Driver, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (SB-1)

Driver, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (SB-1)
UNDP Europe & the CIS
Closing date: Wednesday, 1 February 2017

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	Background
	Uzbekistan is globally and regionally important in terms of its biodiversity due to its location between the European, Middle Eastern, and Asian biogeographical regions. Its varying landscapes of high mountain ranges, wide steppes, deserts, riparian wetlands, and the Aral Sea has results in a wide diversity of habitats. UNDP, for many years, have supported the Government of Uzbekistan in tackling environmental challenges, including in the area of biodiversity. UNDP/GEF and Republic of Uzbekistan project on “Sustainable natural resource use and forest management in key mountainous areas important for globally significant biodiversity” will further support the country in addressing biodiversity conservation challenges, specifically with focusing on mountain ecosystems such as the western-most outliers of the western Tian Shan (Chatkal, Pskem, Ugam and Kuramin ranges) and Pamir-Alai (Gissar, Turkestan and Zaravshan ranges), which are home to the endangered snow leopard, and provide important habitat for its key prey species. The project objective is ‘To enhance the conservation, and sustainable use, of natural resources in the biodiverse high altitude mountain ecosystems of Uzbekistan’, and the project is structured into four components, with each component comprising a complementary suite of two to three outputs: Component 1: Landscape level planning and management decision-making; Component 2: Strengthening key biodiversity areas; Component 3: Sustainable economic development incentives for communities; Component 4: Promoting cooperation and collaboration.
	Duties and Responsibilities
	Under direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Driver is fully responsible for providing transport services to the project staff in timely and secure manner: Drive office vehicle for the transportation of authorized personnel; Deliver and collect mail, documents and other items, meet official personnel at the airport and facilitates immigration and custom formalities and make errands for the project as required; Be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle, checks oil, water, buttery, brakes, tires; Perform minor repairs and arranges for another repairs; Ensure that the vehicle is kept clean; log official trips, daily mileage, gas consumption, oil changes, greasing; Ensure that the steps required by rules and regulations are taken in timely manner in case of involvement in accident. Full respect of local laws and traffic rules. Perform other duties and responsibilities in the scope of the current position.
	Competencies
	Corporate Competencies: Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values; Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability; Functional Competencies: Good communications and interpersonal skills; Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude; Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure; Demonstrates openness to change and ability to quick learning; Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities; Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints; Responds positively to feedback and different viewpoints. Core competencies: Demonstrating ethics and integrity; Self-development, initiative and reasonable risk taking; Acting as a team player and facilitating team work.
	Required Skills and Experience
	Education: Secondary education; and possessing driving license category B. Work experience: At least 1 year work experience as driver. Safe driving record; knowledge of driving rules, regulations, and skills in minor vehicle repair. Experience with UNDP-funded projects or other international organizations is an asset; Knowledge of languages: Proficiency in Russian. Knowledge in Uzbek and English will be an asset. Other: Previous work for an international organization and companies would be considered as an advantage.
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