Driver in Aleppo NPSA-3
- Country: Syria
- Organization: UNDP
- Deadline: 2023-11-17
- No of Vacancies: N/A
Duties and Responsibilities
Ensures provision of reliable and safe driving services by
- Drive all sort of Vehicles especially Armored Vehicles – B6 class and above.
- Driving office vehicles for the transport of Aleppo Area Manager, staff, programme staff in the CO, consultants, experts, UN staff on mission, and delivery and collection of mail, documents and other items.
- Meeting official personnel and visitors at the airport including visa and customs formalities arrangement when required.
- Deliver and collect mail and documents, and perform other messenger responsibilities.
- Travelling to the neighboring countries (Lebanon, Jordan) in order to pick up & drop off staff and other visitors from/to the International airports of Beirut and Amman, including visa and customs formalities arrangement through the boarders.
Proper Use of Vehicle
- 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.
- Ability to use navigation applications, tracking systems and communication radios available within vehicles.
- Responsible for communication with UNDSS radio operators upon departure and arrival to destinations outside duty station and keep them informed on any updates related to the trip.
- Adhere to all related driving advice disseminated by Radio Rooms regarding the security situation, weather condition, SOPs of movement sand commit to deliver the safest outputs.
Day-to-day Maintenance of the assigned vehicle
- 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.
Availability of documents/supplies
- 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 in the assigned vehicle.
- Ensures that all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents.
- Complete and maintain an up-to-date training related to security and security driving such as security defense driving, SSAFE, ETB, …and further related training
Perform Administrative Duties
- Assisting with pouch, procurement, workshops, and other administrative tasks as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Competencies
Core Competencies
- Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
- Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
- Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
- Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
- Act With Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
- Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
- Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.
Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies
- Vehicle Management: Knowledge of policy & procedures on fleet management
- Registery & Correspondence Management: Ability to collect, register, maintain and deliver mail and UNDP pouch; ability to manage archives
- Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media, and other appropriate channels.
- UN Policy Ethics: Knowledge and understanding of the UN Staff Regulations and Rules and other policies relating to ethics and integrity.
- Knowledge Generation: Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need
- UNDP Representation: Ability to represent UNDP and productively share UNDP knowledge and activities; advocate for UNDP, its values, mission and work with various constituencies
- Customer Satisfaction / Client Management: Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers’ needs. Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. Look for ways to add value beyond clients’ immediate requests. Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.
Required Skills and Experience
Education
- Secondary education is required.
- Valid Driver’s license is required.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience as a driver with a safe driving record is required.
- Knowledge of driving rules and regulations and skills in minor vehicle repair and maintenance is required.
- Basic and Advanced Security Training & BSAFE is an asset.
- Experience in the basic use of computers and relevant office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and ability to use web-based management and electronic log, file and/or scheduling systems.
- Knowledge of protocols and security requirements is an advantage.
Languages Requirements:
- Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
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