Reporting Officer

Position Summary:

The Reporting Officer will collaborate with the General Director, Program Directors and Senior Management to review, consolidate or prepare monthly, quarterly, inception and/or final narrative reports and success stories for RMF projects. Additionally, s/he will work with other members of the team, on an as-needed basis, to support in developing proposals for RMF.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting, and/or developing and writing proposals, as-needed.
• Updating the overall reporting data base comprising project-wise progress report, progress analysis, and physical progress.
• Monitoring the overall progress of specific awarded contracts.
• Compiling field progress reports on weekly and monthly basis for some projects.
• Supporting preparation of power-point presentations and graph charts.
• Facilitating initiation of case studies and evaluation.
• Preparing periodic progress reports in close support of the Management.
• Visiting field offices, when requested.

Given the nature of the work, the reporting officer is expected to be flexible and may be asked to carry out duties which are not specifically listed above. The job description may be revised after discussion with the organization.

Competencies

• Ability to work under time pressure, in a high-tempo environment;
• Exercises sound judgment in identifying priority issues from information received;
• Ability to synthesize information and draft clearly, succinctly and quickly; 
• Competent verbal briefer;
• Highly developed interpersonal skills;
• Good liaison skills;
• Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability and willingness to support activities as required;
• Identifies the need for follow up actions on information received and ensures they are taken expeditiously; 
• Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter;
• Is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
• Delivers outputs for which one has responsibility within prescribed time, cost and quality standards;
• Excellent writing skills.
• Good analytical skills
• Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
• Proven experience with reporting tools, software, and other applications
• Accurately judges the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task and matches task to skills; 
• Informs his/her supervisor of unsolved problematic issues.

Education and Experience:

• A bachelor university degree in language and literature, communications or related field.
• A minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience undertaking analytical work, monitoring and evaluation, or reporting in the fields of social affairs, humanitarian affairs, or development. 
• M&E Background is a plus.
• Knowledge of the non-profit’s field and international donors programs;
• Experience in the use of MS Word, PowerPoint, databases, the Internet and electronic media applications are required.

Language
High fluency in Arabic and English, French is a plus