Position: Junior Educator Recruitment Associate
Location: Vancouver, hybrid
Salary: CAD: 51,000 OTE; 46,500 base, 4,500 VP
About Zen Educate
We’re Zen Educate - a fast-growing EdTech company on a mission to make education
fairer for everyone. Right now, schools in the US waste over $2 billion every
year on traditional agency fees -money that should be going directly to
classrooms and educators. We’re here to change that.
We’re a team of ambitious, mission-driven people who move fast, support each
other, and care deeply about the work we do. We’ve just doubled our US business
this summer, and we’re only getting started!
The Role
As a Junior Educator Recruitment Associate, you’ll be on the front lines of our
hiring process -connecting talented paraprofessionals and substitute teachers
with schools that need them. You’ll work closely with our experienced
recruitment team, learning how to screen applications, conduct interviews, and
match educators to roles where they can have the biggest impact.
This role is 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. Our team
works on a hybrid model, with 3 days per week WFH and 2 days in-office in each
of our hub cities (Vancouver, Minneapolis and Chicago).
What You’ll Do
Qualify and interview applicants: Call educators as they sign up for Zen
Educate, assess their experience and preferences, and schedule them for
interviews when they meet our criteria. Conduct initial phone interviews to
understand their background and match them to suitable roles before handing them
off to recruiters.
Build value and excitement: Share Zen Educate’s mission and explain how we can
help them find the perfect position.
Collaborate with the team: Work with recruiters to transition candidates
smoothly through screening, document collection, and onboarding.
Make an impact: Help place amazing educators into classrooms, filling critical
staffing needs in schools across the US.
Test and innovate: Experiment with new tools and systems - including AI
technologies - to improve the way we recruit.
Think like an owner: Contribute ideas, take initiative, and learn what it’s like
to grow a mission-driven tech startup from the ground up.
What We’re Looking For
You love connecting with people and thrive in a high-energy, high-call-volume
environment.
You’re curious and eager to learn about sales, recruitment, education, and
technology.
You’re a strong collaborator who communicates well and works effectively with
others.
You’re resilient and proactive, comfortable adapting to the challenges of a
fast-paced startup.
You’re goal-oriented and a bit competitive, and feel motivated by hitting (and
beating) targets.
You’re tech-savvy and excited to try new tools.
Above all, you’re mission-driven and care about helping educators make a
difference in students’ lives.
What's in it for you?
Work that you want to talk about
Competitive salary
Ownership in the company
18 days PTO (15 days flexible, 3 days over Christmas) +11 stat hols
Fun-loving, tight-knit team solving a problem that makes a difference
We offer an extended benefits package that includes full health, drugs, dental,
and vision coverage
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.
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