Head of Transport – Driver
- Ntare Louisenlund School Careers
- Rwanda
- Administration
Who We Are
Ntare Louisenlund School (Rwanda) aspires to become the premier institution in Africa, dedicated to fostering excellence in education. Through the Rwanda plus-STEM program, the school aims to attract the finest talents in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology, serving as a catalyst for innovation, entrepreneurship, and future-shaping endeavors. Situated on a sprawling 60-hectare campus in Rwanda’s Bugesera District, a brief forty-five-minute drive from Kigali, the school is designed to accommodate up to 1,000 boarding students.
Ntare Louisenlund School is committed to delivering an exceptional international education, empowering students to seek scholarships at the world’s leading universities. The student body will comprise two halves, with a portion selected through a rigorous assessment and funded by appropriate scholarships (plus-STEM stream), and the remainder consisting of students from across Africa pursuing the IB Diploma with their families financing the education (IB stream). Seeking candidacy as an IB World School, Ntare Louisenlund School plans to offer the IB Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme.
Operated and managed by Ntare Louisenlund CBC, in collaboration with Stiftung Louisenlund, a renowned institution with over 70 years of experience running a secondary boarding school in Germany, Ntare Louisenlund School strives for comparable excellence at both locations in Germany and Rwanda. A strategic partnership with the Rwandan government is envisioned to identify plus-STEM students eligible for government scholarships.
Your Challenge & Responsibilities
The Head of Transport will be responsible for supporting school operations by driving, managing and maintaining the school’s fleet of vehicles. Coordinate, initiate and supervise any required maintenance. Safety of the passegners, compiling with the requirements of traffic regulations and other relvant entities
Your Main Responsibilities
The Head of Transport is specifically accountable for the following areas;
- Initiate and supervise routine periodic maintenance for the school fleets including but not limited to changing oil, filter changes tune ups, professional cleaning by high pressure hose based on manufacture’s instructions on optimum maintenance requirements, belt, brake fluid, wipers, tires, lights, with supervisor’s approval.
- Serving as the personal driver to the Head of school.
- Maintaining fleet up-to-date records (fleet logo books, vehicles routing, licenses, control technic and vehicle condition
- Ensure passenger safety by obeying traffic regulations, driving carefully and ensure occupants wear seatbelts.
- Knowledge and understanding of auto mechanic (certification in mechanics or automobile is a must)
- Coordinating the transport schedule for school excursions, events, and guest pick-up
- Checking and ensuring that all fleet vehicles are operational and safe to drive.
- Drive assigned vehicle on a daily basis by preapproved supervisor including running errands, procuring supplies as requested.
Your Profile
- Conversational English and numercay required.
- Valid Rwandan driving license and good driving record is required.
- Minimum 5 years of continued driving experience.
- Defensive driving or similar course completion in beneficial.
- Must be in good physical condition
- Available for overtime work and field travel is necessary.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility and integrity.
- Any assignment that you may be required to accomplish
Benefits & Compensation
- The possibility to be supervisor from the start in the most aspiring education project in Africa.
- A first-class school campus in a beautiful natural setting in Bugesera.
- Collaboration with an experienced, internationally recognized school in Germany.
- Various partnerships with external educational partners.
- A committed, dedicated, and team-oriented faculty.
- A highly competitive compensation package.
How to Apply
- Can you imagine working to help us design the school of the future? Then you should apply by April 1st 2024 to careers@ntare-louisenlund.rw and share CV, letter of motivation and certified electronic copies of degrees and certificates
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