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Title: Driver & Administrative Assistant
Location: Sierre Leone
Contract: 22-month fixed term contract
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply
Responsibilities
- Provide safe and reliable transportation for project staff, visitors, and partners.
- Follow the transport plan and scheduling, using the project calendar to manage and confirm transport requests.
- Deliver and distribute project materials, goods, and documents to designated districts.
- Conduct daily vehicle checks, including fuel, oil, tyres, brakes, and general roadworthiness.
- Schedule and follow up on routine servicing, mechanical inspections, and vehicle repairs.
- Ensure timely renewal of vehicle licences, insurance, and other required documentation.
- Maintain accurate monthly mileage records and complete trip logs for all journeys.
- Keep the vehicle clean, well‑organised, and stocked with required safety equipment.
- Report any vehicle issues, incidents, or delays immediately to the supervisor.
- Comply with national traffic laws and organisational driving and safety policies.
- Ensure passengers adhere to safety standards, always including use of seatbelts.
- Support logistics by assisting with movement of goods, loading and unloading where required.
- Represent the organisation professionally when interacting with staff, partners, and community members.
- Carry out additional driving or logistical tasks assigned by the supervisor.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
Jobholder Requirements
As the successful candidate you will be an experienced driver who is organised, methodical and an excellent communicator.
Essential:
- Valid Class C driving certification and clean driving record and/or VETA VIP driving and able to demonstrate safe driving practices
- Previous professional driving experience
- Secondary school certificate
- Physically able to reach, stretch, bend, and sit for long periods of time during daily routine
- Available to drive for long periods of time and to work at short notice and during unsociable hours as well as occasional over-night stays
- Experience of working with government partners and ministries
- Interpersonal, communication skills
- Able to work well alone
- Reliable and punctual with dedicated professionalism to job and duties
- Able to adapt to changing schedules or routines, organised and able to follow a schedule
- Excellent time management skills
- Able to assist staff/passengers when needed
- Focused on customer service
- A commitment to disability inclusion and diversity
- Able to attend a two-day interview process in Dar es Salaam
Desirable:
- Experience of working within an NGO environment
- Experience with administrative tasks
Closing date:
Next Steps
We anticipate that onsite interviews will take place from 23 February 2026 onwards, and the evaluation process will include a driving test and an eye test.
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
Due to project deadlines, we are keen to fill this role as quickly as possible so applications will be considered as soon as they are received.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Join our expanding Peer Support Services team to reach more people affected by lymphoma
Services Administrative Assistant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-time – 10 hours per week
Based: Home based role
Salary: £23,500 per annum, pro rata (£6,714 per annum for 10 hrs per week)
We are looking for an Administrative Assistant to join our expanding Peer Support Services team. This role provides essential administrative support to the Support Service and Healthcare Professional Liaison Manager and offers a varied and interesting workload within a friendly team.
Lymphoma Action is an employer of choice, with staff receiving excellent benefits such as life assurance, employee assistance programme, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and enhanced leave entitlements.
Your responsibilities will include assisting with the preparation and delivery of online Special Focus Meetings, managing administrative tasks for the Lymphoma Action Facebook Support Group and supporting its volunteer moderators, and helping to identify independent cancer organisations to ensure they remain informed about support services.
This position is ideal for someone who is:
- Confident with a proactive approach
- Can demonstrate strong organisational skills and great attention to detail
- A team player who can communicate and collaborate effectively
- Experience of social media, in particular, Facebook groups
- Open to learning about lymphoma and willing to grow their knowledge alongside the role.
Additional Information
This is a remote role, with opportunities to meet your team and other colleagues at head office (Aylesbury, Bucks) at staff events throughout the year. You will need a private space for homeworking and availability to attend our Special Focus Meetings on the second Thursday of the month (10am to 12.30pm) and the fourth Tuesday of the month (5.30pm to 8pm)
About Us
Lymphoma Action has been providing expert information and wide-ranging support for 40 years, helping thousands of people affected by lymphoma, the most common blood cancer in the UK. We have developed a great working culture that focuses on our values, as well as prioritising a creative, inclusive and supportive environment.
Closing date: Wednesday 25 February 12pm
Interviews: Thursday 5 & Friday 6 March 2026 – online
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We actively welcome applications that will help increase the diversity of our workforce, welcoming applications from those with disabilities and from minority groups and from different backgrounds and experiences.
No agencies please.
Thank you!
This is a fixed term, maternity cover role (for up to 12 months).
The Role
We’re looking for a super-organised, people-friendly administrator to help keep our Digital, Marketing and Business Enterprise teams running smoothly.
You’ll be right at the heart of our digital activity, triaging requests, managing web and marketing tasks, and helping make sure work is prioritised, tracked and delivered on time. You’ll be the go-to person who helps turn ideas and requests into clear actions, while also providing wider admin support that keeps everything ticking along behind the scenes.
If you enjoy variety, like bringing order to busy workloads, and get satisfaction from helping teams do their best work, this role is for you!
About You
You’re organised, proactive and enjoy making things happen.
You’re confident communicating with a wide range of people, happy juggling different tasks, and calm when things get busy. You don’t need to be a digital expert, but you’re curious, keen to learn new systems, and comfortable using that knowledge to help triage queries and solve problems.
You’ll have experience in an admin or coordination role, be comfortable working with digital tools and shared systems, and enjoy being the person who brings clarity, structure and a positive energy to the team.
About Us
We are the University of Southampton Students' Union (SUSU) – independent from the University and run by students, for students. Our vision is simple: SUSU is here to enrich the life of every student. We are a workplace that’s buzzing with life, ideas, and opportunities – where your work directly shapes the student experience.
As part of our team, you'll enjoy:
- Salary of £24,362 per annum
- Generous paid holiday - 24 days per year, plus 8 closure days (around Easter, August and Christmas) on top of 8 bank holidays.
- Defined contributions pension scheme
- Travel perks – discounted UniLink and Blue Star bus passes
To find out more, visit our website.
Apply Now
You can easily apply using your CV and covering letter by clicking on 'Apply Now'.
Closing Date: 10am, Friday 20 February 2026
Interview Date: 2 March 2026
Please note feedback will not be provided if you are not shortlisted for interview.
SUSU is an equal opportunities employer that values a diverse workforce and we want to reflect the student body that we represent. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination and will ensure that our recruitment activities are mindful of equality and diversity matters.
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Our vision is to enrich the life of every student.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.