Associate, Recruitment

Do you want to be a key voice influencing the dialogues around education in Cambodia? Do you want to inspire commitments to develop our country through education? If so, we have a unique opportunity for talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to join our team in 2019.

At A Glance

• Position: Associate, Recruitment
• Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia (with travel within and around the city)
• Reports to: Interim Head of Recruitment & Selection
• Employment Type: Full-time, paid (minimum one-year contract)
• Start Date: Open
• Application Deadline: Ongoing
• Basic Requirements: Cambodian citizen, 1 year of full-time or part-time professional experience
• Compensation: $400-$450 monthly gross salary, based on experience

About Teach For Cambodia

We often get asked “What is Teach For Cambodia?” Most people think teaching or in an extreme case, people think Teach For Cambodia is a school. First, Teach For Cambodia is a home-grown organization seeking to reimagine education and the social impact sector in Cambodia. We are not investing in infrastructure for schools but in future Cambodian leaders through the Teach For Cambodia Fellowship Program. These leaders, also known as Fellows, commit to teach full-time for two years in public school. During the two years, they participate in our training and support program geared towards building knowledge, mindset and skills to optimize Fellows’ impact on student outcomes. All Fellows are enrolled in a Master of Education program at our partner university, Royal University of Phnom Penh.

In the first year of operation, Teach For Cambodia successfully placed and developed its first cohort of 33 teaching Fellows across 9 schools serving 5,200 marginalized children. These promising future leaders with diverse backgrounds and education (including degrees in information technology, science, engineering, law, international relations, psychology, social work, etc.) have committed at least two years to teaching in rural regions in Kandal and Kampong Chhnang provinces and poor urban areas in Phnom Penh. As we look ahead to 2020 and beyond, Teach For Cambodia aims to have 100 Fellows serving 15,000 children, as well as over 30 alumni pursuing careers at all levels and across sectors to ensure system-level change—from teachers, to school leaders, to policymakers, to social innovators.  

Our team is very passionate about our mission and very serious about our work, and we support each other to grow personally and professionally. What we want you to know is that our culture is about creating learning, fun and a little weirdness. By weirdness, we want to celebrate our team’s individuality and bravery in bringing their full self to work.

More on working at Teach For Cambodia

Position Description

The Recruitment Associate will work closely with the Recruitment & Selection Team to execute on an interconnected strategy to recruit, select, and matriculate talented individuals into TFC’s Fellowship program. Your key mission as a Recruitment Associate is to recruit as many as possible of Cambodia’s most promising future leaders of all academic backgrounds and career interests to join the Fellowship.

Who We Look For

Recruitment Associate is networked and inspiring individuals who are effective in communication. Associate has the ability to plan and manage events and projects. The Associate are strong team players, doers and learners.

Key Measures of Success

Recruitment of mission-aligned candidates for the Fellowship (targets to be determined)

Building brand awareness for the Fellowship program so that it attracts top talent from reputable universities and organizations in Cambodia

Compensation & Benefits

• Benefits include a flexible vacation policy, medical insurance, dental allowance and opportunities for professional development and travel. For example, you will have the unique opportunity to:
• Take three weeks of vacation at the end of the recruitment season to rest and rejuvenate
• Be exposed to best practices and resources from the global Teach For All network and opportunities to learn from partners in 49 other countries.
• Deepen your understanding of self, exposure to the communities, challenges and opportunities to impact our education system
• Work in a vision-oriented and value-based organization
• Be part of a “talent mindset” organization with an integrated talent management strategy aligned with our mission and vision
• Join a team with a ‘growth’ culture fostering constant learning, time-limited experiments and continuous feedback. This means that learning is a priority for everyone everyday; it is at the heart of all of our meetings, collaborations, and projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan purposefully and executive effectively
• Identify, build and manage relationships with prospective candidates, university contacts and administrators, faculty members, and other key stakeholders to help execute an effective recruitment campaign
• Organize and provide logistical coordination and effective marketing and publicity for recruitment events
• Lead and execute sections of the recruitment campaign to achieve application targets
• Execute marketing strategies designed to influence prospective candidates
• Manage a database of prospects and candidates in Salesforce
• Provide administrative support including but not limited to conducting relevant research, tracking aspects of campaign progress, maintaining databases and trackers, coordinating logistics
• Continually increase effectiveness
• Efficiently use tracking systems to analyze and determine the effectiveness of campaign strategy and execution
• Contribute to a strong and positive team culture
• Uphold Teach For Cambodia’s core values

Other Details

• Occasional evening and weekend work will be required to successfully oversee and conduct recruitment, selection and matriculation activities and events during high season for the function (6-8 month period starting in January of each year). See benefits section for more info.
• Values and Mindsets
• Manages energy and enthusiasm towards achieving long term goals
• Makes learning a priority for self and team
• Shows positivity, focus and perseverance when faced with challenges
• Honesty and integrity at all times
• Technical Competencies and Abilities
• Commitment to reaching ambitious team goals
• Ability to influence and motivate others to take action
• Ability to build relationships with a diverse range of people
• Ability to be adaptable in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, results-oriented environment
• Operates with a high level of personal responsibility, with a desire to grow into leadership roles in the future
• Strong organizational skills and detail-orientation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to influence prospects to apply for the Fellowship
• Strong time management and prioritization skills
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Suite
• Education, Knowledge and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree and strong academic track record in any subject
• Previous internship and/or 1 year of professional experience

Steps To Apply

1. Let us know you’re interested! Complete this online form.
2. If you seem to be a good match: We’ll set up a call and informal chat so that we can get to know each other better and answer any questions you have.
3. If invited for a formal, in-person interview: You will receive pre-interview activities to complete and submit 24 hours before your interview date/time.
4. If you are selected for the role: We will let you know as soon as possible!