UN WOMEN Jobs - 58030- Driver

Driver

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Juba, SOUTH SUDAN

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Starting Date :

01-Aug-2015

Application Deadline :

21-Jul-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

SB-2

Duration of Initial Contract :

One Year

Languages Required :

Arabic English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

One Year

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UN Women South Sudan is implementing a 2 year humanitarian assistance programme- responding to emergency needs of displaced women and girls impacted by the ongoing conflict, and their host communities. The project is co-funded by the Government of Japan and, it is a continuation and expansion of UN Women’s 8 month pilot-response project started in 2014, designed to address critical gender gaps in the ongoing humanitarian response programmes in South Sudan.

Over the two year period (April 2015- March 2017), the programme will enhance resilience and wellbeing of women and girls in 4 IDP settlements and their host communities through: improving access to livelihood opportunities and preventing GBV and mitigating its effects on women and girls in the target communities. In addition, it will strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Gender and Humanitarian Affairs, and other international and national humanitarian actors, including the coordination system (especially the HCT and the Cluster system) to ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment needs and rights are adequately and sustainably integrated into the ongoing and all future humanitarian response and recovery strategic plans and programmes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of Key Functions:

Ensures provision of reliable and secure driving services by a) driving office vehicles for the transport of authorized personnel and delivery and collection of mail, documents and other items and b) meeting official personnel and visitors at the airport, visa and customs formalities arrangement when required;
Ensures cost-savings through proper use of vehicle through accurate maintenance of daily vehicle logs, provision of inputs to preparation of the vehicle maintenance plans and reports;
Ensures proper day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle through timely minor repairs, arrangements for major repairs, timely changes of oil, check of tires, brakes, car washing, etc.;
Ensures availability of all the required documents/supplies including vehicle insurance, vehicle logs, office directory, map of the city/country, first aid kit, necessary spare parts;
Ensures that all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Operational effectiveness:

Ability to perform a variety of repetitive and routine tasks and duties;
Ability to review data, identify and adjust discrepancies;
Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints;
Good knowledge of administrative rules and regulations;
Ability to operate and maintain a variety of computerized business machines and office equipment in order to provide efficient delivery of service;
Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
Demonstrates excellent knowledge of driving rules and regulations and skills in minor vehicle repair (for Drivers);
Demonstrates excellent knowledge of protocol (for Drivers);
Demonstrates excellent knowledge of security issues (for Drivers).

Managing data:

Collects and compiles data with speed and accuracy identifying what is relevant and discarding what is not, records it in an accessible manner and maintains data bases;
Thoroughly and methodically collects, verifies and records data demonstrating attention to detail and identifying and correcting errors on own initiative;
Transmits file data; creates and generate queries, reports and documents utilizing databases, spreadsheets, communications and other software packages with speed and accuracy;
Interprets data, draws conclusions and/or identifies patterns which support the work of others.

Managing documents, correspondence and reports:

Creates, edits and presents information (queries, reports, documents) in visually pleasing, clear and presentable formats such as tables, forms, presentations, briefing notes/books and reports using advanced word processing and presentation functions and basic database and spreadsheet software;
Ability to produce accurate and well documented records conforming to the required standard.

Planning, organizing and multi-tasking:

Organises and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources and multiple reporting relationships;
Plans, coordinates and organises workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines;
Demonstrates ability to quickly shift from one task to another to meet multiple support needs;
Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with staff and clients to facilitate the provision of support.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Secondary Education;
Valid Driver’s licence.

Experience:

Two years’ work experience as a driver; safe driving record;
knowledge of driving rules and regulations and skills in minor vehicle repair;
Experience working within the UN is an asset.

Language:

Fluency in English and the language of the duty station.