Offre d’emploi : Manager of Student Placement Services
Manager of Student Placement Services
Pour un Sourire d’Enfant (PSE) - For a Child’s Smile is a non-profit organization founded by Christian and Marie-France des Pallières, operating in Cambodia since 1995. Its mission is to help children escape from destitution and lead them to decent, skilled and well-paid jobs.
Recognized by the local authorities, PSE is working in respect of the country with the Cambodians and thus supports sustainable development.
Six main programs – adapted to the needs of the children – have been developed: food, health, protection, education & schooling, vocational training and help for families.
PSE helps more than 6,500 children and more than 6,000 graduates from PSE Vocational Training program graduates have already successfully integrated the job market with a real qualified position. PSE employs more than 650 people in Cambodia (Phnom Penh mainly) and 6 staff at the headquarters in France. 400 volunteers in different countries are actively working on making the organization known through fundraising donations and sponsorships.
In 2000, PSE received the French Human Rights Prize from the French Republic.
Lieu du poste : Phnom Penh Cambodia
Date de début : 02-01-2025
The position is responsible for creating and communicating a favorable public image and relation of the PSE vocational training program to external stakeholders/partners to secure the students’ placement opportunities for both employment and in-company practices (internship/apprenticeship). S/He will direct effective internal and external relation to increase educational corporate awareness, support key activities of in-company practices for students, and analyze industry market information for the skill training needs, and the satisfaction on the training quality for the development of program strategy.
1. Build relationships with employers
- Create and maintain corporate identity and image of PSE Institute to external partners and be the main person in all relation with industrial sectors
- Develop cooperative relationships with business contacts for the Institute's reputation and to pave the future training partnerships and enough placement opportunities
- Lead in designing and implementing the corporate projects and events that contribute to the educational partnering opportunities of vocational training programs and students placement (internship, apprenticeship, employability skill practice, career fairs, study visit, skill orientation, etc.)
2. Manage the placement process for internships and apprenticeships
- Create and develop internship/apprenticeship policies, procedures and tools to support effective implementation of internship/apprenticeship program
- Develop the internship/apprenticeship placement projection or planning to ensure enough opportunities for all students
- Plan the annual activities/schedule of internship/apprenticeship with the schools and manage the placement in time
- Manage to conduct site visits (visit the company) to evaluate appropriateness and relevance of internships/apprenticeship for students
- Ensure the quality of the students placement (placement arrangement, place student in the skill they learn, monitor the regular follow up between company and school after the placement, placement scheduling and action plan, etc.)
3. Execute market and graduates’ survey and analysis
- Direct employer/company satisfaction surveys for internship/apprenticeship placement and employment placement when requested/required
- Direct graduates’ employment surveys and analysis (with KIMSO company for the moment) to evaluate the social impact and to ensure the mission of the PSE education and training programs
- Coordinate with the deans to have regular evaluation from the students and schools of their satisfaction on the company where internship/apprenticeship are placed
- Analyze labor market trends to guide program development
- Prepare and present research/survey findings for the training program refelction and actionable insights for continuous improvement of training programs
4. Database and System Management
- Oversee the creation and management of the student placement services database and dashboard (internship/apprenticeship placement, company satisfaction survey, student’s satisfaction survey/report, logbook records, etc)
- Maintain up-to-date records of employer’s contacts (CRM) and alumni’s
- Ensure the database is efficient and supports the reporting needs
5. Develop and manage an effective graduates’ employment support and relation
- Proactively supervise with the deans, student affairs officer teams to set electronic alumni connection systems/platform (telegram, messenger, …) to maintain alumni connecting activities, and facilitate the alumni concerning projects
- Develop strong student and alumni connection with the deans by creating regular events or projects to increase and maintain alumni relationship and connection back to PSE
- Supervise and ensure the employment placement supports for short course training graduates, when requested from other PSEI alumni and the high-risk dropouts of PSE
- Ensure that all job opportunities received from companies, whether intended for recent graduates or alumni, are centralized and made easily accessible to the respective alumni candidates.
6. Collaboration and Reporting
- Collaborate with the Communication and Grant teams for partnership and funding proposals concerning to student placement services and contribute to achieving the set sponsorship KPIs
- Share with/Introduce to the Communication and Grant teams the partner connections which are potential for PSE collaboration and sponsoring projects
- Prepare reports on student placement activities (annual report and as requested/required from ministries/sponsoring projects)
7. Perform other tasks as request by the superiors
www.pse.ngo for comprehensive information concerning PSE
Applications with cover letter and resume should be sent to recruitment@pse.ngo
Recruitment team contact: 093 617 555