JOSEPH KOFI HOUNDEBESSO

P.O. Box ****, Accra North

D.O.B: 20th May 1983

Marital Status: Married

e-mail: adzeqc@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: +233-***-***-*** or +233-***-***-***

Objectives

Seeking for an excellent position of professional driver to provide safe and reliable transportation services to clients/organisations to achieving results.

Professional Experience

From Sept 2014 till date

Driver, UNICEF Ghana Office, Accra Ghana.

Drive UNICEF officers, consultants, donors, and partners to the field.

Assist passengers with luggage and responds to needs of the mobility needs.

Log every movement of the vehicle in a logbook.

Monitor and ensure assigned vehicle is serviced at the at the recommended mileage for smooth operation.

Monitor and ensure renewal of the roadworthy of assigned vehicles.

Ensure both the interior and the exterior parts of assigned vehicles are clean for daily operation.

Prepare detailed and accurate report on fuel, mileage and vehicle consumption every month.

Assist my supervisor with collation of fuel balances report for the entire fleet to facilitate replenishment of tom cards.

Supports other administrative duties like asset counting and photocopying documents

Assist Officers with translation services in French and Ewe during field missions, meetings, data collections activities, including COVID-19 and and polio vaccination monitoring and social mobilization

Assists with entering of monitoring data in the ODK application during COVID-19 and Polio vaccination monitoring

Assists with processing documents for expatriates at Ghana Immigrations Office (GIS) Head Office in Accra, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Reginal Integration etc.

Chauffer the Country Representative and other senior management members as and when required.

Undergoing a six (6) months internal learning program with Social Behaviour Change unit (April-September).

From Feb 09. to

Aug. ‘14

Driver, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Accra Ghana

Acted as a French translator for the training department and JICA Ghana Office which was the Headquarters for West African Countries.

Drove staff to various destinations in and outside the country such as Benin, Togo, and Burkina Faso.

Picked and dropped off officials from and at the airport.

Operated and maintained assigned vehicles in a safe and efficient manner.

Performed daily pre-trip and post-trip inspection of vehicle.

Kept record of trips in vehicle logbook and monitored fuel usage for reporting.

Supported joint business trips with Program Officers and Missions from Japan.

Assisted the Administrative Officer with processing of documents at Ghana Immigration Services CEPS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and helped with retrieval of parcels belonging to JICA volunteers at the post office.

From Oct to Dec 2008

Driver, Ghana Commercial Bank Gh. Ltd, Accra, Ghana

Drove staff to various destinations in the country.

Dispatched mails and performed other official errands.

Monitored and performed daily check-up, endured regular maintenance and repairs of the vehicle as and when due.

Kept record of vehicle maintenances and fuel usage.

Ensured the vehicle roadworthy is up to date.

Ensured safety of staff and other passengers assigned for official drive.

From Jan 2006 to August 2008.

Driver, Primex Ghana.

In-charge of Country Director’s movement for official activities.

Picked and dropped company officials to and from the Airport, meetings, Hotels etc...

Dispatched letters

Responsible for driving staff to various destinations.

Operated and maintained assigned vehicle in a safe manner.

Travelled with Officers from India.

Education

University of Ghana Legon 2009 till date pursuing degree in Psychology and Information Studies ((Level 400)

Internal Learning Program Social and Behavioural Change (SBC) Unit at UNICEF (ongoing).

Defensive Driving Training with Logistic and Transport Consult.

Advance driving training with United Nations System Staff College, UNSSC.

Lycée technique de Tabligbo (Togo) Sep 1999-June 2002 SHS

Three years training at Abola Motors as a auto mechanic from Nov 2002 to Dec 2005.

Other UN mandatory courses:

Basic security in the field.

Advance security in the field.

Personnel safety and security.

Ethics and integrity at UNICEF.

Fraud Awareness

Stress management for everyone.

Welcome to the UN-a UN system introduction course.

Ebola safety e-course.

UN Human Right and Responsibilities etc.

Others

Competences

And Skills

Disability awareness and support.

Environmental sustainability and greening.

Very familiar with traffic regulations.

Ability to speak, write and read French fluently.

Ability to speak and understand many Ghanaian local languages including Twi, Ga, Ewe, Hausa, Krobo, .

Ability to read and understand written instructions, read google map, route directions and other maps.

Ability to repair vehicle when faulty.

Excellent ability to recognise needs for vehicle maintenance because of my auto mechanic background.

Ability to work under pressure.

Ability to quickly adapt to changes.

President of the youth of my village in Accra.

Hobbies

Reading, listening to music, travelling and playing football.

References

1

Mrs. Rabi Ali Abaari

Programme Officer (training)

JICA Ghana Office

P.O. Box 6402, Accra-North

Tel: 024-***-****

2

Mrs. Zulaihatu Salifu Wuni

Admin/HR Associate

UNICEF Ghana, Tamale Field Office

Mobile; 024*******

3

Mrs. Eunice Yermoh Okwubie

Administrative Officer,

UNICEF Ghana, Accra Office

Mobile: 054*******.

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