Senior Driver SC-3

The Senior Driver provides transportation services to senior WFP staff, UN officials, and visitors, ensuring safe and efficient vehicle operations. The role includes planning routes, vehicle maintenance coordination, and basic administrative support tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide transportation to senior WFP staff, high-ranking UN officials and visitors including translation of basic conversations from/to the local language, and the delivery and collection of various items following authorized routing and UN safety and security rules and regulations to ensure safe and efficient services.
• Plan and assign the routes and schedules for other Drivers, to support efficient transport-related services for clients.
• Meet official personnel and visitors at the airport or other entry points and provide basic assistance with visa and customs formalities, to facilitate smooth and safe entry and arrival to the authorized destinations.
• Responsible for accurate maintenance of the vehicle log books, and daily reporting to the supervisor on mechanical status to ensure efficient vehicle use and fuel consumption supporting accurate accounting and cost-efficiency.
• Efficiently plan and coordinate WFP vehicle maintenance to ensure vehicles are fully equipped with required travel authorizations and supplies, and assigned equipment on board is in a good condition to support safe and efficient services.
• Follow established rules and regulations for field deliveries and/or in cases of an accident, and report immediately to the supervisor on any apparent problems, to seek for instructions and facilitate informative decisions on the way forward.
• Outside driving duties, perform basic office-related tasks such as filing, photocopying and maintaining stores when required including mailing service and payment of office telephone and other bills, to ensure administrative support to clients.

Requirements

• Completion of secondary school education.
• Formal drivers training with a valid driver’s license/Certification to operate assigned vehicle following local rules and regulations.
• Three (3) or more years of work experience as a driver, preferably in an international organization, embassy, or UN system with a demonstrated safe driving record.
• Holds a mandatory B and C/C1 driving license.
• Experience in driving vehicles equipped with manual transmission.
• Experience in defensive driving is desirable.
• Knowledge of driving rules and regulations, chauffeur protocol and courtesies, local roads/waterways and conditions, and security issues.
• Good understanding of transport services and ability to coordinate routes and schedules for other drivers.
• Knowledge of safety standards and safety equipment (e.g., fire extinguishers).
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to assess vehicles for mechanical fitness and skills in minor vehicle repairs.
• Knowledge of the vehicle loading capacity and other parameters.
• Knowledge and ability to use radio, email, telephone, and other applications.
• Basic skills to assist in case of emergency, knowledge of first aid basic methods.
• Ability to demonstrate a client-oriented approach, a high sense of responsibility, courtesy and tact.
• Fluency (level C) in English and Ukrainian languages.

Skills

• Driver's License B and C
• Formal driver training
• Safe Driving
• Manual Transmission Driving
• Defensive Driving
• Driving Rules and Regulations
• Chauffeur Protocol Knowledge
• Route planning
• Transportation Coordination
• Safety Standards Knowledge
• Vehicle maintenance assessment
• Minor Vehicle Repairs
• Vehicle loading capacity knowledge
• Radio communication
• Email Communication
• Telephone Communication
• First Aid
• Client-oriented Approach

Languages

English, Ukrainian