Vacancy Announcement

Driver

About GIZ and the projects

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning authorities in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development; Good Governance; Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development; Digitalization and Digital Economy; and regional projects in the Great Lakes Region.

To contribute to the Rwandan Government’s strategy, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned GIZ to implement the programme “Skills development for economic transformation (SD4T)” from 2023 to 2026, as part of the priority area “Sustainable Economic Development” of the Rwandan-German Development Cooperation. The programme and this position is co-funded by the European Union (EU).

The Civil Peace Service (ZFD by its German acronym) refugee programme, in cooperation with the Rwandan Ministry in charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA), focuses its interventions on contributing to peaceful coexistence between host and refugee communities through violence prevention and conflict transformation.

GIZ Rwanda is searching for one candidate for the position of Driver based in Kirehe District, Rwanda. The driver will support both programmes with all activities outlined below

The driver performs the following responsibilities and tasks:

Responsibilities

The driver is responsible for

• Safely and responsibly performing all official travel using official vehicles, field trips with overnight stays, if needed
• Regularly servicing and looking after official vehicles
• Taking account of all available information on road conditions, accessible routes, and locations
• Running official errands and assisting with other office work

Tasks

The driver performs the following tasks:

1. Driving 

• Provides passenger transport in an official car for office, program staff, official visitors, and guests
• Runs errands for the program and/or office, e.g., sending letters and messages, paying bills, and buying smaller quantities of office supplies, helps with transporting goods
• Completes the vehicle log correctly and conscientiously in accordance with GIZ standards

2. Service 

• Cleans the interior and exterior of the vehicle(s) regularly
• Checks oil, water, brakes and brake liquid, tyre pressure, battery levels and the entire vehicle, monthly or every 5,000 km (whichever is first), headlights, brakes, bodywork for dents etc.
• Is responsible for the project vehicle documents and their good condition, keeping a vehicle log and recording monthly maintenance
• Calculates monthly petrol, oil and lubricant consumption for the daily cash fund and for forwarding monthly vouchers to cost accounting
• Reports need for service and carries out minor repairs
• Immediately reports all involvement of the project or office vehicle in accidents, including minor accidents, damage, loss, or theft of vehicle fittings

3. Knowledge management 

• Uses all available information (including current radio news on traffic conditions) to update daily knowledge of road conditions, current passable routes, and locations, and shares this information with other drivers
• Usage of computer (skills in Word, Excel and other computers skills)

4. Other duties/additional tasks 

• Assists colleagues as needed in the project, program, or office if there is no travel pending, carries out other office work on request

Qualifications and professional experience

• Minimum High School Education Diploma (A2)
• Holds a valid driver’s licence in Rwanda
• At least 3-5 years’ work experience as a driver with 2x references
• No major accidents in the past 3 years

Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references), via our electronic job portal by using the button “apply”; until 25^th June 2025 at 4:00 PM. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation. We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please let us know, if you have any particular requirements should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to consider, when considering your application.

Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.

GIZ Office Rwanda

KN 41 St. / Nr.17, Kiyovu

P.O. Box 59, Kigali,

Rwanda

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