Field Research Associate
- Career Category: Social Work, Community Development, Rural development, Research / Development
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Marici Cambodia is leading a search for a Field Research Associate in Phnom Penh on behalf of a fast growing global social-impact organisation working to prevent child exploitation. This role will turn direct field observations and community insights into information that helps strengthen child protection interventions. This is a full time role.
This role is for someone who:
- Is curious, observant, and street-smart
- Efficient in Building trust with people from diverse communities
- Enjoys spending extensive time in the field gathering information through observations and social interactions
- is able to Gather reliable information and document it properly on timely basis
- Works responsibly and independently in complex environments
- Is deeply motivated and genuinely passionate about protecting children from exploitation
About The Role
Your field work will help the organisation understand what is happening on the ground, where children may be vulnerable.. Your work will support programme decisions, guide interventions, and contribute to strengthen child protection systems across Phnom Penh and surrounding areas.
- FIELD RESEARCH
- Conduct field visits across urban and community environments
- Conduct observation, interviews, and direct interactions
- Plan and complete field tasks safely, responsibly, and on time
- OBSERVATION
- Understand behaviours and risks affecting children
- Document field activity
- Understand local conditions
- Escalate urgent concerns through the appropriate internal channels
- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Engage with people respectfully
- Ask thoughtful questions and ability to listen
- Develop an understanding of local environments
- Protect the dignity of every participant
- FIELD INFORMATION GATHERING
- Gathering reliable information from field
- Observation and getting inputs from contacts
- Respectful conversations and repeated field visits (when necessary)
- Communicate important field findings promptly and accurately
- Khmer - Good is required
- English is preferred
- High School Diploma
- Bachelor's Degree in community data collection, Sociology, Psychology, Journalism, community development studies, Social Work, or a related discipline
- Field research, NGO programmes, community engagement, or investigations are preferred for 1 to 2 years
- Freshers with a strong interest in field-based work are also welcome to apply.
- Comfortable travelling within Phnom Penh
- Good written and verbal communication skills in Khmer are required. Familiarity in English is desirable.
- Candidates should possess basic computer skills
- Maintains high team morale and supporting team members.
- Values discipline and consistency of high quality field work
- Strong observation, and attention to detail, with the persistence to uncover hard-to-find details on the ground.
- Street smart, approachable, and able to build trust people
- High integrity, good judgement, and maintains confidentiality
- Able to work independently and with a team; under pressure and adapt in different conditions
- Willingness to learn and take feedbacks
- Willingness to work long and irregular hours in demanding field conditions, including evenings and weekends when assignments require
Field Research Associate
- Career Category: Social Work, Community Development, Rural development, Research / Development
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Marici Cambodia is leading a search for a Field Research Associate in Siem Reap on behalf of a fast growing global social-impact organisation working to prevent child exploitation. This role will turn direct field observations and community insights into information that helps strengthen child protection interventions. This is a full-time role.
This role is for someone who:
- Is curious, observant, and street-smart
- Efficient in Building trust with people from diverse communities
- Enjoys spending extensive time in the field gathering information through observations and social interactions
- is able to Gather reliable information and document it properly on timely basis
- Works responsibly and independently in complex environments
- Is deeply motivated and genuinely passionate about protecting children from exploitation
About The Role
Your field work will help the organisation understand what is happening on the ground, where children may be vulnerable. Your work will support programme decisions, guide interventions, and contribute to strengthen child protection systems across Siem Reap and surrounding areas.
- FIELD RESEARCH
- Conduct field visits across urban and community environments
- Conduct observation, interviews, and direct interactions
- Plan and complete field tasks safely, responsibly, and on time
- OBSERVATION
- Understand behaviours and risks affecting children
- Document field activity
- Understand local conditions
- Escalate urgent concerns through the appropriate internal channels
- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Engage with people respectfully
- Ask thoughtful questions and ability to listen
- Develop an understanding of local environments
- Protect the dignity of every participant
- FIELD INFORMATION GATHERING
- Gathering reliable information from field
- Observation and getting inputs from contacts
- Respectful conversations and repeated field visits (when necessary)
- Communicate important field findings promptly and accurately
- Khmer - Good is required
- English is preferred
- High School Diploma
- Bachelor's Degree in community data collection, Sociology, Psychology, Journalism, community development studies, Social Work, or a related discipline
- Field research, NGO programmes, community engagement, or investigations are preferred for 1 to 2 years
- Freshers with a strong interest in field-based work are also welcome to apply.
- Comfortable travelling within Siem Reap
- Good written and verbal communication skills in Khmer are required. Familiarity in English is desirable.
- Candidates should possess basic computer skills
- Maintains high team morale and supporting team members.
- Values discipline and consistency of high-quality field work
- Strong observation, and attention to detail, with the persistence to uncover hard-to-find details on the ground.
- Street smart, approachable, and able to build trust people
- High integrity, good judgement, and maintains confidentiality
- Able to work independently and with a team; under pressure and adapt in different conditions
- Willingness to learn and take feedbacks
- Willingness to work long and irregular hours in demanding field conditions, including evenings and weekends when assignments require
