Reporting Officer

Who we are

Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) is a Syrian, national, non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit organization established in 2013.

Our mission id too achieve a decent life for all Syrians through managing and coordinating information and assistance.

you can know more about us visiting our page: https://acu-sy.org/

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 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.
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 Arabic language, English, translation, or any related field.
– Language: Proficiency in Arabic (advanced level), English (advanced level), and basic Turkish.
– Work Experience: At least 3 years of professional experience in writing/translating reports related to the Syrian context.

– Desirable:
– Education: A Master’s degree in Arabic language, English, translation, or any related field.
– Language: Proficiency in Arabic (advanced level), English (advanced level), and intermediate Turkish.
– Work Experience: A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in writing/translating reports related to the Syrian context.

Core & Technical Competencies
A. Core Competencies:
-Communication
-Planning and Organizing
-Creativity
-Commitment to Continuous Learning
Teamwork
Accountability
Client Orientation
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 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.