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Happy Chandara Education comprises over 350 employees in our schools from different countries and cultural backgrounds.

Our team is made up of educators (teaching Khmer, English, Science, and more), professionals (in HR, Finance, Technical Support, Gardening, etc.), as well as interns and volunteers—all united by a shared purpose: educating girls to help create a better, more sustainable world. Every action we take is driven by this mission.

If our mission resonates with you and you believe your skills can make a positive impact, explore our current job opportunities here !

Due to the high volume of applications, please note that we will only respond to those that align with available positions.

Opportunities & Career Development

Our Locations

The headquarters of Toutes à l’école are located in Paris, France, while our schools are situated in Prek Thmey, 20 km from Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The majority of our staff members are Cambodian, with the remaining 5% comprising international personnel from Europe, Africa, and other regions.

Our Departments

  • Pedagogy Department: Kindergarten, Primary School, Secondary School, High School
  • HR Department
  • IT Department
  • Finance Department
  • Communications and Sponsorship Department
  • Projects & Agroecology Department
  • Health Department
  • Social Department
  • 2 Boarding School
  • 2 Student homes in Phnom Penh

Employment Opportunities

We offer a wide range of employment opportunities encompassing full-time and part-time positions, internships and student jobs. These roles provide a platform for you to hone your skills and explore your potential in such fields as:

  • Finance: Accountant, etc.
  • IT: IT officer, etc.
  • Pedagogy: Sports, Khmer, Chinese, English, Biology, etc.
  • Health & Social Work: dentist’s assistant, dentist, social worker, school life monitor, etc.
  • Boarding School: dorm monitor, Boarding School director, etc.

Career Advancement

Mobility, promotion, and training plans are key actions aimed at offering you the best career advancement opportunities within our organization. These plans include both external and internal training, coaching, and financial assistance for studies that are aligned with our organization’s needs.

Learning from and within the team is also highly valued due to the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our team members.

In the past years, some of the trainings provided to our staff have included:

  • First aid training with the RED CROSS
  • Climate change training with YEP Academy
  • NIE – teaching course for junior teachers
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Our staff experiences

Alpha Yaya Bah
Chanpalla Kim
Samnang Chhea
Savrin Thy
Socheata Chun
Sopheak Phy

Working Conditions & Benefits

We offer our staff:

  • 5-day, 40-hour workweek / Approved overtime is either paid or compensated
  • Special leave: child’s birth (3 paid months), wedding (5 paid days), etc.
  • 2-week holiday for Khmer New Year and an allowance to celebrate with your family
  • 100% paid maternity leave and an allowance for the child’s birth ($100 for the first child, etc.)
  • Funeral allowance
  • Fuel allowance or free daily shuttle to and from school
  • Free daily lunch
  • NSSF and 24-hour accident insurance, etc.

Volunteering & Internships

As an NGO, we also provide opportunities for volunteers and students to join and contribute to the Happy Chandara project.

Volunteering or internships provide a valuable opportunity to contribute to and learn from our project. You could teach subjects like English or Arts & Crafts, or hone your skills in other fields such as Communications, Ecology-related projects or Boarding School management.

We champion diversity and inclusion by welcoming English-proficient volunteers and interns from diverse backgrounds to enrich our daily commitment throughout the year.

We run several programmes and projects such as Girls & Science and Chandara Academy (an online teaching platform). Every year, we seek interns to help refine our teaching methodologies and cultivate our students’ mindset.

We provide food and accommodation at school for our volunteers and interns.

Evenings, weekends, public holidays and vacations are deemed free unless your position requires you to participate in events or outings organized by the school on or off campus.

Recruitment Process

Please send your email to our HR team.

Job opportunity

All job vacancies with Happy Chandara including Volunteer & Intern positions.

DRAWING AND CALLIGRAPHY TEACHER

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Teach students how to draw and calligraphy correctly in accordance with the rules, as well as the value of painting for future applications.

DepartmentSport and Extra-Curricular Activity Department (SECA)
Line ManagerSECA Manager
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours8 hours/week, 1 day/week – only Wednesday

Main Responsibilities

Preparation time / administration

  • Design and develop lesson plans, instructional materials and projects that align with educational standards and student needs
  • Maintain a positive and productive classroom environment
  • Managing student behavior and fostering a creative and respectful atmosphere
  • Ensure the safety and well-being of students during dance classes
  • Attend meetings to improve the integration of creativity into program, practices and to provide feedback and improvements

Teaching

  • Teach and implement lesson plans for drawing and calligraphy in each grade level
  • Teach students painting and calligraphy techniques, both classical and contemporary in accordance with the rules and stages
  • Encourage students to explore their creativity and develop their unique artistic style
  • Follow each step on the various drawings
  • Follow various drawings and calligraphy
  • Apply individually

Others

  • Collaborate with English teachers to make the postcards to send to Sponsors
  • Participate in organizing the internal and external competition with SECA Manager and supervise the visual art events

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CHINESE COORDINATOR

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The Chinese coordinator is teaching, developing and promoting the appropriate skills and social abilities to enable the optimum development of children, according to age, ability and aptitude. S/he creates daily lesson plans, conducts classroom discussions, administer and grade tests, assign and review homework, and complete individual student assessments.

