Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) External Vacancy Announcement
Job Position – Junior Logistics Specialist
Required Qualification and Experience
Education:Diploma in relevant specialisation and qualification in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or related field.
Professional experience
Experience: At least 4 years’ professional experience in a comparable field of responsibility
Contract end date: 25/02/2027
Work Place: Addis Ababa
Deadline:February 25/25
Responsibilities
The Logistics Specialist: Fleet Management works to ensure that all travel requests of staffs of the Climate Change Cluster (CCC) are properly addressed via GIZ vehicle as per travel regulation of GIZ.
He/she works to ensure all work related to the fuel management are performed with Digital Logbook application (DL); Perform fuel management using DL application software and prepare monthly fuel report for each vehicle of the Cluster.
Ensures regular vehicle maintenance, insurance and annual inspection are timely and adequately performed to assure staff safety.
Manage the activities of drivers and their daily and monthly schedules for in-town and field tips.
Effectively deals with and manages driver and vehicle related queries from Cluster staff and management body.
Schedules drivers and allocates vehicles for field trip requests made by technical and administrative staffs of the Cluster.
Assign drivers for in town travel requests of the Clusters technical and administrative staffs
Coordinate field trip request and facilitate the processing of advance payment for drivers and oversee their settlement process.
Ensure that all technical processes with regards to vehicle’ fleet management in regional offices are appropriately handled.
Liaise with regional office administrative staffs to handle all vehicle related requests, assign drivers for the transfer of documents (settlement, payment, contract) and files sent from finance, procurement department and projects offices to different units of the country office and vice versa.
Assign drivers and follow the exchange of documents and letters from projects and partner organizations of the clusters.
Assign drivers to perform financial transfers, cash deposits, statements, and financial related tasks at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.
Calculate private car usage by eligible staff and facilitate payment process.
Regularly check vehicle logbooks for plausible, clear & accurate description and facilitate for approval.
Compute mileage cost charging used among project vehicles; and arrange for payment process.
Coordinate regular maintenance of Cluster vehicles.
Organize annual inspection of Cluster vehicles.
Process insurance claims from insurance company for accidents reported.
Coordinate vehicle registration and process Code 11 plate numbers for new vehicles in cooperation with Country Office and Ethiopian Road and Transport Authority.
Handle vehicle handover process to partner organization/Ministry Offices as per GIZ rules and regulations and retain proper documentation
Perform documentation of fleet related tasks in accordance with GIZ filing system.
Other duties/additional tasks
The Logistics Specialist:
Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management.
Assists other colleagues as needed in the project, Cluster or office if there are no pending issues, carries out other office work on request.
Assist in and/or carries out other activities and any tasks as assigned.
Knowledge management:
Uses all available information to update daily knowledge of road conditions, current passable routes and locations, and shares this information with other office drivers.
Other knowledge, additional competences
Proactive and able to work on one’s own initiative at the conceptional & technical level
Team steering capacity with efficient activity management techniques
Advanced written and verbal communication and advisory skills
High IT affinity, extensive working knowledge of MS Office software, especially MS Excel and MS Teams
Full fluency in English language.
Handles sensitive and confidential data confidentially
Self-motivated and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
How To Apply
Application procedure:
Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with
their non-returnable recent CV via Email: hreth@giz.de
Note:
Please make sure you mention your full name, the vacancy number and position title ‘Your Full Name | Junior Logistics Specialist #021/2025’ in the subject line of your email application.
Due to large number of applications, we categorize applications with the vacancy numbers.
Applications without vacancy number, position title and applicant’s name in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
We encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the position. In case of equal qualification, persons with disabilities will be given preference.
Applications from qualified women are encouraged.
“Please refer to our brochure to learn more about GIZ’s attractive benefit package