Changing the world of education recruitment
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 the recruitment agencies. So far, we've saved UK schools over £10m in supply teaching recruitment costs, and that number grows every day, meaning the funding can be put back into education within the schools. Using our online platform, schools have access to hundreds of profiles of fully vetted teachers and support staff, who they can book at a click of a button. Think Uber for teachers.
Building on the success of Zen Educate, in 2020 we launched Zen Locum — an online platform that matches locums (temporary workers) with pharmacies and opticians. With significant early traction we're looking to expand this team to continue driving growth.
We're well-funded by high-profile investors and are led by start-up veterans behind two of London’s most prominent tech companies.
Your chance to make a difference
This is your chance to join a high growth tech startup on the ground floor. We are passionate about learning and development, and aim to maximise both your personal and career growth.
As an early employee you will play a significant role in the development of the company and have the opportunity for rapid career progression and learning. We hire for the long term — we now have over 300 people and we’re continuing our quest to grow the best team out there.
We're looking for enthusiastic, mission-driven people who fit our values and are passionate about what we do. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match the job description.
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What’s it like to work at Zen?
We are a rapidly growing diverse team, with no plans to slow down. We foster an inclusive and bubbly work environment, where friends are made for life, not just to be work colleagues!
In addition to our fantastic central London office, full of plants, fresh fruit and fun colleagues, here are some other great things about Zen’s culture.
😎 Set up
We highly recommend the in-office experience, but working from home is supported.
🎓 Development
As well as a structured onboarding and on-the-job training, enjoy regular ‘lunch and learns’ every month on a range of topics, recently including Black History Month, Employee Wellbeing. Volunteer to host your own!
👯 Collaboration
Regular socials, including trips to Pizza Pilgrims, interactive escape rooms, crazy golf and charity events.
🚀 Twice-yearly Ship-It Day
Down your day job and work across teams on building special projects.
👩⚕️ Benefits
We offer Health insurance via Vitality, life insurance, an electric car scheme, a cycle-to-work scheme and a staff pension.
🐶 Dog-friendly office
Frequent guest appearances from colleagues' dogs
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The Zen values
1
Commit to the mission
We commit to our mission, our customers and our teams. We work hard because we care more.
2
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.
3
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.
4
Help each other be better
Every person at Zen is someone we can respect and learn from.
5
a culture of trust
We commit to our mission, our customers and our teams. We work hard because we care more.
6
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.
7
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.
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For agencies
We aim to hire our people through direct sourcing methods. When we do need help we partner with a small group of agencies who have signed our terms and conditions, therefore we do not accept speculative CVs and will not be liable to agency fees.
