Vacancy Announcement #176/2023

Prevention of displacement and durable reintegration of former displaced persons- IDP component, CPS Cluster

Contract duration: 31.12.2025

Application deadline: 29.10.2023

Duty station: Hawassa

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.

 The Civil Peace Service (CPS) works worldwide for non-violent management of crises and conflicts. CPS experts work on the causes and consequences of conflict and violence and mainly in capacity building of national staff, organizations and communities.

In Ethiopia, GIZ’s CPS has been engaged since 2008 and takes a systemic approach to conflict transformation working across different sectors and on the local, regional and federal level. The new component CPS-IDP programme was initiated in 2019 to support the implementation of activities that contribute to building trust and social cohesion among various population groups, traditional and religious leaders, state institutions and CSOs. To that end, the programme was officially launched on 7 October 2022.

The “Prevention of displacement and durable reintegration of former displaced persons- IDP component” focuses on Southern Ethiopia (Sidama, Southwest Ethiopia, Southern Ethiopia & Central Ethiopia people’s regions). CPS-IDP uses a multi-level and multi stakeholders’ approach to build capacity for partners and relevant government institutions, as well as finance secondment of national peace experts to partner organisations. The programme promotes peace dialogues among community elders, religious leaders, women and youth associations, peace committees and local leaders to build trust and

strengthen social cohesion. Moreover, the programme raises.

awareness with local populations on the rights, duties, and dialogue formats for positive conflict transformation.

General responsibilities:

• The driver shall provide reliable and safe driving services with ensuring high accuracy of work and demonstrate a client-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, courtesy, tact and the ability to work with the people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

• Provision of reliable and secure driving services by driving project vehicle for the transportation of authorized personnel, delivery and collection of mail, documents, and other items when required.

• Ensures cost-savings through proper use of vehicle through accurate maintenance of daily vehicle logbook, provision of inputs to preparation of the vehicle maintenance plans and reports.

• Occasionally field trips of several days to remote areas during weekend and/or after business hours.

• Maintain logbook & report private use of vehicle by staffs for settlement.

• Purchase of good and services for the office as recommended by procurement and contracting assistant.

• Keep records on fuel consumption of all CPS cars.

• Delivery of letters, messages, payments or other documents.

• Follow upon safety of CPS office equipment and CPS office vehicles.

• Proper day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle through timely minor repairs, arrangements for major repairs, timely changes of oil, checking of tires, brakes, car washing, etc.

• Follow up on insurance processes and annual inspection for all CPS cars.

• Follow up on maintenance of all CPS vehicles.

Vehicle registration

• Ensure vehicle registration as directed & forward registration and insurance papers to the responsible CPS/IDP programe staff.

• Document completed registrations & monitors the status of vehicle registration (official & private vehicles)

• Arrange for safe transfer/transport of goods to their destination & notify respective departments of delivery location & time.

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Completion of 12th Grade

• 3rd degree driving license.

• First aid knowledge desirable

Professional experience

• 3 years of working experience specifically in South of Ethiopia.

• Defensive driving

Other knowledge, additional competencies

• Good command of English and Amharic is obligatory.

• Knowledge of Sidama and Oromo languages would be an asset.

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Submit your motivation letter along with your recent CV via email: hreth@giz.de

N.B: Mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Driver #176/2023_Full Name’ in the subject line of your email application

Please note that, due to urgency of the vacancy selection will be done on a rolling base. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might 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.”

Deutsche Gesellschaft für

Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

GIZ Country Office Ethiopia and Djibouti

Kazanchis, Kirkos Sub City, Woreda 08

P.O. Box 100009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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