Alaa Harb, Project Officer

Alaa Harb

Project Officer

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Tourism Service Management
Experience
13 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 3 Months

Project Officer at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • April 2016 to December 2023

Main Responsibilities:
• Identify, analyze, and evaluate processes and gaps in the implementation of activities and make recommendations for improvements.
• Supervising the activities at the FCSS (Females and child safe space), in relation to the proper referral mechanism.
• Coordinate with the UNHCR, FPD, IMC, IRC, and NHF, to follow on the cases management, and to have the proper inputs and notes taken for each case.
• Follow up on the cases reunifications, specially the Single Females, the separated minors, in corporation with the FPD, UNHCR, and the other concerned departments.
• Assist the team members to specify their work plans and evaluate individual team members’ performance.
• Plan, design and implement capacity-building plans for the team members.
• Overall supervision of the workers’ Incentive, define their activity plans, reporting their attendance, reporting their payments requests to finance department, and reporting their evaluation to the community team.
• Monitor the progress of the activities to the assigned staff and ensure they implemented conform planning and quality standards.
• Coordinating with the HR unit for the team HR related Issues, such as leave planes, trackers, and attendance. etc.
• Ensure the proper pathway and reporting the pending referrals cases to the concerned partners.
• Ensure the proper stocking, daily distribution of the NFI’s for the arrivals.
• Involved in the interviewing of new candidates and recruitment process.
• Flagging and reporting the special cases and following on the needed protection support with the UNHCR.
• Submitting regular and needed reports on time to the management.
• Liaise and coordinate with other humanitarian organizations.
• Responsible for reception area to receive and guide the donators and VIP guests.

More responsibilities during covid-19 emergency response

• Supporting the emergency distributions, by supervising the implementation team, the stock movements, and managing the team schedules.
• Supporting the emergency response planning, by evaluating the team capacities and needs based on the current and estimated needs.
• Having a part in the emergency response planning, and supporting to set the re-entry plans, work schedules, estimate the next steps needs.
• Field supervision for the response operations, the delivery mechanisms, the fleet movements, and the staff responsiveness.

Property Sales Consultant at DAMAC PROPERTIES
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2015 to September 2015

• Generate and qualify leads & opportunities against key variables such as budget, timing, and decision-making process.
• Set up meetings with prospects to determine their needs and requirements.
• Prepare & conduct presentations of the properties.
• Prepare financial alternatives and payments plan that suit client’s budget.
• Prepare the comparison between rental vs investing.
• Deal with investors directly who are interested investing in real estate for significant returns.
• Calculate the ROI for the rental pool, off plan projects and market trend.
• Negotiate and close opportunities.
• Participate in conferences and trade shows to generate leads and explore market trends.
• Submit regular reports to the Sales Director.

Life Insurance Sales Consultant at Arabia Insurance Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2014 to March 2015

• Generate and qualify leads & opportunities against key variables such as budget, timing, and decision-making process.
• Set up meetings with prospects to determine needs and requirements, and to promote the products and services of the company.
• Follow up with existing customers before the end of the insurance contracts to renew their contracts and work on the development of sales in the company's portfolio.
• Develop and sustain long-term account management and development strategy with customers.
• Participate in conferences and trade shows to generate leads and explore market trends.

Senior Sales & Customer Service Officer at Wojooh - Chalhoub Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • June 2012 to January 2014

• Cultivate a culture of excellent customer service, leading by example on the sales floor. Deal with customer complaints effectively and promptly.
• Ensure that standards of grooming, presentation and professional conduct are maintained.
• Communicate effectively with the team, passing on all relevant information at the right time.
• Constantly seek new opportunities to drive and create additional sales.
• Ensure accurate and timely reconciliation of tills, floats, and petty cash.
• Manage the POS system, including amendments, trouble shooting and error logging.
• Maintain optimum stock levels in store through monitoring stock and placing orders with the Purchase department.
• Ensure goods received into and dispatched from store are checked and discrepancies are resolved.
• Manage stock takes in store in liaison with the Stock control team / Area manager.
• Ensure all policies and procedures are implemented and monitored in store.

Sales Officer at Khalil Khoury & Sons Company
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2010 to February 2012

• Manage day by day the sales and the operations.
• Follow up with the marketing campaigns.
• Handle pricing and promotional activity.
• Manage the sales representatives and set the sales targets and the incentives.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Tourism Service Management
  • at Jordan Applied University
  • September 2009

Specialties & Skills

Pressure
Education
Hospitality
Passport
Professional level of communication and presentation skills
Microsoft office / Computer Skills.
Experience in CRM systems.
Organizational skills, ability to determine priorities, set up and meet multiple deadlines.
Leadership and management skills.
Forecasting and data analysis.
Team building.
Negotiating and influencing.
Project management.
Problem solver.

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert