The applicant must have legal authority to live and work in Kenya.
PATH is an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. PATH's mission is to improve the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors.
PATH's Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation (HFG) project is an initiative aimed at reducing HIV prevalence among youth by promoting positive behavior change and linking young people to economic opportunities. It is a ground-breaking approach empowering youth to make healthy decisions for their futures. This initiative represents a new model for development, to involve multiple partners from the public, private and non-profit sectors, and to utilize 21st century techniques and technologies to support HIV prevention.
We seek to fill a vacant Driver position for the HFG project. S/he will be responsible for meeting the transportation needs of the project as assigned. In doing so, s/he carries an important responsibility, being entrusted with the lives of the staff and sometimes visitors. S/he will e expected to carry out all duties in an exemplary manner. Specific duties will include:
- Fulfil the transport needs and carry out the driving requirements of the project as directed.
- Convey staff to the various places and destinations as they may need to visit in the course of their work.
- Facilitate the transfer of project visitors to/from their respective hotels to the office as well as airport transfers upon request.
- Ensure the safety of staff and HFG visitors by driving safely at all times.
- Record all trips in the vehicle log-book.
- Ensure vehicles always have sufficient fuel; manage vehicle fuel cards and maintain proper logs of trips made. Confirm card usage and reconcile fuel bills before sending to finance for payment processing.
- Ensure security of PATH vehicles.
- Maintain the cleanliness of vehicles by regularly washing the interior and exterior.
- Ensure vehicles are kept in good working order; regularly check lights, indicators, brakes, tyre pressure, oil, battery and radiator and report any defects to the supervisor.
- Conduct trips using the shortest possible route and avoid unnecessary deviations and multiple trips to minimize mileage and time wastage.
- Accept responsibility for damage caused by gross negligence on his/her part, and may be required to pay for such damage.
- Follow the correct procedure in the event of an accident. Notify the supervisor immediately and render assistance where necessary.
- In liaison with the supervisor, ensure that all necessary servicing is performed by reputable outlets.
- Display good road manners and obey all traffic regulations. Stop only where it is safe to do so.
- Understand that use of PATH Kenya vehicles for personal trips by self or other staff is prohibited.
- Run official errands as directed, pay office bills, collect and deliver packages/mail from the post office. Make bank deposits upon request by the finance team.
- Assist in paying for training venues, research assistants, and participants during project workshops and trainings.
- Must have a clean and valid driving license. Ability to drive vehicle classes BCE prefered.
- Minimum O level qualification, aggregate of D+
- Driving course required. Intensive driving training from NYS is an added advantage
- A certificate of good conduct from the police is a must.
- Must have basic skills in vehicle maintenance; ability to do simple general maintenance as required on the vehicle.
- Must be conversant with all traffic regulations and the Highway Code.
- S/he must be ready to make long distance trips.
- Proven integrity is a must.
- Basic skills in office operating systems an added advantage
A minimum of 4 years of driving experience in the Nairobi region is required.
Driver, The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation (HFG) project
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