Temporary Driver Position at Save the Children: (Deadline 7 November 2024)

Temporary Driver Position at Save the Children: (Deadline 7 November 2024)

Job Description

INTRODUCTION 

Save the Children has been working in Rwanda since 1994 in partnership with the Government of Rwanda (GoR) and local stakeholders to promote a bright future for children. We have experience working in all 30 districts across the country. The main areas of focus are education, child protection, child rights governance, and health and nutrition in humanitarian and development contexts.

GENERAL BACKGROUND

Save the Children (SC) is the world’s largest independent child rights organization, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation. Our mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Save the Children implements both development and humanitarian assistance programs in Rwanda and Burundi.

ROLE PURPOSE

To ensure an effective management of the organization fleet and meeting all transportation requirements of the Programme.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• Keeping vehicle transport requests.
• Driving staff whenever to field sites
• Ensuring that good driving practices and security of vehicle is of high standard
• Ensuring that driving safety procedures are respected by all Save the Children staff
• Making vehicle monthly logbook report to the line manager
• Notifying the line manager any maintenance and vehicle repairs due.
• Carrying out daily checking of all vehicle
• Filling out vehicle log book
• Keeping the vehicle in clean and good condition
• Carrying out courier delivery from/to CO/Field office
• Assisting the line manager in following up maintenance
• Refferal patients from/to different hospitals in Rwanda

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future-orientated, thinks strategically.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters

Collaboration

• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Rwanda national
• Possesses a valid national driving permit of category, B,D
• Must be physically fit
• Able to work long hours
• At least secondary education
• Able to communicate in English
• At least 5 years of driving experience

Deadline:07th November 2024

Application Link

CHILD SAFEGUARDING

This position is Child safeguarding Level 3- the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once aweek or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in month or more or overnight) because they work country programs or are visiting country programs, or because they are responsible for implanting the police checking/vetting process staff.

ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY

We are committed to ensuring a safe working environment for all those who work for us and for all those who come into contact with our staff and representatives, including children and members of the communities with whom we work.

SCI takes a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment and any other conduct that is discriminatory or disrespectful to others.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. *

*Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process.

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