Job Purpose:

• To drive Concern Ethiopia Vehicles with due care and attention ensuring the safe transportation of Concern’s staff and resources in order to facilitate Concern Ethiopia to meet the objectives of the organization.

• Also when required, the job holder will assist head office workshop team to carryout office vehicles and generators service as well as other repair works in line with Concern’s Ethiopia standards

Main duties & Responsibilities:

Functional & responsibilities

• Be aware of the rules and regulations laid down by Concern Worldwide Ethiopia regarding the use of Concern vehicles. If these regulations are unclear bring it to the attention of your supervisor.

• Propel the vehicle in a safe and lawful manner and in accordance with Ethiopian road traffic regulations, and Concern Ethiopia transport policy and procedures.

• Carry-out daily and weekly checks as recommended by the vehicle’s manufacturer and Concern Ethiopia Transport and Logistics policies.

• Ensure fuel tanks are full prior to any journey. 

• Ensure your vehicles are serviced timely and report the planned service before due date

• Record vehicle journey information on the logbook, timely and accurately.    

• Ensure passengers adhere with Concern’s transport policy, for example: signing on the logbook for travelled journey and fasten seat belt at all times etc.

• Ensure the vehicle is clean at all times and all essential recovery tools are available with the vehicle in all time.

• Adhere to Concern transport SOPs, for example; vehicle movement, speed-limit, health & safety standards and incident/accident report procedures. 

• Check vehicles service time and report to the fleet manager before due date

• Assist the fleet manager in checking other vehicles logbooks, service time and daily check completeness.    

• When required, assist head office mechanics and carryout preventative service and other repair works for head office vehicles and generators adhering with workshop’s standards

• Perform other duties assigned by your immediate supervisor and maintain a good working relationship with all staff.  

Gender Equality:

• Demonstrate understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy

• Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with  dignity and respect

• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Emergency response:

• Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Accountability:

• In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):

• actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E);

• work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;

• work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Safeguarding:

Competency

• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.

• Practises in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.

• Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.

• Understands own and colleagues’ roles, responsibilities, and professional boundaries, including what constitutes both organisational and professional abuse.

• Is able to raise concerns about conduct of colleagues.

Knowledge

• Know about child and adult abuse, harm and neglect in its different forms and the potential impact on children and adults at risk of harm.

Skills

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.

• Able to identify where further support is needed, when to take action, and when to refer to managers, supervisors or other relevant professionals, including referral to available social services.

Job Requirements

Person specification:

• Level 2 certification or Diploma  from TVT or  vocational college in automotive technology

• Minimum 5 years experience of driving field vehicles with similar INGOs or UN agencies

• Experience with vehicles and generators service   

• Ability to multi-task

• 3rd grade driving licence

• Good communication skill 

Competencies:

• Team work: work with other  colleagues in a team manner and contribute to the team so as to achieve the goal 

• Integrate: Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

• Communication: Actively communicate with the team 

• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send non-returnable C.V., application letter outlining how their experience and education fit this vacancy, please note that no need to submit your supporting documents at this stage:    

• Apply  by via CLICK HERE and in person at our Regional Office in Jigjiga, Somali Region

• Only short listed candidates will be contacted 

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefit package

• Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)

• 20 days annual leave

• 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18weeks(unpaid) parental leave

Safeguarding at Concern: Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies

• Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.