Senior Driver / Clerk

The Senior Driver / Clerk provides reliable and safe driving services to the UN Women Regional Director and other high-ranking officials, ensuring discretion, integrity, and excellent knowledge of protocol and security. The role also includes vehicle maintenance, administrative and logistic support, and adherence to UN Women policies and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide reliable and secure driving services for UN Women Regional Director, officials, visitors, and programme personnel.
• Deliver and collect mail, documents and other items to government offices, embassies, commercial establishments, and UN offices.
• Meet official personnel and visitors at the airport including visa and customs formalities arrangements when required.
• Verify that all passengers wear seatbelts at all times in the vehicle.
• Oversee and ensure immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents.
• Adhere to UN Women vehicle management policy and security and safety standards.
• Maintain daily vehicle logs, mileage, gas consumption, servicing, repairs, and oversee other drivers' compliance.
• Ensure vehicles are clean, in good working condition, and perform minor repairs and maintenance.
• Maintain and ensure availability of all required documents and supplies in the vehicle.
• Provide general administrative and logistic support including organization of shipments, customs clearance, documentation, and support to conferences and events.
• Assist office personnel in filing, photocopying, mailing, and distribution of publications and payments of bills.
• Perform other duties as necessary for efficient functioning of the office.

Requirements

• Completion of secondary education is required.
• Valid driver’s license is required.
• Defensive driving certificate would be an added advantage.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience as a driver in an international organization, embassy or UN system with a safe driving record.
• At least 3 years in administration, logistics and operations support.
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably PeopleSoft, desirable.
• Working knowledge of English is required.
• Fluency in Turkish is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

Skills

• Safe Driving
• Defensive Driving
• Vehicle Maintenance
• Administrative Support
• Logistical Support
• Operations Support
• ERP Systems
• PeopleSoft
• Protocol Knowledge
• Security Awareness

Languages

English, Turkish, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish