Who is VSO Ethiopia
VSO is the world’s leading international organisation working through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. We focus on people who are marginalised or excluded, including those living in poverty, people with disabilities or illness, and those facing discrimination, violence, disasters, disease, and conflict.
VSO places these individuals at the centre of its work as primary actors and agents of change. We work with communities to identify their priorities, opportunities, and solutions, supporting locally led and sustainable change.
Our Approach
VSO’s Volunteering for Development (VfD) approach supports vulnerable and marginalised people to claim their rights and drive lasting change. It addresses the root causes of vulnerability and marginalisation through three core approaches: social inclusion and gender, social accountability, and resilience. These approaches underpin our work in inclusive education, health, resilient livelihoods and peace building.
About the Job
VSO is a lead implementer of the Internship Opportunities for Young Women program (iWork), financed by the Mastercard Foundation. The program will be implemented in Ethiopia across Amhara, Oromia, and Harari regional states, as well as the Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa city administrations. iWork aims to create internship opportunities for 24,000 financially disadvantaged young people, with a primary focus on young women. The program also promotes inclusion by reaching persons with disabilities, refugees, internally displaced people, and returnees. Through internships, iWork aims to help young women build the skills and experience they need to access dignified and fulfilling work, contributing to poverty reduction and an improved quality of life.
VSO Ethiopia is recruiting Driver for iWork program.
Role Purpose:
Provide safe, reliable, and efficient transportation services for staff, visitors, and project materials under the iWork Program. The role supports smooth project operations by ensuring proper vehicle management, timely transportation, and compliance with organizational transport and safety procedures in line with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) policies and standards.
Tasks Responsibilities
- Provide safe and timely transportation for project staff, visitors, consultants, and partners.
- Transport project materials, equipment, and documents assigned.
- Ensure staff and passengers comply with vehicle safety requirements.
- Support field travel and project activities in different locations as required.
- Conduct daily vehicle inspections before and after trips, ensuring assigned vehicles are clean, roadworthy and properly maintained.
- Monitor fuel, oil, water, tyre pressure and battery condition regularly, report mechanical problems, damages or accidents immediately, and coordinate servicing and maintenance schedules with the Logistics or Administration team.
- Maintain accurate vehicle logbooks, fuel consumption, mileage, maintenance and repair records, and ensure all vehicle documents, including insurance, registration and licences, are valid and up to date.
- Adhere to road safety regulations and organisational transport policies, drive responsibly and professionally, maintain confidentiality, ensure the safety and security of passengers, vehicles and transported items, and support emergency response procedures when necessary.
- Assist with the delivery and collection of official documents and supplies, provide logistical support for meetings, training, workshops and field activities, and support loading and unloading of materials when required.
Work Location: Bahir Dar (1) and Kombolcha (1)
Salary : As per VSO salary scale
Requirements & Qualifications
Required Qualification
Education
- Minimum completion of secondary education.
- Valid driving license with a clean driving record.
Experience
- Minimum of 7 years of professional driving experience.
- Experience working with NGOs, development projects, or international organizations is an advantage.
- Good knowledge of local routes and road safety regulations.
- Basic vehicle maintenance knowledge.
- Safe driving skills
- Reliability and punctuality
- Integrity and professionalism
- Time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure and flexible working hours
- Problem-solving and analytical skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Good verbal and written communications in English and local languages Amharic.
- Commitment to VSO’s vision, mission, values, code of conduct, people-first principles, and volunteering for development approach.
The Driver who will interact professionally with:
- Service garages and maintenance providers.
- Government traffic and transport authorities when necessary.
- Suppliers, partners, and community stakeholders during field assignments.
- Hotels, training venues, and event locations during project activities.
Travel Requirement
Ability to travel frequently to project field locations, woredas and stakeholder sites within the assigned cluster, and occasionally to other programme locations as required.
Equal Opportunities
VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive enough applications.
VSO is committed to a fair, transparent and merit-based recruitment. VSO does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process.
Required Skills
Communication
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants who meet the requirement stated above are invited to apply. When submitting your applications, candidates are kindly requested to clearly indicate your preferred location or duty station. Please ensure that all required information is provided accurately and that the application is submitted before the specified deadline.
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