Driver (Short-term Retainer) | 130 days/ 6 months

Tags: UNDP English
  • Added Date: Monday, 09 June 2025
  • Deadline Date: Monday, 23 June 2025
5 Steps to get a job in the United Nations

Background

Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Administrative Analyst, the Driver provides reliable and safe driving services to UNDP Resident Representative and other high-ranking UN officials and visitors, ensuring highest standards of discretion and integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol and security issues. The Driver also provides support to administrative services and demonstrates a client-oriented approach, courtesy, tact, and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

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 โ€˜waiver of liabilityโ€™ to the Operations Manager.

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:
ย 

Ensure that all official vehicles are in a good, clean, mechanically sound, and operational condition at all times.ย  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

Ensures availability of all the required documents/supplies including vehicle insurance, vehicle logs, first aid kit, and necessary spare parts in the assigned vehicle.
ย 

Provision of administrative support
ย 

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 Units 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.

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 improvementsย  Learn Continuously:ย ย  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 flexibleย  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 discriminationย 

Cross-Functional & Technical competenciesย 

Business Management

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.

Administration & Operations

Vehicle Management - Knowledge of policy & procedures on fleet management

Insurance Management - Knowledge of policy and procedures on insurance; ability to conduct risk assessment to procure coverage; to ensure relevant tracking and reporting

Registry & correspondence management - Ability to collect, register, maintain and deliver mail and UNDP pouch.

๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

Documents and records management - Overall document (hard or electronic) management; registry and retention policy including storing and archiving

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Secondary School Education with a valid driverโ€™s license is required

Experience:

Minimum of 3 years (with high school diploma) of relevant work experience as a driver with a safe driving record is required. Knowledge of driving rules and regulations Experience in working international organizations and/or high-ranking officials is an asset. Knowledge of protocols and security requirements is an advantage. Skills and experience in vehicle maintenance and vehicle repair.

Required Languages

Fluency in English and Itaukei and/or Fiji Hindi.

Equal opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.ย 

UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.ย 

Right to select multiple candidates

UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.ย  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

Scam alert

UNDP does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process. For further information, please see www.undp.org/scam-alert.

ย 

Recommended for you