Job Description

Job Title : Driver

GIZ- Internal / External Vacancy Announcement #164/2020

LaGo and PLUP

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.

In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 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 Driver to the Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) Project and to the Land Governance (LaGo) Project for its Addis Ababa Offices.

Required Candidates: Two

Responsibilities:

The driver is responsible for

• Safely and responsibly performing all official travel using official vehicles
• Regularly servicing and looking after official vehicles
• Taking account of all available information on road conditions, accessible routes and locations
• Running official errands and assisting with other office work

Tasks

The driver

• Provides passenger transport in an official car for office, project or program staff, official visitors and guests
• Runs errands for the project, program or office, e.g. sending letters and messages, paying bills and buying smaller quantities of office supplies
• Helps with transporting goods
• Completes the vehicle log correctly and conscientiously in accordance with GIZ standards

General Services

The driver

• Cleans the interior and exterior of the vehicle(s) regularly
• Checks oil, water, brakes and brake liquid, tyre pressure, battery levels and the entire vehicle, monthly or every 5,000 km (whichever is first), headlights, brakes, bodywork for dents etc.
• Is responsible for the project vehicle documents and their good condition, keeping a vehicle log and recording monthly maintenance
• Calculates monthly petrol, oil and lubricant consumption for the daily cash fund and for forwarding monthly vouchers to cost accounting
• Reports need for service and carries out minor repairs
• Immediately reports all involvement of the project or office vehicle in accidents, including minor accidents, damage, loss or theft of vehicle fittings
• Make sure all necessary documents are present in the vehicle (insurance sticker, annual inspection sticker, etc)
• Keep her/his driving license valid and ready for inspection
• Wear a seatbelt and ensuring that the passengers also wear a seatbelt at all times when the vehicle is in motion
• Park vehicles in safe and secure areas during working hours, non-working hours and during the night.
• Adheres to the rules and regulations of GIZ

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Secondary school education
• Possession of a valid 3^rd grade driving license and above
• Holds a valid driver’s license
• At least 5 years’ work experience as a driver with references
• No major accidents in the past 3 years
• Good knowledge of English, Amharic and ideally a knowledge of German,
• Discipline and punctuality
• Resilience and patience
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with Amhara Region, mainly with Bahir Dar city  
• Appropriate appearance and attire (friendly manner with all passengers)
• Always Ensures unrestricted availability of vehicles and reports restrictions immediately
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed, corresponding measures are agreed with management

Professional experience

• At least 5 years’ work experience as a driver with references
• No major accidents in the past 3 years

Other knowledge, additional competencies

• Good knowledge of the English language widely used in the country, ideally a knowledge of German
• Knowledge of Automotive mechanics
• Knowledge of basic computer skills
• Familiarity with city, region Addis Ababa appropriate appearance and attire (possibly uniform, friendly manner with all passengers)
• Always ensures unrestricted availability of vehicles and reports restrictions immediately
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management

Other duties and additional tasks

The driver

• Assists other colleagues as needed in the project, programme or office if there is no travel pending, carries out other office work on request
• Undertake further job training related to his position and duties, if required
• Assist in and/or carries out other activities and any tasks as assigned.

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via Email: hreth@giz.de

Note: - 

Please make sure you mention the Vacancy Number “Driver #164/2020” in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categories applications with the vacancy numbers. 

Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

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.

“Please refer to our brochure to learn more about GIZ’s attractive benefit package.”