Head of Supply & Onboarding

Head of Supply & Onboarding
Location: London (Oval), United Kingdom
Type: Full-time. Office-based.
👋 I’m Daryl, VP of Supply and Operations at Zen Educate
I have been part of Zen’s phenomenal growth since we launched in 2017, and I am looking for a Head of Supply & Onboarding to own the levers that determine whether our marketplace has the right educators in the right places, ready to work, when schools need them.
Why we exist
Education is the cornerstone of a thriving society. Schools do their utmost to provide children with positive experiences, but having the right staff is essential to fulfilling that promise. That’s where we come in.
Whether it’s a year 1 teacher to greet her “good morning” or a Teaching Assistant to support them in the break times, Zen helps schools find the right educators faster without breaking the bank.
Schools in the UK spend over £2bn a year on agency staff, and over £400m of that goes straight into the pockets of recruitment agencies. Zen is an all-in-one digital platform that gives schools full control over how they find, vet, and manage temporary educators. School leaders can search, book, and manage staff in real time, while gaining full visibility and control over their spend and compliance.
What we need now is to turn supply into a genuine commercial engine. That’s where you come in.
What we are looking for
We’ve built strong foundations already:
We are one of the largest suppliers of staff to UK schools and one of the fastest growing companies in the UK.
A supply function that already brings a high volume of educators into the marketplace.
A differentiated product that makes a genuine impact on the lives of educators, pupils, and the education system.
We’re now looking to level up even further. Right now our supply function focuses on the volume of educators we add into the marketplace. We’re looking for a strategic architect to transform it into a commercial engine that manages liquidity where the business needs it. That means...