Driver

The Driver is responsible for driving UNHCR vehicles for authorized transport, maintaining the vehicles, and ensuring compliance with security and operational guidelines. The role includes minor vehicle maintenance, facilitating official travel formalities, and supporting risk management in the area of responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Drive UNHCR vehicles for the transport of authorized passengers, deliver, and collect documents and other items.
• Meet official personnel at airports or other locations and facilitate immigration and customs formalities as required.
• Perform day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicles; check oil, water, battery, brakes, tires, etc. and ensure that the assigned UNHCR vehicles are road or waterway worthy and maintained up to the established security standards.
• Perform minor repairs, arrange for other repairs, and ensure that the vehicle is kept clean.
• Ensure that the steps required by rules and regulations, or other local procedures, are taken in case of involvement in an accident.
• Log official trips, daily mileage, gas consumption, oil changes, greasing, etc.
• Ensure that instructions and security guidance provided by the supervisor and security focal point are strictly followed.
• Ensures valid documentation for passengers, items or cargo in vehicle.
• Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Completion of Primary Education or High School Diploma or higher
• 2 years relevant experience
• Driving licence, knowledge of driving rules and regulations
• Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English
• DV-Driving Rules and Regulations (essential)
• DV - Basic Vehicle Mechanical Skills (essential)

Skills

• Driving License
• Driving Rules and Regulations
• Basic Vehicle Mechanics
• Vehicle Maintenance
• Security Compliance
• Operational Guidelines Compliance
• Official Travel Facilitation
• Risk Management

Languages

English