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Driver || SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe

SOS Children's Villages Zimbabwe

DUE: 07 JUN 2024

Job Ref: SOS/30/5/24
Position title: ​ ​Driver
Working location: ​​Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

​Context of the position

Established in 1949, SOS Children’s Villages International (CVI) is a dynamic, international social development organization working globally to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children without parental care and those who are at the risk of losing it.

SOS Children’s Villages Association of Zimbabwe is a member of SOS International – a worldwide children’s social welfare organisation, providing vulnerable children without homes with a family home and educational opportunities as well as strengthening families to reduce poverty

Mission of the position:
The Driver will provide efficient and safe transportation of authorized personnel and/or commodities in a clean and well-maintained vehicle as well as act as office messenger helping with basic office work and other logistical arrangement

Key performance areas and main responsibilities:
Takes responsibilities of all the transport needs including official errands in the project as authorized by the supervisor;
Delivers all official communications/ Materials to their respective destination;
Advises the supervisor and National Office Transport Supervisor when the vehicle is due for service;
Ensure all the project vehicles are maintained is a state of cleanliness and well serviced;
Conduct vehicle handover checks at all times when vehicles are exchanged and report any noted issues promptly.

Transport co-workers and visitors as and when required to do so.
Checks all Location vehicle records and logbooks daily, monthly, quarterly
Carry out banking duties as assigned
Provide on call and standby services off working hours or over weekends to attend to work emergencies
Advise all co-workers on procedures to follow if involved in a vehicle accident
Check and documents vehicles status periodically to ensure that all vehicles are in good working order and report any defects; Makes fuel requests for all project vehicles
Ensure that in the event of an accident, the SOS Vehicle Use Policies and Procedures and the Road Traffic Act guidelines are followed.

Requirements

Five Ordinary level education including Maths and English
Clean Class 1 (One) drivers’ license with a valid Defensive Driving Certificate
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Good driving manner; High degree of confidentiality
Presentable and organized; Mature candidate
Good time management skills ; Able and experience working with children;
Ability to communicate in the local languages
At least 10 years driving experience in a NGO or similar;
Willing to reside and be based in Bulawayo and willing to travel out of work location.

SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes.

TO APPLY
If you believe you are the right candidate for any of the above position, please send your detailed curriculum vitae (CV), and photocopies of academic certificates.
Applications should be submitted electronically indicating the position you are applying for in the subject line and send to the address given. All applications should be submitted not later than 7 June 2024.
Applications that are late do not have a CV or certificates attached will be disqualified. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. E-mail applications should bear the job reference number of the position in the subject line of the email.
Applications including at least three traceable referees should be sent to:
Resourcing.SOS@sos-zimbabwe.org

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