Project Driver and Assistant UK NGO Jobs – Farm Africa
Job Title: Project Driver and Assistant – Commercialising Chilli Production
Organization: Farm Africa
Duty Station: Lira, Uganda
Reports to: Project Accountant & Administrator
About US:
Farm Africa, founded in 1985, is an international non-governmental organization working in Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. We drive agricultural and environmental change to improve lives. Our strategy has three pillars: agricultural expertise, management and preservation of ecosystems, and the power of business to drive prosperity. We believe Africa has the power to feed itself and are helping make this happen by establishing and spreading the best farming and forestry techniques so that poor farmers and herders have more food to feed their families and to sell. We help smallholders manage their natural resources sustainably so that they can withstand climate change challenges and shocks and ensure their families have enough food in the future as well as now. Farm Africa works in partnership with communities, government, local and international organizations, and the private sector to innovate, learn and share best practices for maximum impact of our projects.
About Project:
Farm Africa is mid way through implementation of a three year project in partnership with aBi Development Limited and the North East Chilli Producers Association (NECPA). The project is focussed on creating a more competitive and profitable chilli value chain within Lira, northern Uganda to capitalise on growing international demand for varieties of Ugandan African Birds Eye (ABE) dried chillies. The project will strengthen the technical capacity of NECPA and their extension team to support market-orientated chilli production across their entire area of operation. Key project activities include; delivering an enhanced extension package to 3,000 (120 groups of 25) chilli farmers in Aromo, Barr and Amach sub-counties; reforming input supply within Aromo, Barr and Amach sub-counties to ensure there is an adequate flow of high-quality inputs to service growing demand from farmers; supporting NECPA to obtain the proper certification and licencing required in order to begin accessing and selling their farmers’ chillies directly into high-value export markets. At the same time, the project will promote greater inclusivity within the value chain, encouraging female and youth led production by educating on gender mainstreaming and creating new enterprise opportunities.
Job Summary: The Project Driver and Assistant – Commercialising Chilli Production will provide safe and timely transport support to enable the CCP project team and partners to carry out their duties, maintain the Farm Africa vehicle and provide support with administrative tasks.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide a timely and safe transport service to project team members and Farm Africa visitors including:
- Safely operating the Farm Africa vehicle in accordance to Uganda traffic laws and Farm Africa’s vehicle use policy
- Driving Farm Africa staff and officials to various locations across Lango sub-region and on occasion further afield, as assigned by the Project Accountant & Administrator
Maintenance of the Farm Africa vehicle including:
- Maintaining an accurate log book for fuel consumption, mileage and usage of assigned vehicle including appropriate authorization for each trip.
- Conducting and overseeing minor repairs of the assigned vehicle.
- Conducting regular checks, for example oil, water, tyres etc. and reporting any issues promptly to the Project Accountant and Administrator.
- Ensuring timely service of the vehicle as recommended by manufacturer.
- Arranging major vehicle repairs with appropriate service providers when the need arises and with the appropriate authorizations according to Farm Africa’s procurement procedures.
- Ensuring procurement of vehicle parts are done in line with the Farm Africa procurement guidelines.
- Ensuring the vehicle is cleaned regularly.
- Ensuring that the vehicle is fully and comprehensively insured at all times.
Assisting with administrative duties, in particular:
- Assisting colleagues with office works including photocopying, filling, binding of documents and other duties as reasonably requested.
- Providing office reception support as required.
- Ensuring that stocks of office consumables are appropriately maintained.
- Making hotel and/or transport bookings for visiting staff.
- Ensuring that the office compound is well maintained.
- Carrying out errands as requested by the Project Accountant & Administrator
NB: These essential functions are not to be interpreted as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job related duties as required. All work responsibilities are subject to having performance goals and/or targets established.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Farm Africa Project Driver and Assistant job opportunity must hold a Certificate of Secondary Education
- Valid Driving Permit Classes B, CM, and DL
- At least two years of work experience working as a professional driver for an INGO, UN or government programme
- Clean driving history
- Experience of administration support and running office errands
- Experience of day-to-day management of office facilities
- Demonstrable mechanical skills
- Demonstrable ability to maintain records
- Good standard of spoken English
- Able to work under own initiative
- Flexible and ‘can do’ attitude
- Honesty and Integrity
- Team Player
Desired:
- Mechanical skills qualification
- Good working knowledge of Word and Excel.
- Detailed knowledge of roads in Lango sub-region.
- Defensive driving skills
- Able to work with different people from different cultures
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to send an updated CV, salary history, and a two-page supporting statement detailing how you meet the person specification to ugandarecruitment@farmafrica.org including ‘Project Driver & Assistant- ‘CCP Project ‘ in the subject line.
Deadline: Wednesday 26th February 2020 by 5.00pm EAT
NB: Please DO NOT send additional documents such as certificates and references with your application. Successful candidates ONLY will be required to provide these documents during the referencing process. First round interviews will take place w/c 2nd March 2020 at Farm Africa office in Lira. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.