Driver

The Driver provides reliable and safe driving services, ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations, maintaining assigned vehicles, and demonstrating professionalism and discretion. The role supports the efficient running of the office by ensuring safe and timely transportation of staff and officials.

Responsibilities

• Provide reliable and safe driving services for staff and officials.
• Drive office vehicles for the transport of UN staff, officials, visitors and delivery and collection of mail, documents and other items.
• Meet official personnel and visitors at the airport and assist with basic visa and customs formalities and arrangements when required.
• Ensure vehicle is kept in good running condition at all times through addressing minor repairs, making arrangements for major repairs, timely changes of oil, check of tires, brakes, water levels, and car washing.
• Ensure availability of all required documents/supplies including vehicle insurance, vehicle registration, vehicle logs, office directory, map of the city/country, first aid kit, and necessary spare parts in the assigned vehicle.
• Keep track of insurance and other tax formalities.

Requirements

• Secondary education is required.
• Valid driver's license with categories B, B1, C, C1 is required.
• At least two (2) years of work experience as a driver in an international organization, embassy or UN system with a safe driving record is required.
• Skills required include Local Roads Knowledge, Driving Rules Compliance, Minor Vehicle Repairs, Visitor Relations Skills, Confidentiality & Initiative, Cultural Awareness Skills.
• Proficient/Fluent in English and Ukrainian is required.
• Desirable qualifications include a valid driving license category D1.
• International organization experience is desirable.
• Defensive driving certification is desirable.
• First aid certification is desirable.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an advantage.

Skills

• Valid driver's license categories B B1 C C1
• Safe Driving Record
• Local Road Network Knowledge
• Driving rules compliance
• Minor Vehicle Repairs
• Visitor relations skills
• Patient Confidentiality
• Initiative
• Cultural awareness skills
• English Language Proficiency
• Ukrainian Language Proficiency

Languages

English, Ukrainian