IMU Reporting Officer At Assistance Coordination Unit

Job Purpose

To produce a range of information products, including need assessments, situation, flash reports, etc. for IMU after receiving pre-processed information from the data analysis and network coordinating officers.

Responsibilities

To establish standard templates for all IMU information products.
To draft reports in Arabic and/or English in scientific, professional and clear language.
To review/edit the drafted reports and ensure the consistency and accuracy of the presented data in the form of narrative, figures and maps.
To Read material and research humanitarian-specific terminology.
To create/translate reports in Arabic/English applying humanitarian terminology and ensuring translated texts convey original meaning, format and tone.
To read and grasp graphs, maps, infographics, tables, and other visuals to generate narrative concise texts demonstrating meaning and communicating message.
To produce regular/ad-hoc reports, newsletters, thematic reports, presentations, narrative for interactive and classical reports and other narrative reports as assigned by supervisor.
To prepare methodologies for IMU products.
To prepare secondary data for each report.
To draft/review/edit other substantive written material for the manager as requested.
To translate reports from Arabic to English and vice versa and other documents as requested by management.
To perform interpretation during meetings/trainings upon request.
To attend Cluster meetings, present IMU products there and engage with UN cluster leads.
To present IMU products in professional way in English/Arabic languages in meetings.
Write project proposals for any potential projects as per donor request.
To Perform interpretation during meetings/trainings upon request
To work overtime when required.
To perform any other needed duties as directed by supervisor.

Note: the above-mentioned key responsibilities/accountabilities are illustrative ones. Another future responsibilities/accountabilities may be assigned to the job depending on the department organizational chart. **

Qualification (Education/Work Experience/Languages)

Essential:

Education: A bachelor’s degree in English language, translation or any related field.
Language: Arabic language advanced level; English language advanced level; Turkish basic level.
Work Experience: A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in writing/translating reports related to the Syrian context.

Desirable:

Master’s degree in English language, translation or any related field.
Language: Arabic language advanced level; English language advanced level; Turkish intermediate level.
A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in writing/translating reports related to the Syrian context.

Core & Technical Competencies

A. Core Competencies:

Communication
Teamwork
Planning and Organizing
Accountability
Creativity
Client Orientation
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Technological Awareness.

B. Technical Competencies:

Reporting skills: drafting reports with context analysis, producing recommendations, triangulating available data to write key findings, usage of references in reports, usage of secondary data in reports, and presenting complex information in a clear fashion.

Excellent command and demonstrated experience in translation and presenting complex information in a clear fashion.
Good command of Microsoft office Excel: sorting data, if function, filters, …
Good command of Microsoft OneDrive/SharePoint: archiving, file management.
Good command of Microsoft office Word: organizing word documents, text formatting, document layout, dealing with tables.
Good command of Microsoft office PowerPoint: preparing slideshows and presentations.
High degree of knowledge on the situation inside Syria and of actors and networks (LCs, PCs, NGOs)
Good command of humanitarian standards.
Good command of sphere standards.
Good knowledge of skype.