Driver/logistics Assistant

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights
 
Driver/Logistics Assistant – Lebanon
Job Description
 

Job Classification: Driver/Logistics Assistant
Location:                               Beirut, Lebanon
Closing Date:                        15 February, 2014
Period:                          3 months with possible extension
 
About Heartland Alliance: Heartland Alliance (HA) advances the human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations—particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced—through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society. In Lebanon, HA provides holistic services focusing on psychosocial support, violence prevention, livelihoods strengthening and social cohesion to diverse vulnerable populations affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, including women and girls, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) individuals, and survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), torture and trauma.
 
Summary: The Driver/Logistics Assistant is responsible for the maintenance of the vehicle in his possession to ensure optimal performance and cleanliness when the vehicle is in use for HA as well as the safe transport of staff and international visitors to and from meetings and field locations in Beirut and throughout Lebanon.  The Driver/Logistics Assistant is responsible the Logistics Officer in local procurement and undertaking administration tasks requiring journeys outside of the office. The candidate must be available to start immediately.
 
 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
 

Drive HA vehicles safely
Transport mail/items with due care
Prepare monthly driver report
Transport local and international staff
Communicate with supervisor regarding all trips
Maintain high level of confidentiality
Familiar with all Lebanese roads and alternate routes

Coordinate procurement: maintain records of purchase orders and goods procured, ensure timely hand-over of procured items to relevant staff and/or partners, ensure compliance with financial rules in the procurement of goods and services
Keep updated records of administrative activities and institutional documents
Ensure the maintenance and upkeep of the office including the need for repairs, replenishing supplies, payment of utilities, etc

 
Qualifications:
 

Education and/or Experience: Good driving skills and confidence on the roads. Must possess a valid driving license at all times and ensure that the license is renewed when necessary.

Language Skills:  Must have written and spoken fluency in English and Arabic

Communication Skills: Listens and gets clarification, responds well to questions and feedback.

 
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. 
The employee is regularly required to drive, sit, stand and walk.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

 
 
Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions without regard to race, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, sexual identity, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the Organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September, 1987. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Employee Services Office at (312) 660-1431.