Walaa Akram Montasser

Catholic Relief Services

• Data Management and Verification project officerFull Time

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2021 -3 yrs, 5 months

  Egypt
• Data Managment and Verification Project OfficerFull Time

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2021 -4 yrs, 6 months

  Egypt , Cairo

  • Job Details:• Verify all the education cash disbursement documents and ensure its compliance with donor and CRS requirements. • Ensure clean and accurate data recorded for the education cash disbursement process, maintaining a centralized clean database of PoC for the project team taking into consideration the Data Protection standards. • Provide regular accessible reports and statistics on education cash disbursement progress. • Manage the internal filing system for the education cash disbursement documents, promoting the highest Data Protection standards. • Support accountability through coordinating project evaluation activities and assisting project team members, partners (if applicable) in efforts to collect and analyze project data per specified mechanisms and tools. • Act as a focal point with donors represntitives, create reports to donors based on schedule. • Collaborate with finance team and Egyptian post office to ensure all payments sent on time. • Make sure all beneficieries recieve thier grants on time, solve any cashing problem. • Collect information on staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of partners (if applicable), and monitor capacity building and technical support activities to ensure effective impact. • Complete project documentation for assigned activities. Assist with identifying information for case studies and reports on promising practices. • Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the recruitment process of project staff, and complete performance management for direct reports. • Provides input to MEAL system design and review discussions
• Data Verification AssistantFull Time

  Feb 2017 - Jun 2017 -4 months

  Egypt , Cairo

  • Job Details:- Responsible for conduction of data cleaning and the delivery of the cleaned data to the internal and external stakeholders. - Responsible for needed quality reports in sufficient scale to the project manager in a timely manner. - On a daily basis, during grant distribution, accurately and properly review refugees’ documents and payments of education grants using the project database. - Serve as an independent reviewer of all data entry and report on errors, inconsistencies, and areas for improvement. - Maintain a back-up of the database system weekly and keep it in the CRS/Egypt country office. - Monitor Grants’ team performance in terms of data quality, relevancy and accuracy. - Ensure the filing system is in line with the verification process. - Regularly update the Verification Officer on progress, obstacles and developments. - Liaise with the finance office to handle requests, tackle any raised problems and follow up on any pending cases. - Develop a weekly list of grant beneficiaries and amounts to be paid as a “Bank List” and ensure the proper review, verification, and signatures from the FOM and others are present for approval. - Implement MEAL activities to capture project progress, ensure accountability and the support of a learning environment.
• Project AssistantFull Time

  Sep 2013 - Present -11 yrs, 9 months

  Egypt , Cairo

  • Job Details:-Managing both the reception and registration areas. -Supervise volunteers. - Work on enhancing the collaboration required between my team (Volunteers) and the grant distribution team to be able to reach the required quality in the grant distribution process. - Revising regularly reports for beneficiaries, interviews, and registration to be sure data listed correctly on database. - Be responsible for receiving and handling applicants’ requests/complaints during the grant distribution. -Review applicants’ appointments and make sure that every applicant is granted fair and equal treatment while being served at the office. -Coordinate with interviewer’s to prepare applicants’ files to be ready for the interview. -Make sure that all information related to the grant are well explained to all applicants approaching the reception in a respectful manner. -Maintain a centralized project/Local office filing system, including a regularly updated master file list and train new staff in the system. -required qualifications and skills: -2-3 years of experience in related field. - Working knowledge of the development context in Egypt, Awareness of the Education in Emergencies Int’l best practices (INEE, UNICEF, UNHCR, and World Bank tools) will be preferable. - Hands on experience working with other nationalities than Syrian refugees’ community. - Familiarity with the refugees’ conditions and legal status. - Strong ability to read and interpret policies and regulations. - Fluency in written and spoken English with strong drafting skills. - Ability to make oral presentations and write clear reports and guidance in English and Arabic. - Skilled in MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Internet. - Seek and apply knowledge, information and best practices from within and outside Development Agencies. Personal Competencies: - Experience working with youth and child-related programs. - Special analytical skills and sensitivities toward the most vulnerable - Familiarity with gender, protection and SGBV a plus. - Excellent writing and communication skills. - Comfortable working as part of a team and under time and work pressure. - Skilled in obtaining information necessary to accomplish duties - Well organized, able to plan, prioritize work, multi-task and meet deadlines - Personal ability to deal, in a humble and dignified way, with a vulnerable segment of beneficiaries. - Capacity to initiate, sustain and deepen relationships with key partners. - Good interpersonal skills and ability to work smoothly in a multi-cultural environment while building good teamwork spirit. - Ability to communicate sensitively and effectively across different constituencies. - High tolerance rate for working under pressure and dealing with diversified cultures and tense situations. - Customer Service approach. - Strong ability to analyze data, identifies gaps, and makes recommendations. - Position requires flexibility and the capacity to deal with ambiguity and change