Driver Light vehicles
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- Organisation: International Committee of the Red Cross
- Location: Nekempte (NEK), ET, 33308
- Deadline: 20 September 2026
What we do
Since 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked to preserve human dignity and relieve suffering caused by war and armed violence.
In collaboration with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world, we do everything we can to deliver life-saving aid, reconnect families and locate missing people – helping those who need it most, regardless of who they are and what side of the front line they are on.
We engage with authorities and armed forces on all sides, often confidentially, pressing for access to detainees to improve their living conditions and urging compliance with international humanitarian law to protect non-combatants, including from digital threats.
Purpose
• The Light Vehicles Driver transports people and goods in a safe and timely manner, in accordance with ICRC rules and regulations and national traffic laws.
Relationships
• Internally, interacts mainly with logistics staff and other ICRC employees.
• Externally, interacts with people related to their work, e.g. traffic police, weapon bearers at checkpoints, fuel-station personnel, etc. May interact with beneficiaries.
Accountabilities & functional responsibilities
Functional Responsibilities:
• Drives light vehicles to transport people and/or material in strict adherence to internal security rules and national traffic laws.
• Constantly monitors security conditions on the road.
• Ensures that goods are stored inside the vehicle according to local, international and ICRC safety standards (attachment and distribution of goods, etc.).
• Checks the assigned vehicle(s)' equipment, general functioning and body condition and ensures that it is kept fuelled and clean inside and out.
• Checks validity of stickers for Local Third-party insurance coverage and MoT annual inspection.
• Checks that trips have been authorized where necessary.
• Immediately reports accidents, defects and/or missing equipment to management.
• Can act as head of convoy as needed (in charge of the driver(s), application of security rules and timeframe for the convoy.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES
Transport
• Delivers mail or goods as requested
• Provide assistance to the passengers as needed
Security
• Informs Radio room & Car Dispatcher about time of departure and return to the base
• Makes sure that vehicle is parked in safe area in departure position all the time
• Is aware of and reacts to the current security situation
• Respects ICRC internal security rules all the time
• Respects the laws in general and traffic regulations in particular
• Use the safety belt and oblige passenger to use it
• Drives only ICRC goods and personnel in ICRC vehicles unless instructed differently by superiors
• Fills Waiver of liability when transporting non-ICRC passenger(s)
• Fills in relevant field trip and other form
• Avoids using mobile phones while driving and respects radio communication procedures
• Is aware of the rules concerning correct use of vehicle, and carriage of passengers and goods