Location: London (Oval), United Kingdom
Type: Full-time
Salary: £35,000- £45,000 OTE
The role
The "Account Manager - Teachers" is a new role at Zen Educate, focused on increasing automated short-term teacher placements in schools and improving the liquidity and quality of our teacher pool. Key responsibilities include:
1) Influence and own candidate app adoption - ensure candidates in your active pool download the app and educate them on using it correctly in all scenarios.
2) Daily Planning and Coordination - collaborate with schools to identify any teaching gaps for the next day and start the planning process to fill these positions, and proactively manage the pool of teachers in your geographical areas.
3) School-side daily supply management - build relationships with schools you repeatedly interact with, and be the point person for all morning and post 5.30pm communications regarding their short term needs.
4) Candidate pipeline management and resourcing - actively seek and resource new teachers to join Zen Educate to better support schools in your area, and proactively encourage bookings with new teachers to increase candidate satisfaction and retention.
Working hours
- 4 days per week, 7am to 7pm (long lunch break and other small breaks during the working day)
- 2 hours on a Sunday afternoon
- Day off is Wednesday or Thursday
Who you are 🙋
- Strong Digital First Mindset: Passion and enthusiasm for promoting digital tools to enhance operational efficiency and engagement.
- Ownership: Demonstrates a deep sense of ownership and responsibility over school relationships and teacher placements.
- Sales Skills: Exceptional ability to build strong trust-based relationships with candidates, preferably in an educational context.
- Senior stakeholder management skills: Confident and calm in communicating with senior school leaders in high pressure situations.
- Resilience: Ability to handle high-stress situations and quick turnarounds, especially in the hours leading up to school opening times.
- You are passionate about companies that have a positive social impact 🚀
About us:
Zen is revolutionising education. Schools spend over £2bn a year on agency staff, and £600m of that goes straight into the pockets of recruitment agencies. That’s why we’ve built an alternative.
Our online platform gives schools instant access to hundreds of profiles of fully vetted teachers and support staff. Since launching in 2017, we’ve saved schools over £30m – money that goes straight back into school budgets and increases teachers’ pay.
We are well-funded by high profile investors and are led by start-up veterans behind two of London’s most prominent tech companies.
We have recently raised our Series B funding of $37mil, the largest round in European EdTech this year. This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference and be part of a high growth start-up that is expanding rapidly in the UK and US markets!
What's in it for you?
- Work that you want to talk about
- Competitive salary
- Ownership in the company
- 25 days of holiday
- Central London office with perks like fresh fruit, bike parking, showers and an on-site gym and café
- Fun-loving, tight-knit team solving a problem that makes a difference
- 1-1 coaching
- Life Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Electric Car Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Diversity and Inclusion
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.
What We Do
At Zen our mission is to change the world of education recruitment. Schools spend over £2bn a year on agency staff, with over £600m per year of that spent on fees that go straight to recruitment agencies. So far, we've saved UK schools over £14m in supply teaching recruitment costs, and that number grows every day, allowing schools to invest further into children’s wellbeing and attainment.
We're not just redefining recruitment; we’re upskilling our supply staff to provide the highest quality teachers and TAs to schools. Each supply staff member is Level 2 Safeguarding trained, guaranteeing the safety and wellbeing of children in your school.
Using our online platform, schools can access hundreds of fully vetted high-quality teacher & TA profiles, who they can book instantly at the click of a button. We don't stop at just providing a platform – we have a dedicated school success team here to support you every step of the way. When you succeed, we succeed!
