# Driver NGO Job MSF

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Company: MSF

Category: Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics

Location: Kenya

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-09-30

Expires: 2026-11-14

## Job Description

Driver Jobs. MSF Jobs. Driver transporting authorized goods and passengers while ensuring vehicle safety and compliance with traffic and security rules, requiring a Form Four certificate, a valid driving licence, fluency in English and Kiswahili and good knowledge of Western Kenya roads, in an NGO humanitarian environment, on-site role in Busia.

Rationale/Objective for Position

- Performing the tasks of transporting authorized goods and passengers in an MSF vehicle, ensuring its technical and safety conditions and respecting the country’s traffic rules and MSF security rules, in order to provide a safe, smooth and efficient service.

- This position will be hierarchically and functionally accountable to the Logistics Supervisor /Manager/Logistics Team Leader.

### Tasks & Responsibilities

- Checking daily, the technical conditions of the assigned vehicle (state of the tires, oil, fuel, brakes, radio equipment, spare parts, etc.), performing weekly check according to the MSF Logbook, refilling it when necessary, and keeping it clean to ensure it can be driven in perfect conditions. Carrying out a hand over if another uses the vehicle

- Ensuring the security of passengers in the vehicle, driving carefully, observing speed limits and traffic rules in the country as well as MSF security rules, in order to avoid car accidents.

- Ensuring all passengers have all necessary papers in order before travelling, and ensuring non MSF staff sign disclaimers of responsibility before using the vehicle

- Ensuring correct loading and unloading of the vehicle, submitting the documents to the receiver of the goods, checking the status of delivered goods, returning the duly completed documents to Logistics and ensuring that the goods have the necessary documents

- Ensuring that all vehicle documents and the driver’s driving license are valid and in the vehicle.

- Informing the line manager of any incident involving the transportation of passengers and/or goods.

- Knowing how to use all types of radios, codes, call numbers and radio alphabets by heart and communicating with base according to MSF communications policy to inform the driver’s position and any potential implications.

- Knowing and respecting the security rules related to vehicle movements, specifically those related to customs, checkpoints and roadblocks. Ensuring all passengers know and respect the security rules.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

- Work location is Busia town with movements within the county and Nairobi. (Local knowledge of and residence in  Busia county is required)

- Should be ready to be deployed anywhere in Kenya.

- Assist in ensuring security rules are adhered to and report any incidences to the line manager.

- Driver must not driver under influence of alcohol or any substance.

- Comply with the project local security plan.

- Communicate very clearly and report the departure and arrival on time and consider it as security proceedure.

- Not allow any non MSF to be in the car unless permited by the line manager and fill the discharge of liability form. No non-MSF items allowed to be in the car.

- To attend the breifing before any movement and the debreifing after coming back from movement and tells his observation during the trip.

- Ensure MSF identification is won by passagers and visible in the car.

- Ensure the communication tools in the car are functioning before any movement.

- Ensure the car movement sheet is signed by staff/passenger who used the car.

- Follow the drivers rosters and be 30 minutes earlier in the work place to Check the car, equipment, the first aid kit avaibility and ensure all is ok for the movement.

- Report to the mechanic or the line manager any abnormal issue with the car before movement.

- Be responsible for the security water and food in the car during movement. And all items and equipment left in the car including safe Loading and offloading of the vehicle.

- Must maintaion site of the vehicle all the time when outside of the MSF base.

- Perform other logistics task is support of the project as instructed by the supervisor.

- With advice from mechanic, to be aware of the service A,B,C for the vehicle.

Qualifications

Education

- Form Four certificate, Valid driving license. Good knowledge of country roads.

Languages

- Fluency in both written and spoken English and Kiswahili

Experience

- Desirable knowledge of basic mechanics

- Good knowledge of Kenya Roads (Particularly Western Kenya, Busia County)

Competencies

- Results and Quality Orientation

- Teamwork and Cooperation

- Behavioural Flexibility

- Commitment to MSF Principles

- Stress Management

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