Vacancy Announcement
for 1 driver
for
Macroeconomic Investment Policies (MIP) Project
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives of cooperation between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the following five areas: Training and Sustainable Growth for Decent Jobs; Peaceful and Inclusive Societies; Responsibility for our Planet – Climate and Energy; Digitalization and Digital Economy; and Regional Programs.
The Macroeconomic Investment Policies (GIZ-MIP) project, as part of the Peaceful and Inclusive Societies Cluster, is a joint Rwandan-German Development Cooperation project implemented by GIZ; it is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The project aims at strengthening individual and institutional capacities for economic analyses and evidence-based policymaking. The project has five interlinked ‘support areas’: (1) Planning and implementation of public investments; (2) Macroeconomic modelling; (3) Promoting evidence-based fiscal policy; (4) Improving research-based higher education; and (5) Strengthening research and political dialogue. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) is GIZ-MIP’s main counterpart.
GIZ would like to recruit a Driver for the Macroeconomic and Investment Policies (MIP) project.
Location: Kigali
Fixed Term: 12 months (renewable upon review)
Position: one (1)
The Driver performs the following responsibilities and tasks:
A. Responsibilities
The driver is responsible for
▪ Safely and responsibly performing all official travel using official vehicles
▪ Field trips with overnight stays, if needed
▪ 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
B. Tasks
The driver performs the following tasks:
1. Driving
▪ 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
▪ Cleans the interior and exterior of the vehicle(s) regularly
▪ Checks oil, water, brakes and brake liquid, tyre 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
▪ 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 drivers
4. Other duties/additional tasks
▪ Assists other colleagues as needed in the project, program, or office if there is no travel
pending, carries out other office work on request
C. Required qualifications, competencies, and experience
Qualifications and Professional experience
▪ Secondary school education
▪ Holds a valid driver’s licence
▪ At least 1-4 years of work experience as a driver with references
▪ No major accidents in the past 3 years
Other knowledge, additional competences
▪ Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda (French would be an asset)
▪ Discipline and punctuality
▪ Resilience and patience
▪ Familiarity with the city, a region in the country
▪ Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures
are agreed with management
Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references) until 9th September 2022 at 4:00 PM by e-mail to recruitment-rw@giz.de. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB. Please quote the job title in the subject.
GIZ is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates. This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please let us know, if you have any particular requirements should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to consider, when considering your application. Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.
GIZ Office Rwanda
KN 41 St. / Nr.17, Kiyovu
P.O. Box 59, Kigali,
Rwanda
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