DepartmentPedagogy (Chinese)
Line ManagerPedagogy Director
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours40 hours / week from Monday to Friday

Main Responsibilities

Curriculum Development and Implementation

  • Develop Chinese curriculum for Secondary and High School Students; design extra-curricular Chinese cultural projects; e.g. Setting up Chinese Club; Calligraphy, Chinese Martial Arts, Chess, Drawing, Food; Organize Chinese cultural activities on and off campus
  • Make Annual Chinese Teaching Plan
  • Make Weekly Chinese Lesson Plan
  • Teach Chinese to Grade 6 and 7

Teacher Supervision and Support

  • Supervise Chinese teachers and provide professional development
  • Coordinate absence of Chinese teachers, teaching replacement or standby
  • Organize department meeting for Chinese teachers
  • Select and interview Chinese teacher applicants with Human Resource Office when needed

Student Assessment and Progress Monitoring

  • Provide paper-based or oral evaluation of students’ Chinese learning monthly and by semester

Program Management and Administration

  • Make project proposals
  • Request and close budget for projects

Communication

  • Attend pedagogical meeting of the school as scheduled
  • Attend School Management Meeting as scheduled

Others

  • Be a part of the school events

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SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

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To raise mental health awareness among students to reduce symptoms, improve functioning, and equip them with skills to manage psychological issues. It promotes well-being and socialization, fostering learning and preventing school dropouts.

DepartmentHealth Department
Line ManagerHealth Manager 
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours40hours/week – Monday to Friday (In case of necessity to work on Saturday, the limit is fixed at 1 Saturday on 3 by rotate
School year: September to July
Summer Camps: August)

Main Responsibilities

Supervision

  • In each group (Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary and High School), the psychologist is responsible for assessment and monitoring of a child’s psychological support, behaviour problem and poor school issue performance

Preventive & Intervention Action

  • Develop and psychological problems such as somatic symptoms, anxiety, depression, and psychotic symptoms. Discuss with supervisors and refer externally if medication is needed
  • Assist students with intellectual limitations, learning disabilities, attention problems, and behavioural or emotional issues
  • Educate on abnormal psychosocial situations linked to mental health problems
  • Collaborate with pedagogy, social workers, family, and school life for information on student behaviour patterns and signs
  • Conduct assessments, psychoeducation, and counselling. Promote self-care and mental health awareness, and prevent student dropout
  • Collaborate with CG Department to connect students VTC programs to address poor studying and intervene based on life events

Reporting

  • Maintain Excel tables for review by Dr. reference, health manager, and supervisor
  • Complete a psychological report for each session
  • Summarize mid-year and yearly psychological activities

Meeting

  • Participate in department, staff, psychological team, health department, social and psychological monthly, parenting, class evaluation, and council/committee meetings
  • Engage in school events, workshops, and training
  • Follow an anticipated agenda displayed on Google Calendar, and be available for urgent on-call cases

Capacity building for staffs and team

  • Raising mental health awareness in school settings annually
  • Attending mental health workshops and meetings with NGOs and hospitals biannually
  • Practicing self-care through monthly sessions such as yoga, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques
  • Conducting case conferences and audits to share and address challenging cases, promote early intervention, and exchange experiences among psychologists
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School Life Monitor

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Ensure student safety and order on the school grounds, manage and prevent disruptive behaviour from both students and non-students, and enforce rules based on guidelines.

DepartmentSocial Department
Line ManagerSchool Life Supervisor
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours40 hours/weekly, Monday to Friday
(flexible for weekend)

Main Responsibilities

Supervision of students

  • Control the arrival of students. Check if the students wear their badge, proper uniform, clean shoes, hair tied up
    • No nail polish or make-up for the older students
  • Control students’ behaviour during flag raising ceremony
  • Take note of the latecomers and inform the Head of the school life
  • Follow up student absences by taking teacher absence reports and inform the Head of the school life
  • Supervise students during interclasses, extracurricular activities and mealtimes
  • Control, recall and reinforce collective life rules and internal regulations to the students
  • Listen to the students
  • Supervise students during supervised study sessions and detention
  • Monitor students every day at school exit point
    • Safety
    • Use of helmets
  • Evacuate the students, place them in safety in case of accident or fire and guide the emergency response team
  • Report problems and danger to the Head of the school life

