Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff
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01-08-2025
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Role:Chief of Staff
Location:London on-site
Hi Im Slava CEO at Zen Educate
Were looking for a Chief of Staff to work closely with me on our next chapter of growth. If youre deeply passionate about solving real world problems that make a difference and get a kick out of turning chaos into clarity then keep reading
Why this role exists
Schools in the UK and US spend over 12bn a year on agency staff and 3.6bn of that goes straight into the pockets of recruitment agencies. Thats why weve built an alternative. Zen is an all-in-one digital platform that gives schools full control over how they find vet and manage temporary educators. Think tech startup but solving a painfully human operational and systemic issue in education staffing. Our platform is built to be scalable and intuitive designed in close collaboration with schools and educators to fit seamlessly into existing school workflows. School leaders can search book and manage staff in real time while gaining full visibility and control over their spend and compliance.
Weve had tremendous success and are currently experiencing a period of exceptional growth. Were looking for a seasoned operator to come in roll-up their sleeves and get their hands dirty working closely with me on the business most important problems.
What were looking for
Youll have a demonstrated record of driving exceptional results in your career. This likely will be in either a high-growth startup a top-tier consultancy or other demanding profession.
Some of the traits that usually correlate with success in this role:
Relentless drive to deliver outcomes
Endless curiosity
You drive clarity from ambiguity
You love finding simple answers to complex problems
Expert level communicator adept at influencing at level of stakeholders
This will be the sixth time weve filled this role. The previous five have all gone on to take senior roles at Zen including 3 members of the management your first 6-12 months might look like
Youll be a team of one working closely with the CEO across the entire organisation. No two days are the same and you could be getting stuck into things like:
Partnering with the management team to re-define our strategy
Due diligence of potential acquisition targets
Leading the initial commercial rollouts of new products
Project managing the delivery of key process improvements across the organisation
Leading comms to key internal and external stakeholders such as the Board
Along the way youll learn a ton make a difference and set yourself up for key senior exec roles within the organisation.
Who youll work with
Were a 300 (and growing!) team operating across the UK US and Canada. Were well funded default alive growing fast and have tremendous unit economics. Simply put were doing really well by doing good. As such were a passionate group of missionaries rather than mercenaries. Were looking to find someone who shares our passion for the mission of making education better.
What you might like or dislike
Every place makes tradeoffs based on what they value and where they are in their journey. Heres a list of things you might find useful in figuring out if this is the right role for you. If we end up chatting feel free to dig deeper into any of them.
How we work
Were passionate about the problem were trying to solve. We seek colleagues that share our passion for improving education because frankly its a really hard problem. You have to be equally interested in what we do as a company as you are in the specific role.
Growth & Progression
Choose your own adventure. Youll shape your path not wait for a ladder to appear. Youll work across the organisation and be well-positioned to pursue a senior role across a variety of disciplines; however its not a fixed path with a clear promise of what next looks like. The combination of business need and your ability to step into it will drive whats next for you.
Compensation
Fair but not flashy. Were still an early stage company so cant beat out companies with deep pockets (yet). Youre here because you understand its about the long term both in what you can learn and the slope of your pay progression here when you take on more and more. We reward exceptional performance.
Interested Lets go!
If youve made it this far and youre excited then hit apply. If the timing isnt right or youre not sure its a right fit reach out anyway. Were always open to talking to those who believe in our mission.
Lets build something that actually matters.
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Full-Time
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