Transport and Logistics Assistant (2 posts) at Stellenbosch University

Duties

• Providing safe transport for research participants and staff to the research sites and imaging centres;
• Assisting community research workers (CRWs) with home visits;
• Maintaining vehicles, i.e. arranging for the vehicle service as required, and arranging for vehicle cleaning;
• Transporting biological samples to relevant laboratories;
• Attending relevant meetings;
• Ensuring that relevant training and licencing is up to date;
• Communicating with staff and research participants;
• Performing recruitment liaising duties, including ensuring a positive relationship between SU and clinic staff:
• Supporting community research workers;
•  Having regular meetings with CRWs and clinic staff;
• Consenting participants and assisting with booking and scheduling their visits.  

Job Requirements    

• A valid driver's licence;
• At least Grade 11;
• Resides in Cape Town, in the vicinity of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences campus, Parow Valley;
• Has reliable private transport to and from  campus (situated near Tygerberg Hospital);
• Regular and long-term experience with driving a vehicle, OR previous experience as an employed driver, with a reference;
• PDP or eligibility to obtain PDP;
• The ability to work well within a team as well as independently;
• Willingness to transport potentially infectious people and samples (i.e. people with tuberculosis);
• Good overall health;
• The ability to speak, read and write Afrikaans and / or isiXhosa and / or English (at least two of the aforementioned);
• Computer literate.

Recommendation        

• Valid GCP and IATA certificates;
• Previous experience with the formal transport of people;
• Previous experience in the field of health and / or research;
• Fluent in isiXhosa or Afrikaans.