Junior Educator Recruitment Associate

Job Description

Job Description

Position: Junior Educator Recruitment Associate

Location: Minneapolis, hybrid (3 days in office)

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $45,000 USD OTE, 41,100 base + 3,900 Variable

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!

About 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 2 days per week WFH and 3 days in-office.

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

• Applicable Experience: Some experience in customer service (serving/hospitality welcomed!), recruitment, education or acting/theatre are great, but not required! New grads with strong alignment to our team & Zen’s mission are highly encouraged to apply for this role.

• Proactive Communicators: You love connecting with people and communicate well in writing and on the phone. You're comfortable with joining a high-energy, high-call-volume environment.

• Strong Collaborators: You work effectively with others and know how to keep a team moving in the same direction.

• Resilient & Adaptable: You're proactive and comfortable adapting to the challenges of a fast-paced startup.

• Goal-Oriented: You're a bit competitive and feel motivated by hitting (and beating) targets.

• Tech-Savvy: You're comfortable navigating new tools and excited to try them, including AI.

• Eager to Learn: You're curious about sales, recruitment, education, and technology, and keen to build expertise across all of them.

• Mission-Driven: Above all, you care about helping educators make a difference in students' lives.

Why This Role Is Worth It

• Hands-on experience from day one

• A deep investment in your training - 2 weeks of dedicated onboarding & training, plus you are paired with a 1:1 mentor while you are learning the role

• A clear link between your work and its impact in classrooms

• A real path to progressing - this role is a stepping stone into our Recruitment & Senior Recruitment roles, including paths to leadership

• Skills you can take into future careers in recruitment, sales, HR, or tech

• A collaborative, supportive, and high-energy work culture

• The chance to be part of a fast-growing company with a meaningful mission

What's in it for you?

• Equity compensation

• Role includes bonus

• 18 Paid Vacation Days and 10 Paid Company Holidays 

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) retirement plan with no match

• Sick leave

• Paid biweekly

Diversity and Inclusion:

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 atmosphere with a culture where people’s voices are heard, and all our team can look forward to coming to work.

We value and respect all differences in all people (seen and unseen). We believe in an environment with equal access to career development opportunities and actively encourage applications from BAME candidates.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during your interview process with us, please do let us know.

Due to the high volume of applications, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback on initial submissions.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.