Junior Educator Recruitment Associate
Chicago
Teacher Success /
Hybrid
Position: Junior Educator Recruitment Associate
Location: Chicago, hybrid
Salary: USD: 44,400 OTE; 40,500 base, 3,900 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
15+ days PTO & 9 federal holidays
Fun-loving, tight-knit team solving a problem that makes a difference
Health Insurance
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.
If you’re ready to learn, grow, and help transform education staffing, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and join the mission.
