Job Description
Concern Worldwide mission is to improve the living standard of people who cannot meet their basic needs by strengthening their capacity to meet those needs and responding to emergency situations. Every Concern staff member has an important role to play in ensuring that this mission is achieved and every employee should be clear about how their own contribution can help the wider organisation achieve its objective. Concern Worldwide has been operational in Sierra Leone since 1996. Concern currently operates in the Districts of Western Area Urban (Freetown), Western Area Rural, Tonkolili, Port Loko, Kambia, Karene and remotely in a number of other Districts..
On this note, Concern would like to invite well experienced and professional applicants for the under mentioned role:
| 01. Job Title | Driver X2. |
| Reports to: | Transport Officer in Freetown, Port Loko and Mile 91. |
| Direct reports: | Not Applicable. |
| Liaises with: | Mechanics, Programmes and Operations Staff. |
| Job Location: | Freetown and Port Loko |
| Contract Details: | Fixed Term |
| Job Purpose: | To drive the vehicles in a safe manner, ensuring the safety at all times of passengers, the vehicle and loads for Concern programmes assuring efficient utilization of human, material and financial resources in consistency with Concern’s procedures and policies |
| Main duties & Responsibilities: | - To drive in a safe manner complying with all Concern regulations and Obeying all Road Traffic Acts.
- Carry out daily and weekly checks on assigned vehicle.
- Always check the vehicle movement notice board to know Programme assigned to before any journey commences and clean the board on arrival back at base.
- Keep assigned vehicles free from damage, in acceptable condition, and consistently clean. Employee must ensure that the vehicle is in proper and safe condition prior to use and accept responsibility to report any damage or mechanical malfunctions that exist.
- Condition prior to use and accept responsibility to report any damage or mechanical malfunctions that exist.
- Be willing and able to work on call 24hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Accurately complete the Vehicle Logbook/DDG table for each journey.
- Record the number of kilometres covered and also fuel consumption.
- Report any damage, mechanical faults or mishaps that occur to the vehicle.
- Ensure that passengers are driven to and from their destination in a safe manner.
- Comply fully with Concern procedures on the reporting of accidents involving Concern vehicles.
- Be responsible for the supervision and/or loading of all cargo, ensuring that loads are secure, transported safely and DO NOT exceed the load capacity.
- Ensure that the vehicle is always parked safely, especially on overnight and daytime assignments. Stay with vehicle when parked outside Concern office at meetings or in the field.
- Ensure that the vehicle is always parked safely, especially on overnight and daytime assignments. Stay with vehicle when parked outside Concern office at meetings or in the field.
- Ensure that the vehicle is always parked at a Concern compound or approved alternative.
- Always keep assigned vehicle clean and tidy.
- Any other duties assigned by Line Manager.
Other: - Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, Security management etc.).
- Contribute to ongoing security management and planning as necessary.
- Actively participate in any emergency response if called upon to do so (within the existing programme area or in a new one).
- Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Director or the line manager.
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| Person specification: | Essential - Updated Sierra Leone drivers licence (Category B).
- Must know how to write and speak English Language.
- Must have good eye sight, and physically fit.
Desirable - Must have driven for an INGO or the UN agencies for at least three years.
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| Emergency response | Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and Sierra Leone Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization. |
| Partnership and Localisation | Actively contribute to Concern’s commitment to localisation and equitable partnerships, through for example supporting the identification of partners, supporting management and accompaniment of partners, participating in capacity sharing initiatives, and other initiatives as required. |
| Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents. |
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HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should apply with:
- An application letter clearly justifying how you meet the selection criteria
- Recent Curriculum Vitae including names and full contact addresses of three (3) referees, one of whom must be their current or most recent employer.
- Candidates must state the position of each referee and his/her relationship to the candidate.
- A copy of a valid labour card must be attached to ALL applications (written or electronic)
- Police Clearance will be required from the successful candidate
Applications should be sent either through email or by hard.
You can send through email to info.sl@concern.net OR deliver in Hard copy to
HR Department, Concern Worldwide, 156A Freetown Highway, Mile 91,Tonkolili.
Please mark your application as per the references stated in position above
(by email please put the reference in the SUBJECT heading).
Closing date for receipt of applications for the above vacancy is 17.00 on Tuesday 26th May 2026
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
PLEASE NOTE THAT A COPY OF THE APPLICATION LETTER (written or typed) MUST BE SENT TO THE NGO DESK OFFICER, MINISTRY OF LABOUR & SOCIAL, NEW ENGLAND OR EMAILED TO Email: employmentdesk71@gmail.com
“FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”
