Work with APLE
Join the Team Protecting Cambodia's Children
APLE is a multidisciplinary team of lawyers, investigators, counsellors, social workers, and advocates and there may be a place for you in it.
Our culture
Why Work at APLE
Two decades of frontline work have taught us what makes a good place to do this work well.
Get involved
Ways to Get Involved
Not every contribution looks the same — here are the main paths onto the team.
How we work
Our Culture
Every person at APLE works under the same guiding principles that govern our casework: the best interests of the child, do-no-harm, dignity and confidentiality, non-discrimination, and due process. Under our 2026–2030 Strategic Plan, we’re also formally committed to staff wellbeing and secondary-trauma prevention support, and to sustaining workforce retention above 85% — because protecting children well, for the long term, starts with taking care of the people doing that work.
See our Leadership & Governance page for more on how APLE is structured and led.
Opportunities
Current Openings
Open positions are posted here as they become available. If nothing is listed right now, we still welcome speculative applications and expressions of interest for future roles — reach out and tell us where your skills might fit.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on the role. Frontline casework and community roles typically require Khmer; some technical, policy, and international-facing roles do not. Each posting specifies its requirements.
Most roles involve an initial screening call, a panel interview, and — given the nature of our work — a safeguarding and background check before any offer is finalised.
Selectively, for specific skilled roles where safeguarding and continuity can be assured. We do not offer short-term “voluntourism” placements involving direct child contact.
All staff and long-term volunteers undergo safe recruitment screening, including background checks and reference verification, consistent with our Child Protection Policy.
Join us
There Is a Place for You Here
Whether as staff, volunteer, or partner — this work needs people who refuse to look away.