Candidate Sales Executive (Cape Town)

Location: Hybrid working in 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: 20, 000 - 35, 000 Rand per month based on experience and performance.

Different sales incentives run throughout the year to allow you to earn up 50, 000 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 10m 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. We're looking for enthusiastic, mission-driven people who fit our values and are passionate about what we do.

Who we are looking for:

• Someone passionate and motivated, who loves being a part of a close team
• Proven track record of hitting sales targets
• Confident in developing outbound pipelines and handling objections
• Growth mindset dedicated to growing your skills as a professional
• Passion for companies that have a positive social impact and the education sector
• Strong bias to action
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to engage Headteachers and other school leaders
• Care and empathy for the education sector and the challenges of working in it

What you'll be doing:

• Calling candidates (Teachers, Teaching Assistants and other roles) to engage with them the Zen educate platform and help them find work in UK schools as quickly as possible.
• Follow up inbound and outbound leads and drive urgency in finding work through Zen Educate while providing all necessary documentation for compliance purposes.
• Monitor job boards to engage and attract the highest quality candidates before any traditional, expensive recruitment agencies do.
• Interact with candidates in a friendly and helpful manner and maintain positive relationships to keep them on board with us and create a great candidate experience
• Increase the number of talented candidates on our platform and help place them in roles by matching their skills to the schools requirements
• Work collaboratively across the business with the sales and technology teams to help improve efficiency in providing value to candidates.

Experience & Qualifications Required:

• At least 2 years of phone sales experience
• Experience working in or with the UK education sector is helpful but not essential

What's in it for you?

• Work that you want to talk about
• Competitive salary
• 25 days of holiday 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!