Driver
Concern for Women and Children Development Foundation (COWACDI)
No. 26 opposite Save the Children Office, Benue Avenue, Old G.R.A Maiduguri, Borno State
07034276614
Publication Date:
15th May, 2023.
Driver for Livelihood CAID WFP Activity 4 Project
Concern for Women and Children Development Foundation (COWACDI) is a woman- led organization born out of passion for the wellbeing of Women and Children in Nigeria. It has special interest in mitigating the suffering of the vulnerable persons (mostly Women & Children) in times of crisis. Currently the organization has focused its attention on the North East of Nigeria with special emphasis in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states (the BAY states) due to the decade old crises. COWACDI intervenes through community-based approach in addressing Gender-Based Violence prevention and response programmes, child protection, peace-building programmes and empowerment of youth and women. COWACDI operates with full respect for humanitarian law and works with concrete policies and principles of international standard such as humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence and accountability to affected population.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Type: Part Time
Qualification: SSCE/Diploma
Experience: 2 Years
Location: Borno State
Job Field: Driver
Vacancy: 1
Contractual Arrangement: Internal/External Driver
Contract Duration: 8 Months
Organization: Concern for Women and Children Development Foundation (COWACDI) Nigeria
Background
COWACDI since its establishment in 2005 has been implementing humanitarian and developmental interventions in Protection, Peace Building, Housing Land & Property (HLP), Non-food Items (NFI), Livelihood. These interventions have directly targeted over 6000 vulnerable children, women, girls and boys as well as people with disabilities.
Determined to expand her interventions to reach more vulnerable groups in the conflict area, COWACDI will be implementing Livelihood projects in collaboration with CAID with funding from WFP. To achieve its goal and objectives towards this project, COWACDI seeks the service of a qualified driver.
Planned Timelines:
Start Date: May, 2023
End Date: December, 2023.
Job Description:
A. Responsibilities
The driver is responsible for
• safely and responsibly performing all official travel using official vehicles
• regularly servicing and looking after official vehicles
• taking account of all available information on road conditions, accessible routes and locations
• running official errands and
• assisting with other office work
The driver performs the following tasks:
B. Tasks
1. Driving
The driver
• provides passenger transport in an official car for office, project or program staff, official visitors and guests
• runs errands for the project, program or office, e.g., sending letters and messages, paying bills and buying smaller quantities of office supplies
• helps with transporting goods
• completes the vehicle log correctly and conscientiously in accordance with GIZ standards
2. Service
The driver
• cleans the interior and exterior of the vehicle(s) regularly
• checks oil, water, brakes and brake liquid, tire pressure, battery levels and the entire vehicle, monthly or every 5,000 km (whichever is first), headlights, brakes, bodywork for dents etc.
• is responsible for the project vehicle documents and their good condition, keeping a vehicle log and recording monthly maintenance
• calculates monthly petrol, oil and lubricant consumption for the daily cash fund and for forwarding monthly vouchers to cost accounting
• reports need for service and carries out minor repairs
• immediately reports all involvement of the project or office vehicle in accidents, including minor accidents, damage, loss or theft of vehicle fittings
3. Knowledge management
The driver
• uses all available information (including current radio news on traffic conditions) to update daily knowledge of road conditions, current passable routes and locations, and shares this information with other office drivers
4. Other duties/additional tasks
The driver
• assists other colleagues as needed in the project, program or office if there is no travel pending, carries out other office work on request
Desirable Skills/Quality:
• Proven experience as a Driver
• A valid driver’s license
• A clean driving records
• Minimum visual acuity of 20/50 (or corrected to 20/50)
• Familiarity with GPS devices
• Knowledge of area roads and neighborhoods
• Ability to lift heavy packages and luggage
• Availability to occasionally take weekend and night shifts
• A polite and professional disposition
• Ability to remain calm in stressful driving situations (e.g., at rush hour)
• A high school Diploma
Application Closing Date: 22nd May 2023. Due to the urgency of this position application will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
No application after the closing date will be considered.
Method of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates who are passionate and willing to contribute towards the achievement of our goals should forward their application containing a CV and Letter of interest in either word document or PDF format using the position and location “Driver for Livelihood CAID WFP Activity Project, BORNO STATE” as the subject of the email to recruitment@cowacdi.org
COWACDI regrets that, due to the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to reply to every applicant. If you are being considered for the role, a recruiter will contact you. If you are not contacted within 2 weeks, you should consider your application not successful on this occasion.
Note: Never pay for any training, certificate, assessment, or testing fee to the recruiter.