Driver at Plan International

Duties and Responsibilities:

Vehicle maintenance and management

• Cleans vehicle and perform routine checks to ensure it has proper working tools on a daily basis.
• Refuels vehicle using an approved fuel voucher and records this on the vehicle log sheet timeously.
• Parks vehicle safely at designated place at the end of each working day not later than 6 pm.
• Ensures that after hours travels have prior formal approval by the admin department.
• Ensure vehicle movement log book is filled timely and regularly.
• To report immediately to the Admin officer, all accidents or issues involving Plan International vehicles.
• Compliance to the motor vehicle and travel policy provisions of Plan international Nigeria.

Staff and material transportation

• Transports staff and designated people to all areas as instructed and with approved vehicle request forms.
• Ferries goods to required points as may be directed from time to time.
• Ensure vehicles have necessary materials such as umbrellas, first aid box, map, fire extinguishers etc.
• Ensure that all Plan assets are not left unattended in the vehicle whilst parked.
• Files in accurately vehicle log books and submits to the Admin Officer.
• Prepares monthly vehicles’ maintenance reports for allocated vehicles.

Other services provision:

• Dispatch and deliver all documents between Plan and other service providers.
• Assist in sourcing for quotations towards the procurement of goods and materials for program delivery as per corporate procedures to ensure value for money is obtained
• Dispatch of goods and materials to various projects offices to facilitate program delivery without any reports of loss or destruction of items
• Comply with Plan’s Child Safeguarding Policy at all times to safeguard and protect the child at all times without any reports or incidents of child abuse.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time to support the attainment of organizational goals.

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Qualifications and Experience

• Good communication, interpersonal and computer skills
• Class B drivers licence. 
• Advanced or Ordinary level certificate
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in vehicle maintenance and driving.
• Work experience in an NGO setup will be an added advantage
• Any relevant certification in driving/clerical services will be an added advantage.

Knowledge:

• Demonstrate wide knowledge of the road network in Bauchi and the other North Central and West states.
• Confirmed and demonstrated successful experience in a similar role
• Good knowledge of grammar, composition, spelling and punctuation.
• Excellent interpersonal relationship with both internal and external clients
• Proficiency with PC’s and computer programs including Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ability to speak good English and any other language is an added advantage.

Skills:

• Good planning and organizational abilities
• Good supervisory and listening abilities
• Communicates clearly and effectively
• Ability to multi- task.
• Good analytical abilities.
• Good time management skills.

Behaviours:

• Maintain image of the organization by example and outmost professionalism.
• Show courtesy and being respectful toward individual, colleagues, superiors and visitors.
• Be dynamic, patient and a good time keeper
• Ability to listen and pay attention to details.
• Good team player.