UNDP Driver to the Resident Representative (Nationals Only) || Apply Now

The Driver to the Resident Representative could also be required to provide driving services for the other high-ranking UN officials, visitors and UN staff on mission.UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

Duties and Responsibilities

Ensures provision of reliable and safe driving services by:

• Driving office vehicles for the transport of UNDP RR, other high-ranking officials and visitors 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.
• Ensures all passengers wear seat belt(s) while travelling in the UNDP vehicle.
• Ensure all non-UNDP personnel riding in the vehicle have presented a signed ‘waiver of liability’ to the operations manager.

Proper use of vehicle:

• Ensures cost-savings throughproper use of vehicle through accurate maintenance of daily vehicle logs, provision of inputs to preparation of the vehicle maintenance plans and reports.
• Ensures monthly analysis and reporting of all vehicle related expenses including fuel, maintenance and certified vehicle log sheets is provided for management oversight.

Ensure effective and efficient use and maintenance of office vehicles in line with the UNDP Vehicle Management Guidelines focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Ensure that all official vehicles are in a good, clean, mechanically sound, and operational condition at all times.
• 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
• Ensure that all official vehicles are parked at a secured car park when not in use.
• Timely renewal of Road Worthiness Certificates and Insurance for all motor vehicles.
• Timely reporting of any defects or accidents to the vehicle as per UNDP Vehicle Management Guidelines.
• Ensures that all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents.

Availability of documents/ supplies

• Ensures availability of all the required documents/supplies including vehicle insurance, vehicle logs, office directory, and map of the city/country, first aid kit, and necessary spare parts in the assigned vehicle.

Provision of administrative support

• Provide support to ensure that Registry, archives, courier, and mail management services are attended to in a timely and efficient manner.
• Provide support to the Procurement and Administration Unit in the provision of logistical, stationery and supplies services to the office and during meetings and workshops and backstopping for Registry Clerk/ Office Driver as required.

Perform duties with the functional profile as assigned and deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the office.

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Required Skills and Experience for Driver to the Resident