General Hand cum Driver : SOS Hermann Gmeiner Primary School.
Driving & Logistics Jobs
- SOS Children's Villages Zimba…
- Expires 20 Oct 2025
- Bindura
- Full Time
Job Description
GENERAL HAND CUM DRIVER
SOS HERMANN GMEINER PRIMARY SCHOOL BINDURA
(Job Ref: HGPS/08/10/25/)
Position title: General Hand cum Driver
Working location: SOS Hermann Gmeiner Primary School.
Context of the position
Established in 1949, SOS Children's Villages International (CVI) is a dynamic, international social development organization working globally to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children without parental care and those who are at the risk of losing it.
SOS Children's Villages Association of Zimbabwe is a member of SOS International - a worldwide children's social welfare organisation, providing vulnerable children without homes with a family home and educational opportunities as well as strengthening families to reduce poverty
Mission of the position:
The person holding the position of General Hand cum Driver is responsible for the upkeep of grounds and gardens of the school premises thereby creating an environmentally clean and pleasing environment for the children, staff and maintain a good image to the public. Also, will provide efficient and safe transportation of authorized personnel and/or commodities in a clean and well-maintained vehicle
Duties and Responsibilities
Key performance areas and main responsibilities:
• Keeps the surrounding clean and the garden always look good.
• Digs and adds fertilizer and manure the grass and the plants in the garden.
• Regularly water the garden with and removes weeds.
• Cuts, waters and maintains lawns in good condition. Trims and edges around pavements, flower beds and walls.
• Plants, tends and waters trees, shrubs, flowerbeds and rockeries.
• Cleans grounds and removes litter, leaves and plants. Replaces dead plants and discards waste matter in a neat and orderly manner.
• Cleans the drainage line and burn the wastes
• Dispose waste matter and litter timeously
• Any other duties as instructed by the supervisor
DRIVING POOL VEHICLES, VEHICLE SECURITY & MAINTENANCE
• Supports the school transport needs by running official errands, transporting co-workers and visitors as and when required to do so.
• Checks all vehicle records and logbooks daily, monthly, quarterly and signs on Driver signature at the end of the sheet
• Provide on-call and standby services during off work hours, weekends or holidays to attend to work emergencies
• Adheres to safe driving practices including local driving codes and internally agreed standards.
• Ensure that in the event of an accident, the school Vehicle Use Policies and Procedures and the Road Traffic Act guidelines are followed.
• Checks and documents vehicles status periodically to ensure that all vehicles are in good working order and report any defects
• Ensure all vehicles are well serviced according to schedule
• Conduct vehicle handover checks at all times when vehicles are exchanged and report any noted issues promptly
• Undertakes regular/day-to-day maintenance checks before use of all vehicles e.g. oil, water, battery, brakes, tyres, etc.
• Ensure vehicle cleanliness at all times.
Qualifications and Experience
Requirements
• Five Ordinary level education including English is a prerequisite;
• 1 -2 years’ experience in a similar and child-friendly environment
• Clean class 4 driver’s license
• Holder of class one driver’s license will be an added advantage
Attributes
• Team Player
• Can work with minimum supervision
• Communication skills
SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes.
How to Apply
How to Apply
If you believe you are the right candidate for any of the above position, please send your application letter, curriculum vitae (CV), and photocopies of academic certificates.
E-mail: Applications including at least three traceable referees should be sent to:
Resourcing.SOS@sos-zimbabwe.org
or
Applications should be submitted indicating the position you are applying for in the subject line and send to the address given. All applications should be submitted not later than 20 October 2025.
The Principal
SOS Hermann Gmeiner Primary School
Private bag 913
BINDURA
