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Driver (Local) -(محلی) دریور

Date Posted: Mar 16, 2024
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Job Detail

  • Location:
    Balkh- Farah- Faryab- Herat
  • Company:
  • Type:
    Contract
  • Shift:
    Rotating Days
  • Career Level:
    Entry Level Staff
  • Positions:
    4
  • Vacancy number:
    VA-2024-15
  • Experience:
    5 Year
  • Gender:
    Male
  • Salary:
    As per Company salary scale
  • Degree:
    14th grade qualification
  • Apply Before:
    Mar 21, 2024

About Afghanaid

Afghanaid is a British international NGO (www.afghanaid.org.uk) that has been working in Afghanistan since 1983. Headquartered in Kabul, Afghanaid implements projects directly in 8 provinces and through partners in a further number of provinces and maintains a marketing and fundraising office in London. Afghanaid works in some of the most remote areas of the country and through a range of programme interventions supports development of basic services, such as water and sanitation, access roads, education facilities and other community infrastructure; strengthens livelihoods through improved natural resource management, agricultural and small enterprise development, and improved access to markets; and provides humanitarian assistance in times of emergencies. Gender mainstreaming, local governance and community development are integrated into all of Afghanaid’s work. The results achieved have earned Afghanaid the respect and recognition of stakeholders as an effective and collaborative charity.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • To take care of assigned vehicle; prepare it for field trips (ensuring sufficient vehicle maintenance prior to trip, availability of spare tires, first-aid kits, snow-chains, etc.), maintain it during trip (including secure parking) and clean the vehicle on completion of trip.
  • Drive office vehicles for the transport of authorised personnel, plan and schedule routing.
  • To report to the administration any accidents or malfunctions of the vehicle on immediate.
  • Undertake long and short trips as required
  • Bring and take back the Afghanaid staff before and after the office hours daily
  • Properly check oils and fuels of his vehicle during trip and when necessary undertake smaller repairs
  • Know and obey traffic rules and know the special rules of Afghanaid (e.g. avoiding military convoys, not driving after dark, avoid potential mines [off-road driving], etc.
  • Sign all the related document of his trip by related officer
  • Fill in the vehicle log book properly
  • Be helpful to the passenger within the limit of logistics rules and Afghanaid Security Manual
  • wash his vehicle and keep clean it all the time
  • Report his arrival and departure from any regional offices to the administrator officer
  • Deliver a wide variety of items to different addresses and through different routes
  • Follow route and time schedule
  • Load, unload, prepare, inspect and operate delivery vehicle
  •  Take care of the day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle; check oil, water, battery, brakes, tries, etc.
  • Supervise the loading and unloading of the vehicle as well as the organization and safety of packages in his/her vehicle
  •  Stay close to the vehicle and be available at all times
  • Respect the traffic rules, speed limits and braking distances and adjust his/her speed according to road conditions
  • Ensure that passengers and vehicle return before nightfall
  • Ensure that there is enough fuel for each trip
  • Park the vehicle in a suitable place, ‘ready to leave’
  • Follow the established procedure in case of accident
  • Before each journey, check that all vehicle documentation, a break-down kit, and other safety equipment is on-board the vehicle and that the communications equipment is in good working order
  • To perform any other related duties as required by the line manager.

Job Requirements

Person specification

Education/Training:

  • Post-secondary education
  • Strong understanding of the local area, places and culture
  • Possess understanding vehicle operating systems
  • Knowledge of Mechanic and ability to drive Trucks are is highly desirable.
  • Honest, active and well mannered.
  • Ready to work, live and travel in an intricate and strenuous environment

Work experience:

More than 5 years of professional experience in driving specifically in NGO.

Professional Skills, Competencies, Values and Attitudes

  • Ability to deal with difficult, often challenging work situations
  • Behavioural role model for peers and fellow team members
  • Competent to work with significant levels of autonomy and able to meet tight deadlines
  • Ready to work, live and travel in an intricate and strenuous environment
  • Strong understanding of the local area, places and culture
  • Possess understanding vehicle operating systems
  • Sensitivity to gender issues
  • Personal integrity, sense of humour, intuitive and self-motivation
  • A results-oriented approach to delivering work priorities.
  • Fluent in Dari, Pashto and Basic English

Other Information

This position presents an excellent opportunity for someone with ambition and drive looking to gain experience in management and supervision and move up in their career. Afghanaid’s core values are creativity, fairness and honesty. Our staff are passionate about and proud of their work and Afghanaid. Teamwork is fundamental and demonstrated by showing creativity and taking initiative, assisting others and taking on additional responsibilities and tasks if necessary. We are results driven, committed and motivated to achieve targets and take accountability for our own actions.

Submission Guideline:

Please submit your application by filling the Afghanaid standard job application form and submit a completed application form, covering letter and your CV to Afghanaid Office to HQ Kabul Office or email by no later than 21 - March - 2024 to vacancies@afghanaid.org.uk  ; including your name, vacancy number and the job title in the subject line. Your covering letter should be no more than 1 standard A4 page in length and explain how you meet the essential and desirable position requirements and why you feel you would be a suitable candidate for this role. Your CV should be no more than 4 pages and include 3 professional references including your current employer. The precision and style with which you present yourself in your covering letter and CV will be given significant weight in short listing candidates. Application with no proper subject (requested above), without the application form or submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every application. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the deadline, then you have not been successful for shortlisting.

Please note that applying without filling the standard job application form will result in disqualifying the applications to review for shortlisting.

Link for the Afghanaid Standard Job Application form:  https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1vLmMCTTa7peZ-8Odm-L4xm_5ULr6nvRG

Note: Only local candidates within the same District & Province should apply.

طریقه درخواست

اشخاص و افراد  که درای  مشخصات فوق الذکر بوده میتواند  درخواست خویش را با ضمیمه فورم درخواستی استاندرد افغان اید و با ضمیمه خلص سوانح  (CV ) خویش را به دفتر مرکزی کابل  افغان اید یا  از طریق پست الکترونیکی  vacancies@afghanaid.org.uk مورخ  (۲۱/۳/۲۰۲۴) ارسال  و تسلیم نماید.

طول درخواستی شما نباید بیش از 2 صفحه استاندارد A4 باشد و توضیح دهد که چگونه شرایط لازم را برآورده می کنید و اینکه چرا احساس می کنید کاندیدای مناسبی برای این وظیفه هستید. CV شما نباید بیش از 4 صفحه باشد و شامل 3 مرجع رسمی ای professional references) باشد. نظر  به دقت و سبکی که در درخواستی و CV خود را ارائه می دهید ،  تاثیر مهم در شارت( لیست خواهند داشت.  به دلیل حجم بالای درخواستی ها که دریافت می کنیم، نمی توانیم به هر درخوتسیت پاسخ دهیم. اگر ظرف 2 هفته پس از تاریخ ختم اعلان از ما خبری نداشتید، در شارت لست موفق نشده اید.

لطفاً توجه داشته باشید که درخواست شما بدون پر کردن و تکمیل نمودن فورم درخواست وظیفه استاندارد افغان اید منجر به رد درخواست میگردد.

لینک فورم درخواستی: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1vLmMCTTa7peZ-8Odm-L4xm_5ULr6nvRG

نوت:  تنها افراد محلی واجد شرایط که باشنده فعلی ولایت و لسوالی مذکور باشند میتوانند درخواست دهند

Submission Email:

vacancies@afghanaid.org.uk

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