Compliance Operations Executive
Location: Office based in Century City Cape Town
Type: Full-time
Working hours are expected to be:
9AM - 6PM UK time. (11AM - 8PM SA time in Winter 10AM - 7PM SA time in Summer)
Shorter days during some of August.
Salary:
Base: 20000 - 35000 Rand per month based on experience and performance.
Different sales incentives run throughout the year to allow you to earn up 50000 Rand extra per annum.
About Zen Educate:
Zen is revolutionising education. Schools spend over 2bn a year on agency staff and 600m of that goes straight into the pockets of recruitment agencies. Thats why weve built an alternative.
Our online platform gives schools instant access to hundreds of profiles of fully vetted teachers and support staff. Since launching in 2017 weve saved schools over 30m money that goes straight back into school budgets and increases teachers pay.
The opportunity
This is your chance to join a tech startup in hypergrowth. Were passionate about professional development and well work to maximise your personal and career growth. Were looking for enthusiastic mission-driven people who fit our values and are passionate about what we do.
We have recently raised our Series B funding of $37mil the largest round in European EdTech this 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!
About the Role
Candidate Onboarding Progress: Ensures candidates move smoothly through their onboarding journey.
Readiness for Work: Supports candidates in becoming compliant and ready for work as quickly as possible.
Compliance Documentation Processing: Processes and reviews compliance documentation accurately and efficiently.
Speed & Quality Assurance: Maintains high standards of accuracy while delivering fast turnaround times.
Platform Usage & Engagement: Encourages and supports candidates to complete all compliance tasks through the Zen platform.
Our future vision is that:
All compliance documentation is completed through our app
All candidates have a seamless experience with automated quick and effective compliance checks
Skill Sets and Mindsets
Stakeholder Management: Confident in communicating with Resourcers and Account Managers about compliance matters.
Attention to Detail: Reviews compliance documentation accurately and thoroughly.
Speed & Efficiency: Works with urgency to meet quick turnaround times without compromising quality.
Resilience: Able to handle high volumes quick turnarounds and complex queries.
Ownership & Accountability: Takes responsibility for candidate progress and ensures tasks are completed end-to-end.
Key Responsibilities
Compliance Management: Ensure candidates meet all Zen Educate compliance requirements so they are ready to work.
Daily Planning & Coordination: Organise workload effectively to manage multiple candidates and tasks each day.
Prioritisation: Collaborate with the Candidate Onboarding and Schools teams to identify and focus on the highest-priority candidates.
Speed & Turnaround: Process compliance documentation efficiently to allow schools to book candidates quickly.
Whats in it for you
Work that you want to talk about
Competitive salary
25 days of holiday in line with UK education term dates plus UK bank holidays.
Fun-loving tight-knit team solving a problem that makes a difference
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 peoples 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; weve had former teachers pilots fundraisers engineers lawyers marketers social media experts and more join our team.
We cant wait to hear from you!