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Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. \n\nThe Alliance works with local, national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and with the public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services. \n\nTHE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA) \n\nThe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Please visit http://www.iita.org/ for more information on IITA. \n\nABOUT THE POSITION \n\nThe Driver will provide safe, reliable, and timely transportation services to staff, visitors, and project teams, including travel to field locations and official assignments. The Driver will ensure the safe operation, cleanliness, and proper maintenance of assigned vehicles, conduct routine vehicle checks, and comply with traffic regulations, road safety standards, and organizational policies and procedures.\n\nMAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: \n\nProvide transportation for staff, visitors, and project teams to meetings, field sites, workshops, and other official destinations. \n\n Ensure the safe, timely, and efficient transportation of staff, documents, equipment, and supplies of the institution \n\n Conduct routine vehicle inspections and ensure vehicles are clean and properly maintained.\n\n Maintain accurate vehicle logbooks, fuel records, mileage, and maintenance documentation.\n\n Monitor fuel consumption and report vehicle defects, accidents, or maintenance needs promptly. \n\n Ensure vehicle insurance, registration, and other statutory documents are valid and available. \n\n Comply with traffic laws, organizational driving policies, and health and safety requirements.\n\n Support field activities and other administrative or logistical duties as assigned. \n\n Maintain confidentiality, professionalism, and good communication with staff, visitors, and project \n\nREQUIREMENTS: \n\nEducation and Experience \n\nMinimum Ao academic certificate or equivalent. \n\n Apart from Kinyarwanda, He/She should speak and write English and speak basic French • Valid driving license is appropriate for the project vehicle category. \n\n At least three years of relevant professional driving experience. \n\n Experience driving in both urban and rural areas, preferably in an NGO or international organization. \n\n Basic knowledge of vehicle maintenance and road safety. \n\n Rwanda nationality with good Kinyarwanda and knowledge of English and French \n\n Technical Competencies \n\nSafe driving and attention to detail. \n\n Reliability, punctuality, and accountability. \n\n Good communication and interpersonal skills. \n\n Flexibility to support field missions and office work \n\nPERFORMANCE INDICATORS \n\nSafe and timely transportation services and compliancy with road/traffic laws • Proper vehicle maintenance and cleanliness. \n\n Accurate and timely submission of vehicle records. \n\n Responsible fuel consumption and vehicle use. \n\nTERMS OF EMPLOYMENT \n\nThis position is a National recruited position based in Kigali, Rwanda. The initial contract will be for 1 (One) years subject to a probation period of 3 (three) months and is renewable depending on performance and availability of resources. \n\nThis position is graded at BG02 level, in a scale of BG01 to BG14 (BG14 being the highest level according to the Alliance job classification framework policy). We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits. \n\nThe Alliance Bioversity-CIAT is committed to fair, safe, and inclusive workplaces. We believe that diversity powers our innovation, contributes to our excellence, and is critical for our mission. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority. We encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability statuses, sexual orientations, marital status, and gender identities. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. \n\nAPPLICATIONS \n\nApplicants are invited to visit https://alliancebioversityciat.org/careersto get full details of the position and to submit their applications. Applications MUST include reference number 301501– DRIVER – IITA RWANDA as the position applied for. Cover letter and CV should be saved as one document using the candidate’s last name, first name for ease of sorting. The Alliance collects and process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. \n\nApplications closing date: 27th November 2026 \n\nPlease note that email applications will not be considered. \n\nOnly short-listed candidates will be contacted. \n\nWe invite you to learn more about us at: \n\nhttp://alliancebioversityciat.org","description_format":"text","description_chars":5614,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Rwanda","iso":"RW","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Research Institutes"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-14T22:13:36Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["seen:0","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-14T23:21:03Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/alliancebioversityciat-driver","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/alliancebioversityciat-driver.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-14T23:21:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":31146,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1795438},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1795438"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Falliancebioversityciat-driver"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Falliancebioversityciat-driver"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Falliancebioversityciat-driver"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/alliancebioversityciat-driver\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Falliancebioversityciat-driver"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4323574}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"alliancebioversityciat.org","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4323574},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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