Talent Partner

Location: London

Job Type: Full-time, on site

Salary: £35,000 - 45,000 + share options

If you’ve made it this far, either the job title or Zen has caught your eye. I can’t wait to tell you more about Zen, but let’s focus on the role first. I’m looking for a new Talent Partner to join me. (Hi! I’m Sandy, People Lead at Zen 👋)

Yes, I’m looking for the classic "fast-moving, high-volume, delivery-focused recruiter" and I genuinely mean it. We’re scaling quickly, partnering closely with every member of our senior leadership team, and often hiring up to 30 roles e matters. But this role goes beyond filling roles. I’m looking for someone who brings urgency, has solid experience in volume hiring, and is excited to partner with senior leaders on more strategic, business-critical roles too.

You’ll need to love the full talent lifecycle, from early screening and references, right through to offer calls, closing cohorts, and everything in between.

This isn’t a "heads down, deliver" role. You’ll be spotting patterns, challenging assumptions, and feeding insights back into the business to influence how we hire, who we bring in, and how we continue to scale smarter over time.

Zen Educate is a technology company that matches schools with temporary educator staff. Our mission is to change the world of education recruitment. Schools spend over $9bn a year on temporary educators, with over $2bn per year of that spent on fees that take money out of the education system. By leveraging the latest technology, we purpose built a platform that helps schools to pay less while educators earn more.

We want students to have access to the best education possible, and we go the extra mile to find, onboard, match, and coach incredible educators that deeply care about their students. We wake up every day on a mission to care more. We care more about our schools. And we care more about our educators.

This is your chance to make a difference and join a high growth tech startup on the ground floor. We are a collaborative company, and the career growth opportunities are endless if you are someone willing to dive in, be entrepreneurial, and do whatever is needed to get the job done. We are passionate about learning and development, and will invest in both your personal and professional growth.

We have recently raised our Series B funding of $37mil, the largest round in European EdTech last 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!

We’re a small team that moves fast. In 2025, we successfully:

• Made 195 new hires, and of course onboarded them
• Conducted and coordinated 1,518 interviews
• Revamped our handbooks, policies, and processes to ensure 100% company compliance
• Delivered countless training sessions across People Operations and Talent, upskilling leaders on how to interview, offer, reference, and manage their people
• Developed our People Drumbeat with a regular cadence of employee engagement surveys and performance reviews across all of our regions
• Managed countless daily moments across onboarding, offboarding, documentation, engagement, and general team support

This is the momentum you’ll step into and help drive forward.

You’ll report directly to Sandy Vo (that’s me!) People Lead  background is in agency recruitment across all types of hiring: volume, permanent, contractors, as well as strategic exec level hiring. I now manage the Talent function at Zen as well as all of our HR and People Operations and I can’t wait to coach you in everything I know. We're a small, collaborative People team, UK based but globally minded and we’re ready to support you as you grow and own your work.

• You will run and own the Talent function at Zen, utilising all the resources we have to ensure we continue to scale. Full recruitment lifecycle for our UK and South Africa roles, from job description to offer stage.
• Cohort and high volume hiring, especially for educator / school facing and internal roles that grow in waves.
• Stakeholder partnership, aligning with…