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This document provides a job description for a Transportation Officer position. The Transportation Officer will assure smooth operations of the transportation department, supervising drivers and mechanics. Key responsibilities include coordinating transport needs with other departments, maintaining vehicles, ensuring supply of fuel, and producing reports. Qualifications required include a minimum of 2 years of transport management experience, a university degree, valid driver's license, and experience managing personnel.

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Job Description Transport Officer

This document provides a job description for a Transportation Officer position. The Transportation Officer will assure smooth operations of the transportation department, supervising drivers and mechanics. Key responsibilities include coordinating transport needs with other departments, maintaining vehicles, ensuring supply of fuel, and producing reports. Qualifications required include a minimum of 2 years of transport management experience, a university degree, valid driver's license, and experience managing personnel.

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Job Description

Job Title: Transportation Officer

Department/Location: Insert department or location

Band: Insert job Band or Grade from Salary Scale

Reports To: Insert position title of supervisor

Background:
Insert two to three sentences about what we are doing in the emergency.

Primary Function:
Assure the smooth running of the transport department. Supervise Drivers and Driver Mechanics.

Job Responsibilities:
1. Coordinate with all CRS department managers to determine transport requirements and schedule
transport to meet them.
2. Assist with assessments of local transportation resources and infrastructure, and the contracting of
transportation assets;
3. Coordinate the movement of vehicles and other transportation assets;
4. Ensure the appropriate use, maintenance and repair of all light vehicles and trucks (private or
leased), motorcycles and generators;
5. Create and/or modify various systems to manage the movement of vehicles and personnel;
6. Keep documents current such as registration, insurance, vehicle logs, daily inspection reports, etc.
7. Ensure sufficient supply of fuel and oil.
8. Manage fuel requests, fuel stocks (fuel farm or supplier agreements) and spare parts inventories;
9. Produce monthly fuel and vehicle use reports, “work orders,” etc.
10. Install and maintain the Vehicle Management System (VMS); ensure that data is input regularly and
that required reports are produced.
11. Hire, train and supervise drivers.
12. Act as liaison between CRS and local government agencies and personnel necessary to keep the CRS
vehicle fleet legal and roadworthy.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Drivers, Driver Mechanics
Key Working Relationships:
Internal:
All staff using CRS vehicles.

External:
Transportation Office and Programming Staff; UN Agencies, WFP, Logistics Cluster, sister NGOs, local
partners and other entities involved in the transportation of relief goods and personnel; contracted
transportation service providers; local government customs and vehicle licensing authorities

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Competencies:
1. Manifests CRS mission, values, and guiding principles to help improve the lives of the poor,
vulnerable, and voiceless.
2. Makes responsible and efficient use of time, talent, money, assets, and natural resources to achieve
plans and goals.
3. Builds and maintains mutually beneficial relationships through solidarity.
4. Builds the capacity of self, staff and partners to continue learning and innovating to better fulfill our
mission.
Qualifications:
Required:
1. Minimum 2 years experience managing a transport department
2. University degree
3. Recognized ability to work as part of a team
4. Significant experience in fleet management and / or logistics
5. Understanding of policies and procedures governing the management of motorized assets and the
contracting of transportation services
6. Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
7. Strong negotiating skills
8. Demonstrated rational and logical thinking; ability to creatively and quickly find solutions to
problems
9. Proven ability to manage personnel, delegate and follow-up; must be able to “multi-task”
10. Experience managing inventories (e.g., asset and spare part stock management)
11. Fluency (writing, reading, speaking) in English
12. Computer experience: Windows systems, MS Word and MS Excel;
13. Conscientious with excellent sense of judgment
Preferred:
1. Graduate degree
2. Extensive driving experience
3. Mechanical experience
4. Training experience
5. MS Access experience
This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities
associated with the position.

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