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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) / UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality Driver

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Tbilisi, GEORGIA

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Starting Date :

01-Jan-2016

Application Deadline :

15-Dec-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

SB-1

Duration of Initial Contract :

12 months

Languages Required :

Russian

Expected Duration of Assignment :

12 months (with the possibility of extension)

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

Millions of women and girls worldwide suffer some form of gender-based violence, be it domestic violence, rape, female genital mutilation/cutting, dowry-related killing, trafficking, sexual violence in conflict-related situations, or other manifestations of abuse. In fact, for women and girls 16-44 years old, gender based violence is a major cause of death and disability (About UNiTE: Fact Sheet, p. 1 http://endviolence.un.org/pdf/factsheets/about_unite.pdf;). Up to 70 per cent of women experience violence in their lifetime (Violence Against Women: The Situation; http://endviolence.un.org/pdf/factsheets/unite_the_situation.pdf).

Violence against women persists in every country in the world as a pervasive violation of human rights and a major impediment to achieving gender equality. Such violence is unacceptable, whether perpetrated by the State and its agents or by family members or strangers, in the public or private sphere, in peacetime or in times of conflict. The UN Secretary-General has stated that as long as violence against women continues, we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality, development, and peace (“In-depth study on all forms of violence against women”, Report of the UN Secretary-General, 6 July 2006, p. 9;).

States have an obligation to protect women from violence, to hold perpetrators accountable and to provide justice and remedies to victims. Eliminating violence against women remains one of the most serious challenges of our time. The knowledge base and tools to prevent and eliminate violence against women developed over the past decade must be utilized more systematically and effectively to eliminate all forms of violence against women. This requires clear political will, outspoken, visible and unwavering commitment at the highest levels of leadership of the State and the resolve, advocacy and practical action of individuals and communities ( ibid;).

In order to support the Government of Georgia to meet its obligations undertaken on the international, regional and local levels inter alia in terms of eliminating violence against women and girls and in particular domestic violence and sexual violence, with the generous support by the Swedish Government, the second phase of the UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality (hereinafter UNJP) has been launched in November 2015. The UNJP is implemented by UNDP, UN Women, and UNFPA.

The second phase of the Joint Programme continues to respond directly to the women’s rights and gender equality commitments undertaken by the Government of Georgia (GoG) on international and national levels, and aims to upscale the results achieved by the previous phase of UNJP (2012-2015) and UN agencies in general, as well as other stakeholders in the area of enhancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Georgia.

The Joint Programme will address gender inequality in a coherent and comprehensive manner, covering a wide range of issues, such as political and economic empowerment of women, reducing violence against women and girls and promotion of women’s sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.

The overall goal of the UNJP is to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment by means of strengthening capacities of government at both central and local levels and across the executive, legislative and judicial branches, engaging civil society and raising public awareness about gender equality.

This ambitious goal will be achieved by realization of the following outcomes:

Enhanced women’s political and economic empowerment;
Enabling environment to eliminate violence against women and girls, especially sexual and domestic violence, created in Georgia;
Advanced gender equality and reproductive rights, including for the most vulnerable women, adolescents and youth.

UN Women leads work under the second outcome of the UNJP being responsible for creation of enabling environment to eliminate violence against women and girls, especially domestic and sexual violence in Georgia.

In order to ensure successful completion of the UN Women’s component under the UNJP and meet the contractual obligations of the initiative, UN Women plans to hire a Driver, who will work under supervision of the UN Women / UNJP Component Manager and UN Women Operations Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Driver will carry out the following functions:

Provision of reliable and secure driving services;
Respect and adhere to all safety and traffic rules and regulations;
Adhere to all safety and communication protocols as advised by UN and supervisors;
Ensure that all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents;
Knowledge of all streets, neighborhoods, roads and/or towns in assigned location(s), particularly regarding safety/security;
Assisting, as required, with logistics in the office and delivery and collection of mail, documents, project supplies, materials, and other items required;
Driving office vehicles for the transportation of authorized personnel;
Meeting official personnel and visitors at the airport, arrangement of visa and customs formalities when required;
Maintaining daily vehicle usage logbook, ensuring that passengers sign off at the end of each trip; log of official trips, daily mileage, gas consumption, oil changes, greasing, etc.
Advising on and attending routine vehicle maintenance/repair;
Ensuring 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, refueling, etc.
Keeping the vehicle ready, clean and on standby – ready for use at all times;
Check the vehicle conditions after each trip;
Ability to work after the working hours or on holidays when required for pick-up and transportation of project personnel, official travel within the country, and other business matters;
Undertake any other tasks as assigned, aimed at supporting UN Women operations.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Is familiar with UN system.

Technical/Functional Competencies:

Possession of a valid driver’s license;
Knowledge of driving rules and regulations for the country;
Flexibility to work overtime hours;
Skills in minor vehicle repair;
Fluency in Georgian and Russian, knowledge of English will be an asset.

Behavioral Competencies:

Excellent interpersonal and strong communication skills;
Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment demonstrated;
Ability to work as a member of a team;
Ability to approach work with energy, commitment and a positive, constructive attitude;
Resourceful in finding solutions.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Secondary education;

Experience:

At least five years experience working as a driver and a safe driving record;
Previous work experience as a driver with UN will be an asset.

Languages:

Russian.

Application procedure

Applications for the position of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) / UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality Project Driver - SB1-Mid must be submitted electronically through the website: http://jobs.undp.org/

Dully filled P11 form that can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment

Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.