Job Description

Posted 2 weeks ago

Responsibilities

The driver is responsible for

• Safely and responsibly performing all official travel using official vehicles, field trips with overnight stays, if needed
• 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 performs the following tasks:

1. Driving 

• Provides passenger transport in an official car for office, program staff, official visitors, and guests
• Runs errands for the program and/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

2. Service 

• 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

3. Knowledge management 

• Uses all available information (including current radio news on traffic conditions) to update daily knowledge of road conditions, current passable routes, and locations, and shares this information with other drivers
• Usage of computer (skills in Word, Excel and other computers skills)

4. Other duties/additional tasks 

• Assists colleagues as needed in the project, program, or office if there is no travel pending, carries out other office work on request

Qualifications and professional experience

• Minimum High School Education Diploma (A2)
• Holds a valid driver’s licence in Rwanda
• At least 3-5 years’ work experience as a driver with 2x references
• No major accidents in the past 3 years

How to apply

Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references), via our electronic job portal by using the button “apply”; until 25^th June 2025 at 4:00 PM. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB.

Tagged as: GIZ Rwanda

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