Student Placement and Communication Officer for Phare Ponleu Selpak

Main Roles and Responsibilities of the post-holder include, but are not limited to the followings:

• Participate and contribute to the development of communication strategy for the school, Facebook and other social media pages/accounts (i.e. YouTube).
• Implement the communication strategy for the school, which includes collecting stories, taking photos, making videos to post in Khmer and English.
• Draft different types of communication materials: letters, invitations, articles, interviews, etc.
• Actively monitor websites (Visual and Applied Art School section).
• Support internal communication of school i.e., bulletin board, reaching student groups and participate in managing quarterly internal magazine.
• Initiate and coordinate school marketing & promotion events for student recruitment.
• Manage communication efforts around school events and fundraising efforts.
• Coordinate student internships and support with job placement including:
• Help students with setting up their online portfolios and create professional CVs.
• Help students to prepare for interviews
• Maintain updated lists (database) of industry partners
• Communicate with industry partners through various channels.
• Maintain good relationship with the existing partners and build new partnerships.
• Liaise with industry partners for various school activities and events (jury sessions, graduation etc.).
• Know Phare Ponleu Selpak’s products and services inside and out.
• Develop and maintain good relationship with local companies in creative industry
• Help students identify suitable internships and pursue their interest
• Draw up relevant contracts and documents to formalize the internship
• Accompany students during the course of their internships
• Manage internship reports presentations after completion
• Keep the list of job opportunities updated
• Communicate with teachers, and students as required.
• Translate documents from Khmer to English and vice versa
• Translate workshops (if any) from Khmer to English and vice versa
• Work closely with Student Services Supervisor to ensure efficient services are provided to students.
• Performs any other tasked assigned by the Director of Visual and Applied Art School.