Specific – At the primary school

  • Organize and supervise the students tooth brushing
  • Supervise pupils of level 1, 2 and 3 during their nap time
  • Monitor students in play activities library according to the timetables

Administrative ork in relation with the management

  • Assist in the organization and distribution of school uniforms, bags and materials before the beginning of the school year
  • Invigilate the exams
  • Assist in new pupils’ registration for the new promotion (Grade1)

Extra curriculum activities

  • Encourage, help and supervise educational or extracurricular activities (eg: students ‘clubs)

Others

  • Work in collaboration with other school services
  • Take part in school events, workshops, trainings, outings and activities which may take place at weekends or in the evening;(optional)
  • Work closely with the Head of the school life on students’ follow-up
  • Attend staff meetings
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Alpha Yaya Bah - Project Manager

Working as a projects manager at Happy Chandara since 2022 has been an enriching and inspiring experience. Together with my teams, we design and implement projects in the fields of logistics, construction, ecology and education.  Although the challenges are enormous, the rewards are priceless. Our multicultural teams are passionate and highly committed to implementing our sustainable projects, which are part of the collective effort to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Indeed, knowing that my work is helping to transform the lives and opportunities of young girls from vulnerable groups is a constant source of motivation, and I feel very happy and fortunate to be contributing to the education and empowerment of these young girls.

Chanpalla KIM – Boarding school 1 director

I arrived in Happy Chandara in 2010. Our boarding school accommodates 163 students from KG to G12.

Boarders live here either for geographical or family reasons. We provide a safe place where they can focus on their studies and enjoy extracurricular activities. They stay the whole week and some on weekends. 

Samnang Chhea– Social manager

I started my work in Happy Chandara in 2017.

With the social team, we provide many services and initiate many projects to

assist our students and their families such as food distribution, transportation, health care,

boarding school assessment, awareness raising…. Our families face many challenges and the housing project is one among other projects who find solutions against an unstable environment, unhygienic housing and lack of access to basic needs. 

“We strongly believe that these great supports can help our students and families to access a better and safer living condition”

Savrin Thy, Pedagogy Director

I started to work at Happy Chandara in 2017. My ultimate goal, after earning my Doctorate in Education, is to work in a school where I can provide exceptional education to Cambodian youth, equipping them with comprehensive knowledge, essential skills, and a positive, resilient mindset.

As the Pedagogical Director at Happy Chandara, I have the opportunity to articulate my vision and implement innovative teaching methods that nurture young girls and empower them to become future women leaders. Surrounded by open-minded colleagues, I feel genuinely appreciated. Happy Chandara embodies my educational ideals and allows me to make a meaningful impact on Cambodia’s future.

Socheata CHUN – Preparing for the future Coordinator

I joined Happy Chandara as a teacher in 2017. Now I am in charge of several programs that shape students to give them practical skills, mindset and career guidance to lead them to the best jobs.

Our three programs (Open Students Mind, ICT, and Solidarity Projects) prepare our girls for their professional and adult life. For the Open Students Mind program, we cover six main topics: Values, Health, Environment, Society, Women, and Brand Cambodia/Entrepreneurship, using both indoor and outdoor learning methods. To enhance both soft and hard skills, we employ a Project-Based Learning approach to design community project.

In the ICT program, we teach Microsoft Office and information technologies, including Google Suite, email, and coding programs related to science and AI, which will benefit students in their future endeavors. The Solidarity Projects aim to enhance the competencies of both the communities and the students. Currently, we are running two initiatives: the Biblio Book project and the Helping Students at Boarding School project.

Career guidance team follows our students during all these years at Happy Chandara to help them to find universities, training, and job opportunities.

Sopheak Chhea- Director of the Bilingual Program

Since joining Happy Chandara School in 2013, I have had the privilege of contributing to a transformative educational environment. As the Director of the Bilingual Program, I work with a dedicated team to develop curricula that equip our students with strong English proficiency and a global perspective while preserving our Khmer culture. My primary focus is to prepare them to be competitive with their peers from leading international schools in Cambodia while overseeing the daily operations of the English department.

What drew me to Happy Chandara was its profound mission to provide quality education to girls from underprivileged families. Historically, Khmer girls have faced significant barriers to education, and I am proud to be part of an effort to change that narrative. From teaching English in the lower grades to leading a committed team of educators, I am driven by the belief that every student at Happy Chandara School can overcome their circumstances and become a confident, self-sustaining individual and a leader of tomorrow. It is a privilege to contribute to this mission, knowing that what I am doing is to shape the future for young girls who deserve every opportunity to succeed.

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