What are skills ( professional and personal) needed to work with NGOs ?

A part from typical skills,

Cultural awareness and local area knowledge.

Ability to influence and convince.

Community Involvement. 

I was reading about the NGO some days ago that was something like following skills which I remembered

Educate Yourself

Human Rights

Volunteer

You must be agreed to work unpaid with the NGO

Look Local

You should start from the local NGO. It will give you some experience in the meantime and might end up opening doors in the future.

Bring A Skill

You should be a specialist in any skill which can help the NGO

Plan Ahead

You have to plan and decide that in which area you have to start

1- Interpersonal skills you will learn it according the NGOs projects you involved in, specially team player skills and leadership skills.

2- Communications skills that will help you to Handel everything you want with your colleagues and your upper management.

3- Research skills, computer skills, etc.

4- Business administration minimum knowledge.

5- To be patient specially if you are going to work in the field with many various targeted people's to serve their needs and Handel their issues and requests.

6- Managerial skills like ( Reporting, documenting, etc ).

7- Time management skills because maybe will Handel many tasks in the same time.

8- Creativity.

There is lots of skills but up there those one the main skills that is a must that anyone wok in NGO to have it. 

Convincing power is the most important factor that in my view, play a key role in any NGO's work. it totally depends on you that how can you conver your NGO's vision & mission. But much of the part should be in personal skills because this is not a business model where anyone having requirement instead you have to develop the business for your firm's targets. 

Believe, dedication, tolerance, passion and hard work. 

1. Enthusiasm and dedication for your chosen charitable cause

2. Team-working and people skills

3. Communication skills: oral and written

4. Administrative and organisational skills

5. Commercial / business awareness 

6. Pro-activity and flexibility

7. Willingness to undertake routine jobs

8. Languages 

• Product Knowledge.
• Strategic Prospecting Skills. 
• Rapport Building on the Call. 
• Buyer-Seller Agreement.
• Active Listening. 
• Communication. 
• Qualification Questioning. 
• Time Management.

More of the personal skills are required though both are necessary. Personal skills more important because most NGOs are dealing with people's well-being and anyone dealing with such has to be personally involved.

Gorgeousness and speed to deal with all the situations that I am having a focus