Creative Associates International is a fast-growing, social impact company that specializes in the areas of education, economic growth, democratic transitions, and stabilization in post-conflict environments. Based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, this global development organization has a field presence is more than 25 countries and a strong client portfolio of that includes the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department. Since its founding in 1977 by four enterprising women, Creative has earned a solid reputation among its clients and is well-regarded by competitors and partners alike. Creative Associates International has been working in Nigeria for more than a decade to support education programs in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Driver

Job ID: 2022-2434
Locations: Abuja, Bauchi and Sokoto
Category: Administrative / Office Support
Reporting & Supervision: Office Manager.

Program Description

• Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and in close partnership with federal partners and select Nigeria States (designated as legacy [Bauchi and Sokoto], launching and technical assistance), the five-year Leveraging Education Assistance Resources in Nigeria (LEARN) project will support sustainable improvements in reading outcomes for first and second grade pupils.
• The goal of LEARN is to strengthen and scale early grade reading (EGR) best practice by ensuring that standards-based, context-appropriate assessment, materials, training, and administrative supports needed to improve literacy skills for P1-2 pupils are embedded within the federal policy, funding, and monitoring frameworks, and state and local authorities have the implementation protocols, capacity, and resources to carry out and sustain standards-based, data-driven EGR reform.
• The project objective is to instill ownership in and build capacity of school-community, local, state, and federal systems to establish a base for adequate, consistent data-driven funding, monitoring and performance that increase the equity, inclusion, and wellbeing necessary to achieve sustained EGR gains.
• LEARN will therefore be building on lessons learned from prior Nigeria reading programs to introduce a flexible, cost- efficient EGR intervention model that can be tailored to state contexts.

Position Summary

• Working knowledge of the rules and regulations involved in the safe and efficient operation of driving and operating a vehicle.
• Knowledge of basic automotive maintenance procedures.
• Ability to deal effectively and patiently with others.
• Safe and Legal operation of a private and commercial motor vehicle.
• Knowledge of the Abuja and outskirts states.

Primary 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 card/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 operations department.
• Ensure vehicle movement logbook is filled timely and regularly.
• To report immediately to the Office Manager, all accidents or issues involving LEARN vehicles.
• Compliance to the motor vehicle and travel policy provisions of LEARN.

Staff and Material Transportation:

• Transports staff and designated people to all areas as instructed and with approved vehicle request forms.
• Ensure vehicles have necessary materials such as umbrellas, vehicle took kit, first aid box, map, fire extinguishers etc.
• Ensure that all LEARN assets are not left unattended in the vehicle whilst parked.
• Files in accurately vehicle log books and submits to the Office Manager.
• Prepares monthly vehicles’ maintenance reports for allocated vehicles.

Other Services Provision:

• Dispatch and deliver all documents between LEARN and other service providers.
• Dispatch of goods and materials to various projects offices to facilitate program delivery without any reports of loss or destruction of items
• Assist the Office Manager to ensure that the administrative documents for all vehicles are available, filed and monitored for compliance and expiration both for cars and drivers e.g driver’s license.
• Receive and collate movement plan, while sharing in the new week to all staff.
• Update the daily movement board (Airport pick up/drop off and movement within/outside Abuja)
• Report all cars incidents with a view to finding solutions and recording lessons learnt.
• Ensure the daily, weekly and monthly checks on all LEARN vehicles.
• Ensure that vehicle log sheets are properly filled and signed by colleagues.
• Assist the security guards in the proper refueling of the generators.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time to support the attainment of organizational goals.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• High School Graduation
• Prior driving/taxi experience working for donor.
• Excellent knowledge of the local region
• Valid Nigerian Driver’s license
• Clean driving record/history
• Fluent in English.
• Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Experience & Skills:

• At least 3 years previous experience in similar role.
• Experience with a USAID-funded or other international organization implementing a program operating in insecure areas is desired.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• Excellent record keeping, and documentation skills are required for documenting trips, fuel and vehicle maintenance.  

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.