Driver at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture Feed the Future Modernizing Agriculture Activity: (Deadline 30 April 2023)

Driver at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture Feed the Future Modernizing Agriculture Activity: (Deadline 30 April 2023)

Feed the Future/Rwanda Hinga Wunguke Activity

Driver

About Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)

CNFA is a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to stimulating economic growth in the agricultural sector by nurturing entrepreneurship, private enterprise, and market linkages. CNFA specializes in fostering private sector investments in training, new technologies and marketing as a means to increase the overall competitiveness of agricultural value chains and rural development, to increase people’s incomes, to develop skills in the rural workforce, and to facilitate exports.

Program Description 

The purpose of the  Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Wunguke Activity is to support increased agriculture productivity and income, access to finance and markets, and access and consumption of nutritious food products in Rwanda, while increasing the resilience of the agriculture and food systems to the changing climate. To achieve this goal, the Activity will sustainably increase agricultural productivity, increase access to finance for farmers and agribusinesses, improve producers’ market outcomes, and strengthen the enabling environment to foster market-driven outcomes in agriculture.

Job Description:

Provide quality defensive driving, and other support related to fleet management.

Locations: CNFA is recruiting to fill the position in Kigali, Musanze, Karongi, Nyamagabe and Kayonza.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Drive office staff and visitors on official missions as assigned
• Drive safely to ensure the safety of passengers and other road users
• Maintain the assigned vehicle in a safe, secure and good state of repair at all times
• Undertake routine checks on the vehicles including cooling, oil, electrical and brake systems and the tyre pressure and report promptly to the Logistics Officer any malfunctioning
• Follow up vehicle in the garage as per instructions from your supervisor;
• Keep accurate records of official travel through the vehicle logs and prepare monthly reports showing travel, vehicle usage and status
• In case his/her vehicle is involved in accident, ensure that the necessary steps conforming to rules and regulations are taken.
• Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and cleanliness of the vehicle in his/her charge.
• Keep informing the line managers for any irregular happenings to vehicle and suggest the necessary steps to be taken.
• Keep inspecting the vehicle’ documents of licensing, insurance and inform the line managers as needed
• Providing routine office administration support including mails and parcels, VAT returns, Income tax for staff, filing
• Carry out any other duties as assigned

Essential qualifications and experience

• Must have a valid Rwandan driving license, Category B
• Secondary School (desirable),
• Driving experience of a minimum of 5 years. 3-5 past working experience with USAID funded projects will be preferable.
• Must be able to communicate in English, French and Kinyarwanda (both written and spoken)
• Must be able to do basic mechanical check and repair of vehicles

Application and Job location

All interested and qualified candidates can send their application (motivation letter, updated CV, Driving License, certificates and references) documents to: ModAg@cnfarwanda.org no later than 30 April 2023 at 5 PM GMT.  Please quote the job title in the subject line of the email submission and label your CV with your name and applied-for position.  Please also indicate the location you are applying for.

Only candidates selected for interview will be notified.