Internal / External Vacancy Announcement

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) wants to recruit employees in the following vacant positions the details of which are mentioned bellow.

About the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. Currently the ERCS has a structure consisting of 12 Regional Offices, 34 Zonal Branches and 131 District/Woreda Branches and 599 Woreda Red Cross Committees and 5871 Kebele Red Cross Committees.

Work Unit: - Essential Pharmaceutical Services Operation

Reports to:- Operation Manager 

Terms of employment: - Permanent

Job Grade:- VII

Job Summary

Under the supervision of the Manager, Support Service, the Driver Mechanic gets the vehicle inspected annually; complies with traffic regulations and time schedules; transports medicines to customers and renders other freight transport service to the health and pharmaceutical services; keeps vehicle in good running order and makes minor break maintenances and repairs; keeps a record of departure, arrival, mileage covered and fuel consumed and other pertinent records.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Checks the vehicle for oil gauges, tires, fuel and water and ensures that the vehicle is in a proper functioning order;
• Transports medicines and other related supplies to customers and renders other freight transport service to health and pharmaceutical services;
• Keeps vehicle in good running order and makes minor break maintenances and repairs;
• Keeps a record of departure, arrival, mileage covered and fuel consumed and other pertinent records;
• Removes dusts, washes and cleans the vehicle he/she is entrusted with;
• Ensures at all times that there is enough fuel in the tank and checks on the level of oil and water and does refilling as needed;
• Ascertains that all tools and other accessories for the vehicle are handy and functional;
• Complies with traffic regulations and time schedules;
• Replaces flat tires, spare parts and gets them repaired;
• Makes sure that the car loads are within permissible limit;
• Gets the vehicle washed, lubricated, inspected and maintained regularly;
• Gets his/her driving license renewed as per regulations;
• Reports malfunctions or defects beyond his/her ability on the vehicle to superior for corrective actions;
• Assists with loading and unloading;
• Gets the vehicle inspected annually;
• Performs other duties and responsibilities related to the job as assigned by the Operation 

Job Requirements

• TVET level II in Auto Motive Technology/Auto Mechanic/, 10^th or 12^th grade completed and 4th grade/equivalent Heavy Truck Driving License,
• 4/6 years relevant Work experience

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form from the official website of the Ethiopian Red Cross in vacancy menu and email to ercs-recruitment@redcrosseth.org before the closing date of this announcement on June 22, 2021.       

Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back. We regret to inform that we do not accept CV at this stage.