Our client is a non-profit organization in Cambodia. They are looking for a Deputy General Director (Education Department) who will be accountable for the overall management, development and strategy setting for the Education in the organization which is an essential part of organizational mission. He/she will be based in Phnom Penh.

Education Quality

• Ensure content & quality of education by manage the team of school directors and functional managers to guarantee the best possible education output;
• Continuously assess the quality of the training, by soliciting feedback from students, teachers
• Assess the quality of the teachers, and provide means and training for them to upgrade their knowledge and teaching skills
• Seek to continuously innovate and adapt the level of education to the changing Cambodian environment by analyzing development trends and labor market demands to adapt training skills and content appropriately;
• Work with different departments to promote development, manage and measure the best outcome.
• Ensure strong coordination between Education Department and Social & Specialized program support Team to understand student dropout or student difficulties.

Education Department Team Management

• Build a high-performance team to ensure they are motivated, mentored, and trained based on their needs
• Provide a strong leadership and role model to promote staff professionalism and sufficient capability to perform the role at its best
• Promote and encourage organizational culture and core values among both staff and students
• Ensure synergy and team between the different groups and transversal functions and encourage practice & knowledge and resource sharing for the benefice of the education organization
• Ensure organization efficiency, propose and implement the appropriate changes
• Develop the orientation department as a fair and independent body that can ensure the best choice for our children
• Put in place an Alumni organization and set up the organization
• Participate to the development of the education support software

           - Promote harmonization of the practice between school

           -  Clarify process and responsibilities

           - Support development team to ensure change management during launch and implementation

• Manage Education budget to ensure that the budget is spent wisely and follows ORGANIZATION financial policies and procedures

            - Prepare and implement education annual budgets (HR costs and operation costs) to ensure efficiency and effectiveness and respect approved Budget

            - Guarantee the necessary synergy inter school to reach the right level of expenses per child

Partnership and Relations

• Build a strong relationship and follow up initiative of Ministry of Education & TVET and both internal and external key stakeholders.
• Communicate, build and promote organizational profile on both national and international levels by

          - Participate in national forums and networks to share good practices in organization and learn from the others

          - Work with institutional, private and public organizations to promote TVET in Cambodia, and specifically, for the organization as a national benchmark for       vocational training education

          - Manage all organization academic relations with Ministries (MoLVT, MoT, other as necessary).

• Promote, create and develop a strong network of partners

          - Build good relationship with NGOs and companies in Cambodia to enable high quality students’ internship program, and to explore possibilities for partnering, such as participation by experts in ORGANIZATION courses, financial and material support, sharing resources.

         - Ensure students’ internship activities are coordinated and students placed where they can exercise their knowledge and skills

         - Develop close relationships with companies who allow organization’s students to intern in their companies and conduct regular customer satisfaction survey to get feedback from them

• Perform other tasks as request by the direct line manager (DG)

To General Director

• Master Degree in education, experience in teaching
• At least 10 years- experience in different environment with a proven record in managing education programs and technical schools
• A proven experience in managing and leading change in education environment
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and managerial skills with high level of English. Khmer would be a plus.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills, leadership and authority and ability to work with people of different cultures
• Planning, organization, time management and ability to handle a complex workload are critical
• Commitment to organizational vision and core values with strong ethics and human values
• Ability to use digital as a means of improving both management and learning effectiveness