Education Recruitment Team Lead, Zen Educate
£60-80k
OTE
5 days a week in office
Education recruitment platform
Be an early applicant
Education recruitment platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
£60-80k
OTE
5 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
- This is an exceptional opportunity for someone looking to apply themselves and make a difference with great responsibility and autonomy to shape the product for years to come
- Prior management experience of at least one year, with direct line management of more than two people
- Have a good understanding of the pain points of schools and demonstrate a passion and desire to work for a company that is solving these challenges
- Have either commercial leadership or school leadership experience, preferably both, with demonstrated success in either field
- A history of rapid career growth and be excited about further growth opportunities
- A solution-oriented mindset, be a team player and have an understanding of the importance of collaboration
What the job involves
- Responsible for the commercial success of Zen in supporting schools in Nottingham
- Own commercial output, set targets and execute strategies, build relationships with school leaders and upskill wider teams
- Collaborate with team leaders across the business, design and execute effective campaigns
- Provide line management to Account Managers
- Increase efficiency of days booked and build strategic relationships with stakeholders
- Build senior strategic relationships with senior stakeholders within your region - Executive School leaders, Trust CEOs etc
- Success KPIs:
- YoY revenue growth of schools in Nottingham
- YoY Active school growth of schools in Nottingham
- YoY School retention - Growth of schools in new markets
- Effective marketing and new business campaigns with how we attract schools & staff
- Resourcing efficiency and prioritisation; candidates vetted and placed
- Platform adoption % of Zen Educate features
Application process
- Quick chat with our recruiter – to get to know you and cover the basics
- Role-focused conversation – we’ll talk about how you approach account management, building relationships, and hitting targets
- Practical Task and role play – to see how you’d think on your feet with a realistic school conversation
- Culture chat with the team – making sure it’s a good fit both ways
- We’re direct and transparent. If it’s a yes, great! If it’s a no, we’ll let you know quickly
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: $103m
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 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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