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Driver

Welthungerhilfe

Location

Kampala

Category

Operations

Deadline

22nd March 2026

Job Description

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

  • Carry out daily checks before starting up the vehicle as per checklist
  • Maintain the vehicle in clean condition
  • Ensure that the security toolbox, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, and other safety kits as per the vehicle checklist are complete and on board.
  • Report mechanical problems, accidents or theft immediately to the Supervisor or Police as described in the Welthungerhilfe regulations
  • Inform Supervisor when vehicle will be due for service and if any major repairs to be carried out.
  • Solve minor technical / mechanical problems and escalate issues beyond.
  • Monitor fuel usage, mileage, and vehicle performance for assigned vehicles.
  • Ensure all vehicles have up-to-date insurance, registration, and inspection certifications
  • Maintain inventory of tools, spare parts, and mechanical supplies in the vehicle and make requests for refills where necessary
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  • Obey traffic laws, i.e. speed limits in urban areas and highways, road traffic signs and taking care before overtaking any other vehicle.
  • Ensuring that passengers wear their seat belts and briefed before any trip takes off.
  • Keep all personal documents as well as those of the vehicle with you and check that they are valid (driving license, insurance paper)
  • Collect and safely deliver any other materials / documents as may be requested.
  • Always provide information and guidance to passengers on Welthungerhilfe Vehicle regulations for compliance as a safety measure
  • Support the goods loading and unloading of the vehicle and goods in an appropriate way from source to destination and ensure related documentation is signed and checked.
  • Ensure that non-Welthungerhilfe staff sign a Waiver of Liability form and briefed about the content.
  • With respect to the travel window, any deviations must have received prior approval from the Country Director.
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Requirements, Qualifications and Competences

  • A minimum of Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) is a must
  • Valid driving license with Classes B, DL, CM is a must with a clean record
  • A minimum of 05 years’ experience and training with legally recognized organizations (Preferably NGO and Business Organizations)
  • A certificate and experience in auto mechanics will be an added advantage
  • Certificate in Defensive driving skills is an added advantage
  • Ability to work under pressing social and natural environment and motivated and committed
  • An open and reliable person with high integrity
  • A good command of both spoken and written English is necessary with capacity to use the computer (Basic skills is required) and a smart phone for data entry. Ability to communicate in local languages spoken in the project area is an added advantage.
  • Flexible and willing to work upcountry and outside normal office hours
  • Sensitive to personal and organizational security policies
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.

About Welthungerhilfe

Welthungerhilfe (WHH), founded in 1962, is one of Germany’s largest non-governmental aid and development agencies. We have worked in Uganda since 1986, in partnership with the Government of Uganda, national and local NGOs, jointly improving the livelihoods of the most vulnerable population in rural areas through interventions that increase their Food and Nutrition Security, improve sustainable access to WASH services, innovative youth skilling and women’s empowerment programs in five regions of Uganda.

How to Apply

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Please send your application via our online recruiting system by March 22, 2026. Your contact person is Pamela Masudio. Welthungerhilfe is committed to fighting terrorism in all its activities. Accordingly, any applicant who is offered employment will be screened against lists of known and suspected terrorists.

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Category Operations
Location Kampala

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