Job Description

The Position:

The Driver (Field Based) positions are based at sub-national level offices in Zwedru (Grand Gedeh County) and Greenville (Sinoe County) respectively and embedded within a local government structure or joint United Nations (UN) Hub office in Liberia.  They are responsible for the effective design, implementation and coordination of all UNFPA field programmes with a focus on the geographical area of responsibility. 

The position will be responsible for providing reliable and safe driving services to support the embedded field office in the day-to-day execution of its official functions. 

The position will report to the Programme Analyst, Field Coordination and work closely with the General Admin/Logistics Assistant and Country Office Programme and Operations staff with support from the Management Team. 

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

This position will provide reliable and safe driving services, and you will uphold the highest standards of discretion and integrity; have a deep sense of responsibility, and excellent knowledge of protocol and security issues. 

You will demonstrate a client-oriented approach, courtesy, tact and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.  

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