Officer, Career and Graduate Success

Workplace Circumstances

• Environment: Educational (schools / universities etc.)
• Languages: English, Khmer
• Location: Phnom Penh

Position Summary

Supervisor: Manager, Center for Career and Graduate Success

Description: The Officer, Career and Graduate Success supports the day-to-day delivery of student career readiness, internship, graduate outcomes, postgraduate pathway, employer engagement, and alumni career programs.

Reporting to the Manager, Center for Career and Graduate Success, the Officer coordinates services and activities that help AUPP students and graduates transition into employment, further education, and entrepreneurship. The role works with students, alumni, employers, academic departments, and the Partnerships Department to connect participants with meaningful opportunities.

The Officer maintains accurate program and participant records, supports communications and events, follows up with stakeholders, and contributes data for assessment, accreditation, recruitment, and institutional reporting.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership
• Support implementation of AUPP's Career & Graduate Success Strategy and annual operating plan.
• Maintain activity schedules, work plans, performance records, and assessment data.
• Coordinate career readiness activities across the student lifecycle.
• Compile program updates, participation data, and evidence for annual reports.
• Carry out assigned activities in alignment with university priorities and Center procedures.
• Career readiness & student success through internships and experiential learning
• Coordinate career readiness programs for students from first year through graduation, with particular support for third- and fourth-year students.
• Track student progress against career development milestones for each academic year.
• Arrange career coaching appointments, workshops, mentoring activities, and professional development sessions.
• Support programs that prepare students for employment, postgraduate education, entrepreneurship, and lifelong career success.
• Identify students who may benefit from additional support and coordinate follow-up or referral.
• Source, document, and promote internship opportunities across academic programs.
• Coordinate internship applications, placements, documentation, and tracking.
• Liaise with academic departments to support experiential learning opportunities.
• Monitor required documentation and feedback to support quality internships and employer-supervised learning experiences.
• Maintain internship participation, completion, and outcome records.
• Employer engagement & opportunity development
• Maintain employer contacts and coordinate routine career-related engagement under the Manager's direction.
• Work with the Partnerships Department to follow up on internships, mentoring, recruitment, industry projects, guest lectures, and experiential learning opportunities.
• Conduct employer outreach for vacancies, internships, mentorship, and career development activities.
• Coordinate logistics, registrations, communications, and follow-up for career fairs, employer information sessions, networking activities, recruiter visits, and industry programs.
• Support employer participation in student career development initiatives.
• Graduate school & professional pathways
• Provide information and administrative support to students pursuing Master's, JD, PhD, fellowship, scholarship, and professional certification opportunities.
• Coordinate graduate school preparation sessions and application support activities.
• Research and share international postgraduate pathways and scholarship opportunities.
• Alumni Engagement
• Coordinate with alumni, the AUPP Alumni Association, and university stakeholders to support professional networks for students and graduates.
• Administer alumni mentoring and networking activities, including matching, scheduling, and follow-up.
• Recruit and coordinate alumni participation as speakers, mentors, recruiters, and industry advisors.
• Respond to alumni career service inquiries and promote lifelong engagement opportunities.
• Graduate outcomes & institutional analytics
• Administer graduate destination surveys, reminders, and routine data collection.
• Record graduate employment, entrepreneurship, postgraduate study, professional certification, and other post-graduation outcomes.
• Maintain accurate, confidential graduate outcomes databases and supporting documentation.
• Compile data, charts, and narrative inputs for the annual Graduate Outcomes Report.
• Prepare requested employability and graduate success data for accreditation, rankings, marketing, recruitment, and institutional planning.

Languages

• English - Fluent

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in education, business, human resources, communications, social sciences, or a related field.

Work History

• Relevant experience in career services, student services, internships, employer engagement, recruitment, program coordination, or a related field for 2 years as a minimum

General & Technical Skills

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in education, business, human resources, communications, social sciences, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate programs, events, and stakeholder communications.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, data management, and customer service skills.
• Experience in higher education, career development, employability, internship management, or student success.
• Experience using databases, spreadsheets, surveys, or customer relationship management systems for tracking and reporting.
• Knowledge of labor market trends, graduate pathways, and workforce development.
• Experience working with employers, alumni, industry associations, international organizations, or government stakeholders.