Driver at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duties

•  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 daytoday 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.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

• For G2D  2 years relevant experience with Completion of Primary Education or High School Diploma or higher

Certificates and/or Licenses

• *Driving Licences;
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential

• Driving licence, knowledge of driving rules and regulations.

Functional Skills

• * DVDriving Rules and Regulations
• DV  Basic Vehicle Mechanical Skills;
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.