About the Job
The German Embassy in Addis Ababa invites for applications for the following job vacancy available 1 July 2025:
Driver
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Transport of Embassy staff members and delegations
- Delivery and pick up of errands, documents
- Ensuring that the duty vehicles are clean and in a serviceable condition at all time, detecting vehicle defects and reporting immediately
- Strictly observe traffic rules and regulations & speed-limits
About You
Requirements for the position:
- valid driver’s license with a safe driving report
- Work experience as professional driver, certifications and references
- Excellent orientation skills and sound (geographical) knowledge of Addis Ababa region, especially locations of government offices and foreign missions
- Dedication and loyalty, perfect manners, organizational skills
- discretion and a high level of trustworthiness, punctuality and reliability
- Social and communication skills as well as experience in dealing with government agencies, customs, Embassies
- Willingness for working extended hours and on-call duty, duty travels outside Addis Ababa
Language skills:
- Good knowledge of English and excellent knowledge of Amharic are a must
What do we offer?
- This position is offered as a full-time employment (40 hours).
- You may look forward to an interesting job in a family-friendly and international team.
- Local employment contract with salary and benefits according to the Embassy Salary Scheme
Requirement Skill
Time management
Communication
How To Apply
Application:
Please submit your complete application documents Until 31 May at the latest to [email protected]
To be eligible for consideration, your application shall include:
- An individual motivation letter,
- an updated CV
- References, working certificates
- copy of passport/ID and driver’s license
Note: The mail attachments (only Word or PDF files, no photos of documents) must not exceed a file size of ten megabytes.
Please note:
Only complete applications can be considered.
Applicants who fulfill the requested criteria and who are shortlisted will be invited to an interview in June 2025.
Please be advised that a security clearance by the German authorities as well as health check is part of the selection process. Shortlisted candidates will be requested to present a certificate of Good Conduct issued by the home country. Third-country nationals must also hold a valid work permit for Ethiopia at the latest upon recruitment.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to acknowledge receipt of applications. We will only be contacting candidates who will be invited to an interview.
We regret that we are unable to refund travel expenses arising from interviews.
The Federal Foreign Office has set itself the goal of promoting women’s careers and expressly invites qualified women to apply.
If you have not received a notification by 15.06.2025, your application could not be considered.
Information on data protection in accordance with Article 13 of the EU General Da-ta Protection Regulation can be found at https://addis-abeba.diplo.de/et-en/datenschutz
More Information
- Address Addis Ababa
