NOMINATING REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICE

UNCLAS AMMAN 000939 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR STATE NEA/SA/EX BARBARA MCCARTHY FSI/SPAS/OMT- JOHNSON ECA/A/L/W KERR/JENSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OEXC SCUL JO SUBJECT: NOMINATING REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICE (RELO) ADMIN ASSISTANT SALWA RIHANI FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT TRAINING OMT PILOT COURSE -- FSN OFFCIE COMMUNICATION: WRITTEN AND ORAL, APRIL 14-25, 2003 REF: FSINFATC 00199 ¶1. AMMAN-BASED REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICE - PA NOMINATES MS. SALWA RIHANI, RELO ADMIN ASSISTANT FOR SUBJECT WORKSHOP. ¶2. ANSWERS TO INFORMATION REQUESTED IN PARA 5 AND 6 PER REFTEL IS AS FOLLOWS: - LAST NAME, FIRST NAME: RIHANI, SALWA - POST AND OFFICE: AMMAN/PA/RELO - JOB TITLE: ADMIN ASSISTANT, GRADE 7/8 SINCE FEBRUARY 1998, EMPLOYMENT DATE: 10/2/1994 - E-MAIL: SRIHANI@PD.STATE.GOV - CONTACT NUMBERS: TEL: (962-6)592-0101 EXT. 2514; FAX 592-0023 - LEVEL OF ENGLISH: 3/3 - BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TASK AND RESPONSIBILITIES: SERVES AS THE PRIMARY FSN ASSISTANT TO THE REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICER BASED IN AMMAN WITH RESPONSIBILITY TO EXECUTE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OF THE REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICE WHICH, OPERATES UNDER BROADLY DECENTRALIZED CONDITIONS FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION, AND WHICH HAS A DIVERSE SPECTRUM OF COUNTRY PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IN THE NEAR EAST REGION; RESPONSIBLE FOR AND SERVES AS THE PRIMARY FSN ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM ASSISTANT TO THE RELO. THIS INCLUDES: MAKING TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS, PREPARING SEMINAR PROGRAM MATERIAL, KEEPING PROGRAM STATISTICS AND AUDIENCE PROFILE, AND FOLLOWING UP ON REQUESTS FOR MATERIALS OR INFORMATION FROM RELO CONTACTS AS A RESULT OF THESE PROGRAMS; ADMINISTER RELO BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, PROCUREMENT, GRANTS AND TRAVEL; AND PERFORMS STANDARD DAILY ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES TO ENSURE EFFICIENT DAILY OPERATION OF THE RELO OFFICE. - PREVIOUS TRAINING COURSES: BASIC ADMIN COURSE, VIENNA, MARCH 1998. - JUSTIFICATION: WE BELIEVE THAT MS. RIHANI WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THIS OMT PILOT COURSE ALTHOUGH MS. RIHANI'S ENGLISH COMMUNICATIONS ABILITIES ARE COMMENDABLE THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT WITH NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH. SEEING AS MS. RIHANI HANDLES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WRITTEN DOCUMENTS, SHE WILL FIND THIS WORKSHOP A GOOD CHANNEL BY WHICH TO ENHANCE HER WRITTEN ABILITIES. ¶3. PLEASE ADVISE ACCEPTANCE. BERRY