Report Writing

SAWA for Development and Aid is a Civil Society Organization founded initially as a spontaneous initiative in December 2011 to respond to the arrival of the first 40 Syrian families displaced from Syria into the North of Lebanon.

This initiative then grew to include individual activists, locals and internationals, who worked together (literally meaning ‘SAWA’ in Arabic) to share their knowledge and exchange their experiences in order to support Syrians, internally displaced or refugees in neighboring countries, united by their belief in their right to live in dignity, freedom, and to be active individuals in their communities and wherever they are.

SAWA sees itself as part and parcel of the society, and that it is on a continuous learning journey based on a participatory relationship at all levels with the communities that it works with, whether host or displaced, as well as with local and international partners.

SAWA believes that humanitarian, developmental, and civic work has to always strive to achieve social justice, and so it aims to work with individuals and communities through holistic interventions towards a society based on democracy, pluralism, and the values of citizenship and human rights. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Provide quality control to the project reporting process in line with SAWA’s guidelines and editorial procedures.
•    Editing, revising, and rewriting as needed to produce high quality, timely, results-based progress and project end reports aligned with SAWA’s established formats.
•    Review the report’s narrative components in the context of the project cycle.
•    Prepare specific report-related feedback to program divisions throughout the report preparation process.
•    Prepare specific report-related feedback for focal points and others engaged in resource mobilization, to enhance and improve donor intelligence to support those efforts, and contribute to institutional knowledge-sharing.
•    Prepare specific report-related feedback to management throughout the report preparation process and flagging problematic issues.
•    Engage fully in established processes among progress reporting colleagues to improve quality control, workflow, and efficiency; provide ongoing feedback and input on other such innovations and improvements.
•    Participate actively in reporting training meetings, briefings, discussions as required.
•    Prepare end-of-year acknowledgements for signature by the management thanking partners for their contributions to projects and programs.
•    Contribute to capacity development efforts for new colleagues and editors, in collaboration with other team members.
•    Undertake any other tasks as required that relate to maintaining good donor relations through the reporting cycle.
•    Serve as back-up for team members upon request and as needed.
•    Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Competencies and Skills:

•    Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
•    Ability to work in a team.
•    Ability to work under pressure and stressful situations.
•    Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities.
•    Strong social media skills and background with a good creativity and ability to take initiative.
•    Professional copywriting and editing skills, including articles, reports, social media content, press releases, etc.
•    Good understanding of web metrics and experience producing analytics reports.
•    Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
•    Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.