Work at Happy Chandara

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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

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.

KHMER TEACHER G5

Teacher must deliver high-quality education to students through effective teaching and learning methods. This ensures the development of subject knowledge, specific learning skills, as well as fostering positive moral attitudes towards all people and nations.

DepartmentPedagogy
Line ManagerPrimary School Director
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours20 hours/week, from Monday to Friday
(Part-time: 7:30-11:30 am or 12:30-16:30 pm, Swap every month)

Main Responsibilities

Preparation time / administration

  • Develop annual teaching plans, lesson plans, and administrative documents as required by the school and educational departments
  • Create a variety of teaching materials to support student learning
  • Establish a friendly classroom environment through classroom decoration, ensuring it is conducive to effective learning
  • Prepare exam sheets for formative and summative assessments

Teaching

  • Delivering lessons in core subjects following the MoEYS’s national curriculum
  • Employ a variety of teaching methods and learning activities to engage students actively and foster insightful interactions
  • Organize indoor and outdoor learning experiences to expose students to real-life applications and practical contexts
  • Assess students’ knowledge to identify their strengths and areas for improvement, and devise plans to support weaker students

Others

  • Educate students with positive discipline, fostering respect and good habits
  • Participate in weekly technical meetings to contribute to the development of classes
  • Attend class council meetings, parental meetings, and school events
  • Initiate and lead students in participating in core subjects’ competitions organized at the school, national, and international levels

MATH TEACHER G6

Teacher must deliver high-quality education to students through effective teaching and learning methods. This ensures the development of subject knowledge, specific learning skills, as well as fostering positive moral attitudes towards all people and nations.

DepartmentPedagogy
Line ManagerPrimary School Director
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours20 hours/week, from Monday to Friday
(Part-time: 7:30-11:30 am or 12:30-16:30 pm, Swap every month)

Main Responsibilities

Preparation time / administration

  • Develop annual teaching plans, lesson plans, and administrative documents as required by the school and educational departments
  • Create a variety of teaching materials to support student learning
  • Establish a friendly classroom environment through classroom decoration, ensuring it is conducive to effective learning
  • Prepare exam sheets for formative and summative assessments

Teaching

  • Delivering lessons in core subjects following the MoEYS’s national curriculum
  • Employ a variety of teaching methods and learning activities to engage students actively and foster insightful interactions
  • Organize indoor and outdoor learning experiences to expose students to real-life applications and practical contexts
  • Assess students’ knowledge to identify their strengths and areas for improvement, and devise plans to support weaker students

Others

  • Educate students with positive discipline, fostering respect and good habits
  • Participate in weekly technical meetings to contribute to the development of classes
  • Attend class council meetings, parental meetings, and school events
  • Initiate and lead students in participating in core subjects’ competitions organized at the school, national, and international levels

SECONDARY SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY TEACHER

The mission is to provide students of Grade 7 to 9 with concrete academic knowledge and skills, and to develop student’s competency, attitude, and creativity.

DepartmentPedagogy
Line ManagerDeputy Director Responsible for Secondary School
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours30h / week – Monday to Friday

Main Responsibilities

Preparation time / administration

  • Plan annual instructional programs with clear learning expectations, aligned with the national curriculum
  • Prepare necessary documentation and fulfil school requirements
  • Attend staff meetings, training, and workshops for professional development
  • Respect school regulations and manage student discipline
  • Volunteer to provide extra lessons for students who need additional help
  • Maintain an effective classroom environment, including seating, decoration, and overall atmosphere
  • Prepare, administer, and score tests; report on students’ progress and growth
  • Collaborate with other teachers to plan and prepare tests, including summative assessments
  • Mark exams and report results
  • Assess and address students’ learning difficulties
  • Attend monthly technical meetings and peer-teaching sessions to improve teaching skills
  • Conduct micro-teaching or lesson studies to refine teaching methods
  • Be open to new teaching approaches and attend relevant workshops and training
  • Experiment with new teaching methods, supported by the head teacher and school principal if needed

Teaching

  • Develop and implement diverse teaching materials and activities aligned with curriculum goals
  • Evaluate student work, identify learning needs, and provide constructive feedback
  • Collaborate with parents and school staff on student progress and educational programs
  • Engage in continuous learning and innovation in teaching methods
  • Lead academic projects, create new learning tasks, and participate in class counselling to enhance student knowledge and skills

Others

  • Collaborate with head teachers to create workbooks, tests, answer keys, and improve teaching materials
  • Work with other departments and community members as needed
  • Guide students in leading academic projects and school events, and coach them for competitions
  • Plan subject fairs, contests, and club activities, and participate in school events and activities
  • Engage with educational professionals and attend staff and department meetings
  • Demonstrate a strong commitment to student success

SCHOOL BUS MONITOR

Ensuring the safety and supervision of students while they are being transported to and from school on the school bus. Ensures that students adhere to bus rules, assists with boarding and provides help in emergencies.

