Junior Educator Recruitment Associate

Zen Educate • Minneapolis, MN

56d • $41,100 - $45,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed