachers as they sign up for Zen Educate to quickly qualify them, assess their preferences, and schedule interviews when they meet our criteria. Conduct initial phone interviews to assess suitability for open roles, with a strong commitment to hiring only the highest quality educators
- Match candidates to the right role: Build a deep understanding of each candidate's preferences and identify the position that fits them best
- Build value and excitement: Share Zen Educate's mission and how we support educators in finding the perfect role, creating urgency so applicants get started with us as soon as possible
- Guide candidates through onboarding: Help candidates navigate our screening and document collection process, following up diligently with anyone who needs support along the way
- Thrive in a startup environment: Work in a fast-paced, ever-changing setting that requires flexibility and a willingness to adapt to change
Application process
- Due to the high volume of applications, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback on initial submissions
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.
On top of this, the company has also raised significant funding to support acquisitions in the UK and the US, plus the expansion of its operations and offering.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2025
$17.7m
SERIES B
May 2024
$37m
SERIES B
Total funding: $102.4m
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
- Health benefits (Zen pays 75% of premiums) including vision and dental
Company values
- Commit to the mission- We commit to our mission, our customers, and our teams. We work hard because we care more
- Choose greatness over comfort- Greatness and comfort rarely coexist. We seek greatness. We understand success takes grit & determination so we seek colleagues that possess it
- Act like an owner- We all take responsibility for driving the company forward and making it a success. If we see something that could be better, we fix it. We offer stock options to all employees
- Help each other be better- Every person at Zen is someone we can respect and learn from
- A culture of trust- We hire people who are great at their jobs and we let them get on with it while being there to lend a hand when needed
- Challenge the status quo- We take action when we can see opportunities for improvement. We are in it to make our customers' lives better and to fix a broken system
- Embrace learning over perfection- We make decisions quickly and we don't hesitate. We may disagree with a decision, but we support the team and the mission by committing to it. We embrace making unknowable mistakes and learning from them
Company HQ
HQ, London
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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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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Zen Educate
- At Zen, we strive to build a culture of equity and inclusion, where everyone is respected, valued and appreciated for their unique traits, experiences and perspectives. We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and equitable environment where our team can thrive, regardless of age, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, disability, religion or beliefs. We value our differences and believe that practices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion help us create a fairer, more compassionate environment for all
- We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and different experiences and perspectives — just like the staff who teach through Zen and the children at the schools we work with. We believe in hiring the best people from the widest pool and creating an inclusive culture where people’s voices are heard and all our team can look forward to coming to work
- We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and promoting an equitable and inclusive environment for all. We seek out diverse opinions, beliefs, and experiences because they collectively make us stronger; we’ve had former teachers, pilots, fundraisers, engineers, lawyers, marketers, social media experts and more join our team
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