Position Title: Driver
Reporting To: Operations Associate
Location: Monrovia, Liberia
Employment Period: (Close-ended) 3-month (July 2025 to September 30, 2025, with possibility
of 2-year renewal).
Language Requirement: English
Closing Date: June 16, 2025 @5pm

Interested applicants should submit an application package consisting of (i). Resume (tailored to
the role as advertised, highlighting relevant experience and achievements) and contact details of
three referees (ii). Cover Letter explaining why you feel you should be considered for this position.
Applications should be addressed and emailed to: Ciata Stevens d’Almeida, Executive Director,
President’s Young Professionals Program (PYPP), Airfield-Sinkor New Road, Sharks Junction,
Monrovia, Liberia at apply@pyppliberia.com. Please indicate in the email subject heading the
position you’re applying for. Deadline for submission of application: Monday, June 16, 2025.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Background
The President’s Young Professionals Program (PYPP) of Liberia is a youth capacity organization
that recruits and places recent Liberian college graduates in critical government and private sector
roles, and provides them with training and mentorship through a 2-year fellowship. PYPP is a nongovernmental organization and one of Africa’s most competitive models for youth public service
leadership development. Since 2009, PYPP has supported Liberia’s civil service capacity through
its Fellows (President’s Young Professionals – PYPs) who have helped accelerate a governmentlevel shift towards the values of strong leadership, transparency, and meritocracy – all of which
will strengthen the country’s public and private sectors’ capacity for decades to come.

Overall Mission:
To transport people and equipment, and to ensure that security, safety, and legal requirements for
driving PYPP vehicles are always observed and followed.

Responsibilities and duties
Responsibility 1: Transportation of people and equipment under good security conditions
• Drive PYPP vehicles in full compliance with the existing traffic law and safely ensure the
highest possible security for passengers and goods.
• Ensure that vehicles are only used in roadworthy condition and that driver and passengers
use safety belts.
• Ensure that the vehicle log sheets and other administrative forms are always filled
accurately and in a timely manner.
• When transporting goods, check accuracy of the waybill, count stock items, ensure
signature from the receiver and return copy of signed waybill to sender.
Responsibility 2: Reporting
• Report vehicle movements via cell phone or verbally when departing or arriving at a
location. On a long journey, provide the cell phone conductors at the base with hourly
updates on the vehicle location.
• Report any accident, damage to the vehicle or any security incident involving a PYPP
vehicle immediately to the Operations Associate.
• Report any technical problems or defects immediately to the line manager for action.
• Alert line manager when the car must be maintained or serviced.
Responsibility 3: Preparation of the car before departure
• Carry out the requested daily vehicle checks.
• Ensure that the vehicle has enough fuel for any planned trip and is refueled every evening.
• Ensure that the vehicle is properly equipped with a medical kit, jack, wheel wrench, shovel,
tools, etc. per the list provided by the Administration, updated car documents, and security
guidelines.
• Help loading and offloading his car.
Others:
• Remain with vehicles at all times when in the field and ensure the safety of their contents,
including at night if road conditions or other situations prevent the vehicles from returning
to base.
• Assist mechanics when working on the vehicle.
• Perform other tasks as required by the line manager.
Requirements
Essential requirements:
• Valid driving license.
• A Minimum of 3 years of experience as a driver with an NGO preferred, including driver
experience in driving in poor road conditions.
• Good spoken and written English.
• Basic vehicle knowledge.
• Willing to work in a remote location.
• Ability to keep calm and work under stressful conditions.
Desirable requirements:
• Basic mechanical knowledge.
• Knowledge of the county

Females are especially encouraged to apply!