Driver
GIZInternal/ External Vacancy Announcement #003 /2020
GIZ Country Office
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes.
In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 50 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors. GIZ Ethiopia is looking to recruit a qualified candidate as per the details below:
Position: Driver
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Required Candidate: One
Application deadline: February 01, 2020
- Responsibilities
- Safe and responsible driving of GIZ’s vehicles
- Routine maintenance and care of GIZ’s vehicles
- Takes careful note and follows up of all available information concerning safety & security street conditions, effective routes and locations
- Running of official errands and assisting with other office related services
- Tasks
Driving and Chauffeuring
- Drives GIZ vehicles safely and chauffeurs staff, official visitors and guests to official destinations
- Accurate management of the logbook and responsible for vehicle and private documents related to the duty and its care
- Assists in the transport of goods
- Reporting of any involvement of the vehicle in any, even minor accidents, or any damages or theft of equipment from the vehicle.
Maintenance of Vehicles
- Cleans of the GIZ vehicle regularly (inside & outside)
- Carries out routine checks on the vehicle as specified by GIZ.
- Reports the need for maintenance and undertakes minor repairs on demand.
Road Information
- Takes careful note and follows up of all available information concerning safety & security street conditions, effective routes and locations
- Exchanges this information with relevant staff
General Duties
- Serves all passengers in a friendly manner
- Up on request, perform as a guide to visitors
- Runs errands for the GIZ e.g. delivery of letters/messages, payment of bills, makes minor purchases of office supplies and similar
Other Duties and Additional Tasks
- If there is no driving activity, s/he stands by in the office, supports other colleagues in case of need, and does other office work as assigned
- Reports any incidents whilst off duty that may affect his/ her driving licence entitlement, as well as any newly known health problems that may affect his/her ability to drive
- Undertakes trainings related to his/ her position and duties; if required.
Job Requirements
- Required qualifications, competences and experiences
Qualification
- Secondary school graduate
- 3rd grade driving license (license to transport more passengers isn’t a disadvantage)
- Driver training participation
Professional experience
- 5 years of driving experience, including in rural areas,
- Experiences with international organization, Government institution, NGO or diplomats
Other knowledge, additional competences
- Vocational training of car mechanics is of advantage
- knowledge of auto mechanics is a must
- work experiences in as many parts of the country as possible
- knowledge about the city of Addis Ababa in regard to Ministries, international organizations, hotels and so on.
- Language skills in English and two Ethiopian languages.
Please submit the following documents:
- Motivation Letter
- CV
How to Apply
Application procedure:
Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via Email: [email protected]
Note: –
Please make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Driver #003’ in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categorise applications with the vacancy numbers. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.
Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.
We encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the position. In case of equal qualification, persons with disabilities will be given preference.
Applications from qualified women are encouraged.
More Information
- Job City Addis Ababa
