Driver / Expeditor 207 views3 applications


Reports to: Program Officer – Operation

Status: Full-time and Fixed term

Background

Cuso International is a Canadian development non-profit organization that works to reduce poverty and inequality through the efforts of highly skilled volunteers, collaborative partnerships, and compassionate donors.  Cuso International main areas of interventions are (i) harnessing the power of volunteerism to achieve the SDGs; (ii) advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; and (iii) improving access to and quality of economic opportunities for young people.

With a funding of Global Affairs of Canada, Cuso International has designed U-GIRLS 2 Project to promote access to higher education for high school girls and to address several barriers that impede adolescent girls’ education in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia. The project will enhance academic, social, and soft skills for adolescent girls, including those with disabilities, and strengthen the capacity of teachers and education institutions to deliver quality and gender-sensitive education. The initiative seeks to adopt a holistic and transformational approach to address barriers to girls’ higher educations, including through community engagement. Cuso International will implement this project in partnership with Institute of International Education (IIE) in selected high schools of BSG Regional State in next five years from June 2020 – June 2025.

Job summary

The post holder will provide a driving services to authorized passengers and goods. She/he operates assigned vehicle for the purpose of transporting Cuso International employees, volunteers and partners conducting project business to various locations in Addis Ababa, Benishangul Gumuz, or other destinations within Ethiopia and performs expediting duties. She/he takes care of the property in his/her custody and ensures that the vehicle is insured and properly maintained.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide transport service to the Cuso International staff, volunteers and visitors or project goods to project sites or offices as instructed during working hours or out of working hours as may be required.
  • Ensure the safety of all passengers in the car by ensuring that passengers and drivers wear seat belts. The driver observes all traffic rules, does not speed, and ensures the traffic rule and regulations are respected.
  • On continual basis check and survey to ensure that roads and destinations planned for assigned passengers are free of any crime occurrences such as pick pocketing, snatching, or robbery.
  • Maintain daily log of all trips taken and obtain signature of all passengers
  • Ensure that basic tool kits are available in the vehicle
  • Ensure that the first aid kit is well equipped and easily accessible for use
  • Ensure that assigned vehicle is always in roadworthy condition, maintain vehicle in clean and serviceable condition and perform minor maintenance of a preventive nature. Ensure that the vehicle is ready and roadworthy before all trips outside of Addis Ababa.
  • Provide basic care of assigned vehicle including conducting frequent checks of oil and lubricant levels, maintaining appropriate levels of each. Ensure vehicles have adequate fuel levels. Report all major needs for maintenance of the driver supervisor for immediate action.
  • Maintains and updated vehicle log sheet by legibly recording required information properly and accurately.
  • Ensure that insurance registration and annual inspection of the vehicle is valid. Maintain copies of insurance documents, ensuring that the renewal of insurance and annual inspection for vehicle is carried out in timely manner.
  • Responsible to keep assigned vehicle clean, orderly, and serviceable condition always; perform minor preventive maintenance; follow up with maintenance requirements of assigned vehicle.
  • Responsible for preparing monthly activity, fuel consumption & expenditure report and presenting these to supervisor every month.
  • Providing logistic and administrative support to technical teams when required, including distribution of requests for suppliers and collection price quotations as well as handling of local purchases and submitting of all purchases to the storekeeper through official goods receiving note of the organization.
  • Follows Cuso International Safety and Security rules and regulation and driver code of conduct.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Job Requirements

Language Requirements: 

  • Amharic, English + local languages are an asset

JOB REQUIREMENT

Required education and qualification

  • Completion of Secondary school
  • Possession of a minimum of Grade 3 license
  • At least five years of experience as Driver/Expediter, preferably in INGO environment.

Desirable

  • TVET graduate in auto mechanic with five years of experience as Driver/Expediter

Technical skills

  • General knowledge of Auto-mechanics is desirable
  • Good communication skill in both writing and speaking of Amharic and English
  • Physical fitness and willingness to work under pressure, possible long working hours, and frequent field work

Skills and Abilities:

  • Demonstrate capability of driving on both off road and intra city
  • Willingness to work as team, and good interpersonal relationship
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work in a multicultural team set-up
  • Ability to communicate with Amharic and English, and any additional national language is a plus

How to Apply

Submit your application at [email protected] before July 27, 12:00 AM. Please submit a resume (not more than 3 pages) and one-page cover letter of application that should demonstrate how you meet all the essential and any of the desirable qualifications.

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  • Job City Addis Ababa
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Cuso International is a development organization that works to reduce poverty and inequality through the efforts of highly skilled volunteers, collaborative partnerships and compassionate donors.

In 1961, a group of Canadian university graduates had a vision of a more connected world. A world where the social constraints you are born into don’t dictate the entirety of your life. Where each human being has the opportunity to reach their full potential.These young people took a great leap of faith, rallied hundreds of other young graduates across this great nation and founded CUSO, Canadian University Students Overseas. Each young volunteer took their role as a Canadian “ambassador” very seriously as they filled skill gaps in developing countries as teachers, nurses and agriculturalists.Over the next few decades, as our partners became the educators, health care professionals and farmers, so evolved the role of the volunteers. Today, our volunteers are experienced professionals who focus on building skills and transferring knowledge to our partners across Africa, South East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. And, our name Cuso International reflects this change.

