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Job Title: Driver
Department: Operations
Location: Mae Hong Son
Application Deadline: 10 May 2022
Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. The IRC has been operating in Thailand since 1975 and currently provides assistance to displaced persons in Tak, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Mae Hong Son provinces
Job Overview/Summary:
To achieve an effective and smooth logistics operation including transportation of staff or visitors and delivery of medical equipment, medicine and supplies, referral of camp patients, feeding activities for pregnancy, assistance to all programs staff when in camps as appropriate and ensure efficient driving and maintenance of IRC vehicle in compliance with IRC rules and regulations.
Responsibilities:
• To ensure efficient driving and maintenance of IRC vehicle in compliance with IRC rules and regulations
• To ensure good taking care of evacuated camp patient
• To ensure effective delivery of medical equipment supplies, medicine and other supplies to camps
• Pick-up staff and IRC visitors and drop them off to camps or their required destinations and ensure all of them return back to the MHS office or other required destination after working.
• Verify the types of materials being loaded on vehicle
• Perform appropriate maintenance and keep truck clean at all time
• To prepare vehicle in good working condition on daily basis
• To prepare tools and equipment for emergency incidents
• To inspect schedule of travelling to camp as a planned by IRC program
• To load medical equipment, supplies and medicine on truck after checking with checklist
• To facilitate patient or relative to move up on truck with suggestion for convenience
• Perform other duties, as appropriate or requested by Supervisor.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Supply Chain Officer
Position directly supervises: None
Indirect Reporting: Senior Supply Chain Officer
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal: Field Coordinator, Finance Team, Senior IT Officer and all program staff.
External: Suppliers and organizations providing procurement and logistical services to IRC.
Job Requirements:
Education: - Post-ten standard/High School.
Work Experience: - Experience working with refugees.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: -At least 3-year experience in off road driving, high capability to use tools or equipment for facing accident, high know-how of vehicle maintenance.
Language Skills: Knowledge of written and spoken English, Karenni, Burmese, Karen and Shan language used in the Karenni camps preferred
Certificates or Licenses: Private Car Driving License
Working Environment: The position is located at the IRC Field Office in Mae Hong Son.
Standards of Professional Conduct
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.
Equal Opportunity Employer
IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
If you are interested, please submit your cover letter and CV to the below email.