Driver

**Job Identification**
- 17619

**Locations**
- Pristina, Kosovo (as per UNSCR 1244)**Posting Date**
- 04/17/2024, 07:53 AM
- 05/01/2024, 10:59 PM

**Job Schedule**
- Full time

**Agency**
- UNDP

**Grade**
- NPSA-3

**Vacancy Type**
- National Personnel Service Agreement

**Practice Area**
- Governance

**Bureau**
- Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS

**Contract Duration**
- 1 Year with Possibility for extension

**Education & Work Experience**
- High School certificate - 3 year(s) experience

**Required Languages**
- Fluency in English and Albanian or Serbian is required

**Vacancy Timeline**
- 2 Weeks

**Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and **inspiring stories.**

Under the guidance and supervision of the Operations Assistant, with matrix reporting to the Portfolio Manager, the Driver provides reliable and safe driving services to the UNDP Governance and Peacebuilding Portfolio teams, ensuring highest standards of discretion and integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol and security issues. The Driver also demonstrates a client-oriented approach, courtesy, tact and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

This position will support the functioning of the **Programme and Project** teams. This will include but is not limited to field visits, driving team members on missions, dispatching and collection of mail, collection of supplies, etc. Particular emphasis is placed on safety, reliability, discretion, adherence to protocol and promoting representation. The Driver will also provide driving services to the UN staff on mission and when required to consultants and experts engaged by the portfolio. 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**

**1.Provide reliable and safe driving services**
- Deliver and collect mail and documents, and perform other messenger responsibilities.
- Meet official personnel and visitors at the airport

**2.Ensure cost-saving through proper use and day-to-day maintenance of the assigned office vehicle**
- Maintain accurate daily vehicle logs
- Provide inputs to preparation of the vehicle maintenance plans and reports.
- Make timely minor repairs and/or arrange for major repairs
- Ensure timely changes of oil, check of tires, brakes, car washing, etc.

**3.Ensure availability in the assigned vehicle of all the required documents, supplies and necessary spare parts.**
- Keep current in vehicle documents such as vehicle insurance, vehicle logs, office directory, and map of the city/country.
- Ensure vehicle first aid kit is adequately stocked with standard medical supplies.

**4.Take all immediate actions required by rules, regulations, and laws in case of involvement in accidents.**
- Ensure full compliance with implementation of all security measures for the passengers and the vehicle during all the trips regardless of the location, destination, and distance of travel.
- Ensure full compliance and implementation of guidelines regarding accidents and insurance coverage.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

**5. Institutional Arrangement**:
The Driver works under the general supervision of the Operations Assistant with a matrix reporting to the Portfolio Manager.

**Core**
- 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