DepartmentSocial Department
Line ManagerSchool Life Supervisor
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours20h / week – Monday to Friday

Main Responsibilities

Supervision of students

  • Ensure the safety of all students on the bus
  • Help maintain a clean and orderly bus environment
  • Assist students with special needs during boarding and exiting
  • Monitor and manage student behaviour, enforcing bus rules
  • Communicate effectively with the bus driver and school staff
  • Documentation any incidents or concerns during the bus ride
  • Provide assistance in emergencies, including evacuating the bus if necessary
  • Contact student’s family when student is late and missed
  • Take student list and check student attendant everyday
  • Report student absence and issue to the Social unit

Others

  • Collaborate with other school services (Social Work, School Life, project teams, and other departments).
  • Take part in school events, workshops, training sessions, outings, and activities on weekends or in the evenings (optional).
  • Attend staff meetings and team meetings.
  • Lead students in cleaning the school environment in the morning.
  • Lead students in checking for plastic items, food, drinks, and dangerous objects.
  • Ensure that students participate in the flag ceremony in the morning and evening.
  • Care and protection of school property.

ICT COORDINATOR

Lead and coordinate the HCS ICT Program under the supervision of the Pedagogy Director. Ensure coherent ICT learning across grade levels, quality teaching and assessment, continuous teacher development, and effective use of digital resources. Promote digital literacy, computational thinking, problem-solving, digital citizenship, and appropriate use of emerging technologies.

DepartmentPedagogy
Line ManagerPedagogy Director
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours40h / week – Monday to Friday – Flexible on weekend

Main Responsibilities

Program Leadership and Curriculum Development

  • Lead the implementation, review, and continuous improvement of the HCS ICT Program
  • Ensure a coherent and progressive ICT curriculum across grade levels and appropriate differentiation according to student pathways
  • Coordinate curriculum planning, learning resources, projects, and assessment approaches with ICT teachers
  • Promote practical, student-centered, project-based, and problem-solving approaches to ICT learning

Training and Learning

  • Teach ICT according to the assigned teaching workload and prepare appropriate lessons, materials, assessments, and projects
  • Model effective ICT pedagogy and support students in applying digital skills meaningfully in their learning
  • Monitor student learning and use evidence to improve teaching and curriculum

Team Coordination and Professional Development

  • Provide pedagogical leadership and coordination to the ICT teaching team
  • Lead regular team meetings, classroom observations, lesson review, feedback, and collaborative planning
  • Plan, support, and monitor continuous professional development for ICT teachers, including self-directed learning, relevant courses, sharing sessions, and peer learning

Quality, Resources and Prgram Managment

  • Ensure consistent standards for ICT teaching, assessment, projects, documentation, and learning resources
  • Coordinate the effective educational use of ICT facilities, equipment, software, and digital platforms
  • Contribute to program planning, budgeting, recruitment, resource development, and reporting in collaboration with the Pedagogy Director and relevant teams
  • Develop shared resources and documentation to strengthen the sustainability of the ICT Program

Collaboration and Other Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with school leadership, teachers, and other departments to strengthen meaningful use of ICT across HCS
  • Promote responsible digital citizenship, ethical technology use, safeguarding, and equal opportunities for girls in digital learning
  • Participate in relevant school meetings, events, workshops, and projects
  • Perform other relevant duties assigned by the Pedagogy Director

SOCIAL WORKER

To ensure that the students fully access to higher education. S/he will be in permanent contact with families, community and social services. Co-responsible of the HCS students and their families with social colleagues and the stakeholders, and to prevent students from drop out.

DepartmentSocial Department
Line ManagerSocial Manager
Type of ContractUnlimited duration contract (UDC)
Working Hours40h / week – Monday to Friday

Main Responsibilities

Assessment and Evaluation

  • Assess the home visit
  • Boarding school assessment forms
  • Daily report, monthly report, quarterly report

Case Management

  • Work with School life on student absenteeism and take intervention
  • Identify problem in the family and support based on the specific need
  • Work on case management & different projects
  • Prevent drop out
  • Update information in database & Database entry

Collaboration and Networking

  • Work with parents to maximize their understanding of the school functioning
  • Work with others units to plan and coordinate work particularly school psychologists, health team, pedagogical team, career guidance and other projects
  • Establish relationship with other stakeholders that work the similar field in order to refer cases if need
  • Build good relations with local authorities
  • Take part in community workshop or training on the topic that organize by the Social department

Others

  • Prepare a weekly work plan of daily work
  • Organize the food distribution for the monthly distribution, the Khmer New Year, and other distribution based on requirement
  • Daily standby
  • Recruit students for KG
  • Other tasks required by the social manager

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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.