Project Driver at JHPIEGO International – Tanzania

• Job ID 2024-6383
• Location TZ-Zanzibar
• Category Global
• Employment Status Full-Time

Project Driver at JHPIEGO International September 2024

Overview
The Project Driver provides support to the success
of the project by providing safe and reliable transportation of its
staff, partners’ staff, consultants, and program participants, including
providing operational and logistical support to ensure smooth
implementation of office activities

Reporting to: Program Assistant
Position supervised: None
Location: Zanzibar

Responsibilities
Program Support

• Work closely with field programmatic, and technical teams to ensure the timely delivery of planned activities.
• other
  program Coordinate program training, including but not limited to
  training venue identification; training facilities logistics arrangement
  in collaboration with teams at the office.
• Ensure the
  coordination of the program technical team in their technical support to
  the annual Health Plans and budgets meetings for strategies in the
  government budgets.
• Coordination of weekly/monthly programmatic updates for updating leadership and technical team.
• Provide
  administrative and logistical support to project teams working in the
  region to ensure all travels are timely planned and executed, including
  advance time TAR’s preparation and reconciliation.
• Ensure copies of regional program service vendors’ contracts are well filed to fasten approval processing of claims.
• Set up and maintain an electronic and hard copy filing system for the project documents.
• Work with Front Desk Officer to update and maintain a contact list of partners and ensure office communication is kept live.
• Perform
  other duties as directed by your immediate supervisor to ensure the
  sound functioning of the office and achievement of project goals.

Driving

• To
  safely, reliably, and time consciously drive project staff, partner
  staff, consultants, visitors, and project participants for business
  purposes.
• To operate in strict compliance with the Jhpiego,
  JHU, and USAID vehicle management policies and procedures and the
  Republic of Tanzania highway traffic code.
• To drive defensively, avoiding and handle any unexpected events caused by other road users.
• To ensure the assigned vehicle is only used for official project purposes.
• Complete
  the vehicle mileage log after each trip and ensure travellers sign off.
  Present the log at the end of each month to the Administrator for
  analysis.
• To exercise a high level of security consciousness all
  the time when driving including locking windows/doors and observe other
  drivers driving behaviuor
• Ensure the assigned project vehicle is always parked in a safe location and at recommended time.
• Track vehicle insurance and licensing expiry dates and notify the Transport Officer
• Report
  any accidents to the Transport Officer/Transport Manager and the
  relevant authority immediately and get references where possible plus
  particulars of the Driver, registration number, and insurance policy
  number, in case of involvement with other motor vehicles.

Vehicle maintenance

• Ensures assigned vehicle is in sound and operable condition at all times.
• Ensure assigned vehicle is clean at all times
• Track vehicle servicing dates and notify the Transport Officer/Transport Manager
• Request
  through Maintenance requisition form to perform routine service/vehicle
  repairs and notify the Transport Officer/Transport Manager in writing
  if major repairs are necessary
• To complete the vehicle
  maintenance log each time a fault is noted or a vehicle is serviced or
  repaired and present the log at the end of each month to the Transport
  Officer/Transport Manager for analysis
• Maintain emergency equipment in the vehicle, first aid kit, spare tyre, towing rope, water supplies, etc.

Office Support

• Provide routine office support services as instructed by the Regional Manager and other senior staff
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

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Required Qualifications

• Secondary school education,
• Must possess a valid Tanzanian Driver’s license – Class C.
• At least five years of relevant work experience, preferably with an international organization
• Must have the Advanced Driving Certificate from the National Institute of Transport (NIT)
• Pleasant personality and willingness to follow and implement instructions.
• Requires
  a self-starter who does not need a lot of active supervision or
  detailed instructions in order to perform his/her regular duties.
• The Driver must be able to handle various assignments, sometimes under pressure of deadlines.
• Willingness to work long hours
• He/she must be cooperative, hardworking, adaptability, as is the ability to project a professional and consistent image.
• Both internal and external clients must see the Driver as a person of competence, high integrity, capable and dependable.
• Ability to speak, read and write English