Job Title: Driver (Female Candidates Only) (10 Job Opportunities)
Organisation: National Medical Stores (NMS)
Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda
Job Ref No. NMS/2023/30
About US:
National Medical Stores is an autonomous Corporation that was established by an Act of Parliament in 1993. Our mandate is to Procure, Store and Distribute medicines and other medical supplies to health facilities.
Job Summary: The jobholder will drive NMS motor vehicles while maintaining them well, transporting staff and delivering essential medicines & medical supplies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Transport NMS staff.
- Deliver essential medicines and health supplies.
- Deliver and collect NMS mails and other documents to and from different NMS stakeholders.
- Identify and report all mechanical faults with the vehicles.
- Service the vehicles timely for operational continuity and safety.
- Oversees loading and offloading of essential medicines and medical supplies.
- Account for proof of delivery,
- Identify any risks noted during execution of duties and formally report to the immediate supervisor.
- Any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)
- A valid Driving Permit of Class CH or CE or C or C1E.
- At least three years of driving experience
- Relationship management
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Planning
- Geographical knowledge of distribution routes
- Knowledge of the Transportation principles
- Road safety and defensive driving
- Inventory/ logistics handling
- Documentation and data management
- Transport security
How to Apply:
All interested applicants should submit an Online Application. Please scan your academic qualifications: Degree or diploma qualifications, Curriculum Vitae, Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, Uganda Certificate of Education, Membership to the professional body and other relevant academic documents and National Identity Card (both faces), and submit them online: careers.nms.go.ug. Failure to attach any of the listed required documents shall lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant.
The application letter should be addressed as below and should be signed, scanned and sent online:
The Chief Human Resource and Administration Officer,
National Medical Stores,
P.O Box 16, Entebbe,
Kajjansi Town Council, Uganda.
Note:
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you don’t hear from us, one month from the date of closure of receipt of applications, consider your application unsuccessful.
- Candidates should attach all relevant academic documents as PDF Files
- National Medical Stores reserves the right to verify documents attached with the relevant awarding institutions to authenticate their validity.
- Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
- National Medical Stores is an equal opportunity employer. Qualifying female candidates are encouraged to apply
Deadline: 4th August, 2023 by 5: 00pm.