Report Writing Consultant at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Overview:

Report Writing for International development organizations and donor-founded projects serve as an avenue to inform the donor of activities undertaken and achievements attained over a certain period. It is a contractual obligation of RISE to her donor and the stakeholders. Its serves as an avenue to document achievements, best practices, human-interest stories, articles and papers for dissemination and publication.

Reporting within the RISE system is the responsibility of all. The individuals, states and thematic leads all have reporting responsibility. The content and quality of their reports directly or indirectly reflects on RISE overall report to stakeholders. It is essential for the project personnel to have their capacity built to write and deliver high quality activity and progress reports. To achieve the expected aim of the training, RISE is proposing the engagement of two (2) expert facilitators/consultants with extensive experience in global/public health, proposal and report writing for international organizations and donor agencies.**

Responsibilities:

• Develop training curriculum, training content and training guide for participants
• Design training plans and sessions outlines
• Use theoretical and practical methodology to facilitate training sessions
• Infuse global/public health context to reporting writing
• Manage breakout learning sessions and one on one interactive sessions
• Facilitate post training mentoring and resources provision
• Develop pre and post training assessment
• Share training report

Required Qualification:

• 15+ years’ experience in public health and proven expertise in report writing
• Post PHD or PHD equivalent experience in Public Health or related health, medical or social science discipline
• Demonstrated experience working in international and public health programs with strong familiarity with donor reporting requirements
• Strong understanding of donor reporting framework and standards
• Previous work experience, preferably in NGOs is a strong asset

Required Abilities/Skills:

• Highly experienced in facilitating report writing for Global/public health programs
• Familiarity with NGO systems, reporting structure and demonstrated ability to facilitate and train participants in report writing to strengthen program implementation
• Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
• Excellent writing and communications skills, including demonstrated technical writing skills for publication
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse team and willingness to empower team