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title: 'Resourcer - Newport at Zen Educate'
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# Resourcer - Newport at Zen Educate

- **Company:** Zen Educate
- **Location:** Newport, United Kingdom
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/zeneducate/86dfd9f8-6d59-4652-9ffd-45b2662dc0f1

## Job description

Location: Bristol Hours: 37 hours per week: any four weekdays, 9 am–6 pm, plus Saturday 10 am-3 pm. Salary: Up to £32K per annum OTE

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 £10m – money that goes straight back into school budgets and increases teachers’ pay.

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!

The opportunity: This is your chance to join a tech startup in hypergrowth. We’re passionate about professional development, and we’ll work to maximise your personal and career growth.

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.

Our Ideal Candidate 🙋

- Passion for companies that have a positive social impact and the education sector
- Growth Mindset - Adaptable and excited by the prospect of moving fast 🚀
- ‘Can do’ attitude, bias for action and wants to be part of a growing motivated team.
- You love to take ownership and want to grow with us! 🙌
- Having experience and/or strong knowledge of the education sector is a big plus

Helpful to have but not essential💥

- Interest in and the desire to work as part of an operations team
- Strong knowledge of the UK education sector. Formal qualifications / experience in teaching is a huge plus🧠

What will you be doing? 🤔

- Help ensure the smooth running of daily operations in the business including maintaining liquidity of candidates available for cover as well as ensuring fulfillment of any short term bookings
- Carry out the necessary onboarding processes and assessment for teachers and teaching assistants📚
- Interact with candidates in a friendly and helpful manner and maintain positive relationships to keep them on board with us and create a great candidate experience ☀️
- Increase the number of talented candidates on our platform and help place them in roles by matching their skills to the schools’ requirements
- Organised with vetting processes and ensure all right to work checks are completed
- Work collaboratively across the business with the sales and technology teams to help improve efficiency

What's in it for you?

- Work that you want to talk about
- Competitive salary
- Ownership in the company
- 25 days of holiday
- 1-1 coaching
- Life Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Electric Car Scheme

We can’t wait to hear from you!

## About Zen Educate

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Zen Educate is a digital platform that connects schools directly with qualified educators, replacing traditional staffing agencies to save money and improve classroom stability.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Education technology / education staffing
- Target customers: Schools (B2B) and educators (B2C); serves K-12 schools, academies, and trusts in the UK, US, and Canada
- Mission/purpose: "To reinvest in education through innovative technology" – the company aims to redirect funds from agency fees back into classrooms and provide stable, inspiring learning environments.

## Products & Services
- **Zen Educate Platform**: A digital marketplace that matches schools with supply/substitute teachers, teaching assistants, special education staff, early years educators, and other school support staff. The platform handles compliance checks, payroll, and scheduling. Educators sign up online, set preferences, and get matched to daily, long-term, or permanent roles. Schools benefit from faster fill rates (97% of short-term requests) and lower fees (roughly half of traditional agency fees).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – Series B led by Round2 Capital (amount undisclosed); over £50 million redirected into classrooms in the UK; $15 million saved in the US since 2022 launch.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Round2 Capital; government-approved education staffing supplier; accredited social enterprise and certified B Corp.
- **Growth Signals**: 1,000,000+ hours of classroom instruction delivered; 5,000+ educators empowered weekly; 13,000+ educators on platform; 2,000+ schools actively booking monthly; headcount of 1,196 employees (+52.6% YoY, +740 people); launched in the US in 2022 and expanding rapidly in cities like Minneapolis, Phoenix, Los Angeles; also operating in Canada; acquisitions of Opus Education, Aquinas Education, and AK Education.

## Competitive Advantages
- Technology-driven marketplace that bypasses costly traditional agencies, cutting fees by roughly 50% – saving schools money while allowing educators to earn more.
- Certified B Corp and accredited social enterprise, reinforcing a commitment to social impact over profit.
- High fill rate (97% for short-term requests) and integrated compliance/payroll, reducing administrative burden on schools.
- UK government-approved supplier, adding credibility in the public education sector.

## Strategic Focus
- Continued geographic expansion across the UK, US, and Canada.
- Deepening platform capabilities to attract more schools and educators, with a focus on stability and quality of placements.
- Reinvesting savings into classrooms and educator support to drive systemic change in education staffing.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, ambitious, and collaborative team that "genuinely enjoys working together." Emphasis on ownership, transparency, and impact.
- **Work policy**: Mix of remote, hybrid, and office-based roles depending on location and function (e.g., Account Coordinator roles are remote in Canada; Sales roles are hybrid in Vancouver). Offices across the UK and US.
- **Perks**: Mac laptop, stock options for all employees, yearly pay reviews, comprehensive health insurance (Vitality in UK; Medical/Dental/Vision with 75% coverage in US), life insurance, 401k (US), Cycle to Work scheme (UK), generous vacation, twice-yearly Ship-It Day, clear career frameworks with training and mentoring.
- **Engineering/development**: Dedicated learning time, career progression frameworks, and structured onboarding.

## Sources
1. [zeneducate.com/about](https://www.zeneducate.com/about)
2. [jobs.lever.co/zeneducate](https://jobs.lever.co/zeneducate)
3. [zeneducate.com/careers](https://www.zeneducate.com/careers)
4. [uk.linkedin.com/company/zen-educate](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/zen-educate)
5. [zeneducate.com/us/careers](https://www.zeneducate.com/us/careers)

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