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Job Title:  Driver  

Organisation: Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF)

Duty Station: Mbale, Uganda

About Organisation:

Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum is a dynamic and leading youth led and youth serving health and human rights organization that works to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people, enhance gender equality and promote economic empowerment and young people’s meaningful participation. UYAHF’s envisions a generation where young people are pro-active and meaningfully participate in national development processes and our overall goal is to empower adolescent girls and young women to live quality lives with equity, dignity and opportunities to realize their full potential.

Job Summary:   Support the project work through driving of project officials, partners and stakeholder to and from project work. Support the project team through making errands and deliveries as direct.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:   The driver will be responsible for;

• Providing transport service to Project staff, visitors and stakeholders as may be assigned.
• Ensuring that project vehicle policy is strictly adhered to in vehicle management.
• Keeping assigned vehicle clean and insuring that it is properly handled, kept in good condition and usable at all times.
• Implementing daily, weekly, and monthly vehicle maintenance checks and work with the administration manager to have all vehicles maintained in a safe working condition
• Ensuring that the vehicle has enough fuel before embarking on transport service or heading for a field trip.
• Keeping correct/proper and neatly recorded vehicle log sheets and submit to the supervisor on monthly basis for review, checking and feedback.
• Ensuring that the vehicle is used for the intended/assigned purpose in accordance with the prior authorisation given by the supervisor.
• Reporting in writing on any maintenance need (minor/major) to the supervisor timely and accurately.
• Reporting any accident immediately to the supervisor as appropriate.
• Ensuring that the car is equipped with First Aid kit at all times xi) Following-up vehicle related issues with the police and insurance companies as per instructions,
• Delivering messages/post to other offices as per instructions.
• Assuming other relevant responsibilities as instructed by supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A minimum of Uganda Certificate of Education or equivalent.
• A clean and valid driver’s License.
• Previous Driving Experience of 3-5 years – preferably with NGO.
• Ability to communicate, write and read in English.
• Experience of basic auto mechanic skills.
• Time management and organizational skills to keep track of deliveries and stay on schedule.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to interact with internal and external clients.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit their CV along with a cover letter detailing their relevant experience to uyahfchannel@gmail.com and copy to : vmuhenda@uyahf.com and jnakato@uyahf.com Please include job applied for in the subject line of the mail. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews

Deadline: 25th October 2024

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