OUR VISION

A world where all people are able to realize their potential, develop their skills and participate fully in society

OUR MISSION

Working in inclusive partnerships to eradicate poverty through equitable and sustainable development

OUR VALUES

Partnership: We believe in the power of people. We employ a people-centred approach to development and the challenge of overcoming poverty and inequality. We support our partners by allowing them to drive their own development. We recognize that we all have a stake in effective development, and we seek to build on each other’s capabilities.

Respect and Integrity: We value diversity. We recognize and care about the rights and dignity of others. We strive to live up to our commitments, to be fair and transparent in our work, and to act consistently in applying our principles.Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and proactively demonstrate that we work with and on behalf of others. We perform consistently to standards and seek to achieve and inspire excellence. We are dedicated to continually drawing from our experience, sharing knowledge and applying it to improve our work.

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0 USD Addis Ababa CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Cuso International

Reports to: Program Officer – Operation

Status: Full-time and Fixed term

Background

Cuso International is a Canadian development non-profit organization that works to reduce poverty and inequality through the efforts of highly skilled volunteers, collaborative partnerships, and compassionate donors.  Cuso International main areas of interventions are (i) harnessing the power of volunteerism to achieve the SDGs; (ii) advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; and (iii) improving access to and quality of economic opportunities for young people.

With a funding of Global Affairs of Canada, Cuso International has designed U-GIRLS 2 Project to promote access to higher education for high school girls and to address several barriers that impede adolescent girls’ education in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia. The project will enhance academic, social, and soft skills for adolescent girls, including those with disabilities, and strengthen the capacity of teachers and education institutions to deliver quality and gender-sensitive education. The initiative seeks to adopt a holistic and transformational approach to address barriers to girls’ higher educations, including through community engagement. Cuso International will implement this project in partnership with Institute of International Education (IIE) in selected high schools of BSG Regional State in next five years from June 2020 – June 2025.

Job summary

The post holder will provide a driving services to authorized passengers and goods. She/he operates assigned vehicle for the purpose of transporting Cuso International employees, volunteers and partners conducting project business to various locations in Addis Ababa, Benishangul Gumuz, or other destinations within Ethiopia and performs expediting duties. She/he takes care of the property in his/her custody and ensures that the vehicle is insured and properly maintained.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide transport service to the Cuso International staff, volunteers and visitors or project goods to project sites or offices as instructed during working hours or out of working hours as may be required.
  • Ensure the safety of all passengers in the car by ensuring that passengers and drivers wear seat belts. The driver observes all traffic rules, does not speed, and ensures the traffic rule and regulations are respected.
  • On continual basis check and survey to ensure that roads and destinations planned for assigned passengers are free of any crime occurrences such as pick pocketing, snatching, or robbery.
  • Maintain daily log of all trips taken and obtain signature of all passengers
  • Ensure that basic tool kits are available in the vehicle
  • Ensure that the first aid kit is well equipped and easily accessible for use
  • Ensure that assigned vehicle is always in roadworthy condition, maintain vehicle in clean and serviceable condition and perform minor maintenance of a preventive nature. Ensure that the vehicle is ready and roadworthy before all trips outside of Addis Ababa.
  • Provide basic care of assigned vehicle including conducting frequent checks of oil and lubricant levels, maintaining appropriate levels of each. Ensure vehicles have adequate fuel levels. Report all major needs for maintenance of the driver supervisor for immediate action.
  • Maintains and updated vehicle log sheet by legibly recording required information properly and accurately.
  • Ensure that insurance registration and annual inspection of the vehicle is valid. Maintain copies of insurance documents, ensuring that the renewal of insurance and annual inspection for vehicle is carried out in timely manner.
  • Responsible to keep assigned vehicle clean, orderly, and serviceable condition always; perform minor preventive maintenance; follow up with maintenance requirements of assigned vehicle.
  • Responsible for preparing monthly activity, fuel consumption & expenditure report and presenting these to supervisor every month.
  • Providing logistic and administrative support to technical teams when required, including distribution of requests for suppliers and collection price quotations as well as handling of local purchases and submitting of all purchases to the storekeeper through official goods receiving note of the organization.
  • Follows Cuso International Safety and Security rules and regulation and driver code of conduct.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Job Requirements

Language Requirements: 
  • Amharic, English + local languages are an asset
JOB REQUIREMENTRequired education and qualification
  • Completion of Secondary school
  • Possession of a minimum of Grade 3 license
  • At least five years of experience as Driver/Expediter, preferably in INGO environment.
Desirable
  • TVET graduate in auto mechanic with five years of experience as Driver/Expediter
Technical skills
  • General knowledge of Auto-mechanics is desirable
  • Good communication skill in both writing and speaking of Amharic and English
  • Physical fitness and willingness to work under pressure, possible long working hours, and frequent field work
Skills and Abilities:
  • Demonstrate capability of driving on both off road and intra city
  • Willingness to work as team, and good interpersonal relationship
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work in a multicultural team set-up
  • Ability to communicate with Amharic and English, and any additional national language is a plus

How to Apply

Submit your application at [email protected] before July 27, 12:00 AM. Please submit a resume (not more than 3 pages) and one-page cover letter of application that should demonstrate how you meet all the essential and any of the desirable qualifications.

2021-07-28

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