RMF is seeking a Reporter/Editor/Feature Writer – consultant in Achrafieh with visits to project sites. 

BALADI is a seven-year program funded by USAID. It aims at supporting municipalities that demonstrate a real commitment to participatory, equitable, and effective decentralized local governance and economic development. The goal of the program is to conduct a nationwide competitive process annually to support municipalities, unions of municipalities and clusters of municipalities that illustrate a strong commitment to change and local development and that generate innovative solutions to the provision of public services, citizen engagement, and economic issues facing their communities. Projects should improve reliable and affordable public services, expand broad citizen participation, particularly youth and women, and advance social capital.

Position Summary

The Reporter/Editor/Feature Writer will be responsible for writing press releases, success stories, articles, posts, and literature in addition to interviewing key persons (Beneficiaries, sources, experts RMF team …) to be used in various dissemination mediums to RMF donors, stakeholders, media, partners and targeted audiences.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct research to uncover interesting and significant news.
• Gather, corroborate and interpret data.
• Interview key persons (witnesses, sources etc.) to obtain more information.
• Use findings to construct well-written articles.
• Retain awareness of the readers’ point of view.
• Obtain first-hand information by being present in happenings.
• Receive assignments or investigate news leads/tips.
• Comply with the moral code of the profession.
• Maintain notes and audio recordings.
• Partner with other journalists, editors, producers etc.
• Establish contacts and sources for use in future research.

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Proven working experience as Reporter/Editor/Feature Writer
• Current knowledge of headlines
• Computer proficiency (MS Office, digital editing, web search, databases)
• Excellent communication and networking skills along with an aptitude in extracting information
• Good observation and deduction skills
• Integrity and morality
• BSc degree in journalism or relevant field
• Fluent in English and Arabic, French is a plus

Please send your CV and cover letter to “[email protected]” and [email protected] mentioning the position title in the subject of your email.

The Building Alliance for Local Advancement, Development, and Investment (BALADI) program is a USAID funded program that supports locally-generated socio-economic development projects throughout Lebanon. The BALADI program seeks to encourage service delivery by local governments through municipal projects that respond to citizens’ needs. It assists municipalities and communities that have collaborated together to prepare and well plan for livelihood improvement projects.

Position Summary:

The Civil Engineer will be technically supporting RMF/BALADI team to ensure the execution of Construction works for all USAID/Baladi Projects. He/she will also play an advisory role to BALADI’s stakeholders in ensuring sustainability of these initiatives.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee day to day project implementation and ensure effective and timely completion of the infrastructure interventions according to project specifications and standards.
• Supervise the implementation of the technical components of the project contracted.
• Ensure proper project implementation, full compliance with required standards and specifications.
• Conduct regular Site inspection to check if the works on site are moving as per drawing, as per material approved, as per method statement and as per quality control procedure.
• Generate, in coordination with the Project Manager and the Deputy Program Director, designs, illustrations, and Bills of Quantities (BOQ) for the required projects.
• Conduct field assessments and coordinate with different stakeholders to determine the scope of work, resource requirements, and estimated costs.
• Monitor work progress as per USAID/Baladi regulations and standards.
• Prepare weekly field plans/reports to be submitted to the Project Manager; Support in establishing and maintaining proper project documentation and records, including but not limited to:
  • Needs assessments questionnaires, monitoring questionnaires, certificates of vouchers receipts, consolidated list of beneficiaries, photos etc.
  • Identify equipment and material needs by developing a detailed bill of quantities (BOQ), and in co-operation with the local Procurement team assess what is available in the local market.
  • Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Skills Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• 5+ years professional experience in Site and Field Engineering
• 5+ years professional experience in performing inspections in the civil discipline on construction projects
• Qualified in language and writing skills and ability to produce high-quality professional reports, and technical summaries
• Qualified presentation skills and ability to communicate to large audiences.
• Qualified people skills with the ability to communicate effectively in person, verbally and in writing.
• Strong communication & leadership skills and the ability to organize and conduct meetings & workshops.
• Ability to work in the office and travel on-location.
• Mastery of computerized tools, specifically with Autocad, Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Deadline for application is on Friday, May 18, 2018.

To those interested, please apply at: [email protected]