Programmes Officer for UWS Cambodia
| For : | Cambodian Only |
| Categories : | Child Protection, Educate/Train/Teaching, Social Work |
| Schedule : | Full time job |
| Sex : | Female |
| Language : | Khmer, English |
| Location : | Phnom Penh |
| Hiring : | 1 Position |
| Closing Date : | 13th March 2026 |
| Salary : |
Negotiable
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| Experience : | Minimum 3 years |
| Degree : | Bachelor |
UWS is an award-winning global organization bringing community-centric education models to the world's most remote populations. Since 2008, we've built and developed 310 schools, trained over 1,300 teachers, and provided over 60,000 children across Cambodia, Madagascar, Myanmar, and Nepal with a quality education. Shifting focus from delivering change in the short term to empowering change for the long term, we go beyond educating the future, to changing it.
Our vision is Zero Education Poverty
UWS was founded in Cambodia in 2008 and currently operates 71 schools across seven provinces, Ratanakiri, Steung Treng, Kratie, Mondulkiri, Koh Kong, Oddar Meanchey, and Preah Vihear. UWS Cambodia contributes to strengthening primary education systems through working with national and local governments to improve quality and inclusive primary education and facilities for children in remote areas. To date, UWS has reached over 33,000 students, built capacity in 137 primary schools, and 66 schools have completely transitioned to national education systems.
- Capacity Development:
- Responsible for leading and implementing UWS program activities in assigned schools/cluster targets in line with school assessment results.
- In collaboration with DoE, School Cluster leader, facilitate cluster teacher training and provide ongoing coaching target teachers
- Facilitate training and dialogues with girl club (GC), mothers’ group (MG) and school management committee (SMC)
- Support and facilitate the engagement of GC, MG & SMC in the annual school development plan (AOP) process with ensuring meaningful participation in the process.
- Provide timely response to the needs and feedback on school’s performance and progress
- Lead and support on data collection, monitoring, and capacity building in related topics.
- Program Delivery and Support:
- Collaborate with the District Education Office, School Principal to align UWS’s plans with the target district’s annual operational plan, ensuring the integration of school governance, advocacy efforts, and transition activities to achieve ZEP (Zero Education Poverty)
- Lead and mentor to schools’ targets with collaboration with partners, offering technical and operational guidance to ensure they consistently achieve the highest performance standards.
- Organise workshops, meetings, events in district targets with government and stakeholders to share best practices and build strong collaboration with relevant stakeholders and partners.
- Develop and oversee the work plans and budgets, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of activities
- Develop and manage monthly/quarterly work plans and budget to ensure program activities are delivered on time in good quality.
- Establish/maintain relationships with networks and collaborate with various educational stakeholders such as government bodies, NGOs, international organisations, and communities.
- Act as the primary UWS representative at district-level education meetings, fostering collaboration with local government bodies and other stakeholders.
- Program Quality Assurance:
- Coordinate with the MEAL team to conduct the UWS School Development Report and other M&E tools to monitor teaching quality
- Conduct monitoring trips and spot checks across target schools for quality checking and to identify training needs.
- Coordinate and participate in the development of quarterly reports for provincial education departments and UWS Cambodia country reports in targeted schools.
- Mobilise community resources by actively engaging and collaborating with local authorities and the commune level for mobilising local funding for the schools’ development, inclusive education
- Budgeting and Planning
- Support Line managers, related departments, and school departments to build and plan.
- Support Education program team in conducting budget planning, activity planning, conduct cash advances, and reviewing the settlement with reassurance the compliance with UWS financial policy.
- Support the line manager in conducting monthly, quarterly, and annual reports. Nevertheless, it is a focal point for report writing for stakeholders.
- Child Safeguarding and Reporting
- Responsible for being the key contact person in the province to raise concerns and continue to work with the line manager.
- Support the GESSI to respond to cause for concerns in the province in collaboration with the local authority and the local authority on children’s social care services.
- Building and uphold the UWS CPS Policy, ensuring school is on track to achieve school-level CPS implementation targets.
- Adhere to the guidelines laid out in the UWS Child Protection Policy,
- Collaborate with the National Inclusion Lead Support school to implement inclusion and child protection, and safeguarding procedures and policies in schools.
- Any other reasonable tasks as required by the line manager.
- Khmer - Fluent
- English - Fluent
- Bachelor's Degree in the field of Education, Development Study, Social Science, or related fields.
- At least experience working in social work, child protection, youth development, gender and social inclusion, education program, sector, in particular primary education for 3 years
- Experience managing capacity building programme as well as training staff and local government partners
- Good Command in English
- Ability to document a case study and produce a narrative report in English
- Ability to produce high-quality reports, presentations, and other communications to a range of current and potential stakeholders.
- Computer literate, Excellent verbal and written communication skills (in Khmer and English)
- A degree in education and have at least three years of experience working in the education sector, in particular primary education.
- Good documentation skills and be ability to write a report in English
- Has good technical skills in project cycle management
- Strong communications, coordination, and passionate in working with governments and schools’ stakeholders
- Open-minded person, flexible and willing to travel in long distances
- Enthusiastic, adaptable, patient, innovative, understanding, team player
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
- Good people management and leadership skills
- Sounds interesting in development works, in particular, primary education in remote areas
- Flexible and Open-minded person, willing to learn new things
- Strong initiative, innovative and creative
- High commitment and demonstrates good accountability
UWS is committed to the safeguarding of children, and ensuring we recruit safely is central to this commitment. All applicants will be required to undertake a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service check (or country-equivalent background check) as a condition of employment.
UWS is an equal opportunity employer and commits to treating all applicants fairly. We actively promote diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
To apply for this position, please send a covering letter & CV of no more than 5 pages with salary expectation and submit before the closing date. You should give the names, positions, organisations, and telephone contact numbers of two references, one of whom should be your current/most recent employer. References will only be taken once your express permission has been granted.
Applications should be made via email provided in the contact details. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for the interview. All successful candidates must satisfactorily complete a 3-month probation period.
Thanks, From Khmer Online Jobs Team
| Organization : | UWS Cambodia |
| Email : | recruitmentcambodia@uwsglobal.net |
| Address : | Ou Konsaeng, Boeng Kansaeng Sangkat, Ban Lung Municipality, Ratanak Kiri Province, Cambodia |
| Website : |
https://uwsglobal.net/ |
