Overview
Job Title: Project Driver – 4 Posts
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, or EGPAF
Department: Administration and Human Resources
Location: Manyara, Arusha, Singida, and Dodoma
To: Associate Officer of Finance and Administration
How are you going to combat AIDS in the next generation?
The Project Driver is responsible for ensuring that EGPAF staff, official visitors, and consultants are driven safely to meetings, workshops, and other work-related destinations. They also make sure that the EGPAF vehicle they are in charge of is kept in optimal working condition. The Project Driver reports to the Associate Finance and Administration Officer for overall guidance and supervision. As needed and as periodically recommended by the supervisor, the driver supports the operations department administratively and logistically.
At EGPAF, no two days are the same, so what can you anticipate from this position?
Support for Logistics
- Transports EGPAF officials and employees to meetings, field trips, and other locations as needed for official business.
- Maintains records of all deliveries and distributions; gathers and delivers mail, parcels, and equipment.
- Executes pick-up tasks from different locations as instructed by the manager
- Collaborate with the relevant departments to monitor different permissions and VAT-related issues.
- Clear different EGPAF shipments at various stages of the process.
- Help receive, package, label, and distribute packages to various locations as periodically instructed.
- Carry out any purchase-related tasks that are occasionally assigned.
Vehicle Upkeep
- Verifies that the designated car complies with the Foundation Vehicle Use Policy requirements and the EGPAF basic operating criteria.
- Carries out little repairs, schedules routine upkeep, and makes sure the car is always clean and in good operating order.
- Guarantees the vehicle’s security and custody, including the tools.
- Verifies that the designated car has all the essential supplies and documentation, such as the first aid kit, office directory, car insurance, registration, logs, and a map of the area.
- Ensures that the procedures mandated by rules and regulations are followed in the event of an accident involving the office vehicle.
Executive Assistance
- Create administrative reports.
- Monitors daily miles, registers official trips, maintains track of vehicle records, documents the usage of fuel vouchers, and records consumption.
- Monitors insurance and additional tax requirements
- When needed, help office workers with filing, photocopying, and store maintenance.
- Helps in the distribution and mailing of publications and letters
- Sort and distribute mail in accordance with the administrative assistant’s instructions.
- Check on utility bills and deliver checks within the allotted time.
- Organize the workplace’s security and safety measures.
- Provide office supplies as coordination support.
Additional responsibilities
- When other members of the operation team are not present, provide backup in the operations department.
- Perform any other acceptable tasks that the supervisor may occasionally assign you.
In order to succeed, you’ll need:
- A secondary education certificate.
- Driving License from a Respectable Driving School.
- Advanced Driving Course Certificate from VETA or NIT.
- Unblemished Class C driver’s license.
- A promising driving record and a clean driving history.
- At least three years of driving experience, preferably with USAID or other international organizations.
- Experience driving long distances.
- Strong oral communication skills in both English and Swahili.
- Adaptability and capacity to collaborate with diverse individuals.
The goal of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is to end HIV and AIDS-related family tragedies and we are making progress toward this goal. We have a track record of success leading the global effort to eradicate HIV and AIDS, and we support every child’s right to a healthy, fulfilling life into adulthood. In the most impacted areas of the globe, EGPAF has led the way in providing for the immediate needs of children with HIV and AIDS for more than 30 years. Our daily actions are guided by our core principles, which include passion, creativity, teamwork, leadership, honesty, excellence, and equity, all while optimizing our influence within the communities we cater to. Come fight with us for a generation free of AIDS!
In Tanzania, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) started funding HIV and AIDS initiatives in 2003 and opened a national office the following year. Since then, the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government, the Ministry of Health Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, and the EGPAF have worked closely together to expand the program’s reach to include high-quality, comprehensive, and integrated HIV, GBV, TB, and family planning services in the regions it supports. The U.S. Agency for International Development was recently awarded to EGPAF in partnership with consortium partners Amref Health Tanzania, Engender Health, D-tree International, and Matchboxology.
Tanzania/USAID In order to close service delivery gaps in HIV, TB, and family planning (FP), Afya Yangu Northern is built on client-centered approaches. Additionally, local stakeholders’ capacity is continuously being built and transferred to ensure sustainable and national leadership. In the early project years, USAID Afya Yangu Northern will place a strong emphasis on direct service delivery throughout all regions, making sure that gaps in epidemic control are found and that specialized solutions are created to address the needs of vulnerable people.
Being an international, multicultural, and global organization, EGPAF thinks that having diversity in the workplace improves our effectiveness and enriches our work. We think that workers should be allowed to realize their full potential in an environment of mutual respect and integrity, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) is a top priority for the Foundation.
Being an equal opportunity employer, EGPAF provides equal opportunities to all of its workers and job seekers, irrespective of their race or ethnicity, gender, religion, sex, age, country origin, disability, or genetic makeup. Everywhere the Foundation has facilities, EGPAF complies with US statutes prohibiting discrimination in employment in addition to local legal requirements.
No fees are assessed by the Foundation during the hiring process. Please email fraud@pedaids.org if you are requested to pay a charge at any point during the recruitment process.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The post is open to all candidates, and EGPAF is an equal opportunities employer. Candidates who meet the qualifications should send their resume, cover letter, and any pertinent certifications to EGPAF, along with an explanation of how their experience meets the position’s requirements.
Date of Closure: April 28, 2024
Only those who have been shortlisted will be contacted.
