JOB VACANCY – DRIVER (POOL)

Title: Driver

Duration: Depending on need

Direct Reports: Head of Driver

Location: Nduta Camp and Kibondo (Kigoma Region)

FOR NATIONAL STAFF ONLY
INTRODUCTION:
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF is therefore guided by the principles of neutrality and impartiality. These principles must apply to all MSF staff.

Required Criteria:

Minimum Educational Qualification:

· Essential literacy and driving license class D compulsory.

Experience:

• Essential 2 years minimum of previous driving experience.

• Desirable experience with specific vehicles 4×4

• Desirable in MSF or other NGOs

Languages:

· Essential mission language: English and Swahili (Kirundi and/or French will be a plus.)

Objectives of the position:

Coordinating and controlling the operation of vehicles in one location according to traffic regulations and MSF security rules and ensuring that the team of drivers perform properly their duties to ensure an adequate, efficient and safe transport of goods and people.

Main Responsibilities:

• Checking daily, the technical conditions of the assigned vehicle (state of the tires, oil, fuel, brakes, radio equipment, spare parts, etc.), performing weekly check according to the MSF Logbook, refilling it when necessary, and keeping it clean to ensure it can be driven in perfect conditions. Carrying out a hand over if another uses the vehicle.

• Ensuring the security of passengers in the vehicle, driving carefully, observing speed limits and traffic rules in the country as well as MSF security rules, in order to avoid car accidents.

• Ensuring all passengers have all necessary papers in order before travelling, and ensuring non MSF staff sign disclaimers of responsibility before using the vehicle

• Ensuring correct loading and unloading of the vehicle, submitting the documents to the receiver of the goods, checking the status of delivered goods, returning the duly completed documents to Logistics and ensuring that the goods have the necessary documents.

• Ensuring that all vehicle documents and the driver’s driving license are valid and in the vehicle.

• Informing the line manager of any incident involving the transportation of passengers and/or goods.

• Knowing how to use all types of radios, codes, call numbers and radio alphabets by heart and communicating with base according to MSF communications policy to inform the driver’s position and any potential implications.

• Knowing and respecting the security rules related to vehicle movements, specifically those related to customs, checkpoints and roadblocks. Ensuring all passengers know and respect the security rules

Main Competencies and Knowledge:

• Flexibility, Commitment.

• Stress Management and Teamwork

• Desirable knowledge of basic mechanics

• Good knowledge of mission area roads

• Essential good vision

• Availability to travel and stay outside base overnight.

Women, people living with disability or any persons feeling like being part of a minority is encouraged to apply.