E T Temporary at World Bank Group in Juba, South Sudan

Description

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd

The World Bank Country Office in South Sudan is seeking a highly organized and energized professional to work as a Short-Team/part time temporary driver based in Juba, South Sudan. He/she should be capable of operating effectively and discreetly in a very demanding, fast-paced and culturally diverse environment. He/she will be based in South Sudan Country Office in Juba and will report to the Senior Driver. The consultant is expected to work on Saturdays and Sundays as well as on weekdays from 4:00pm to 8:00pm up to a maximum of 40 hours per week.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The main purpose of the ETT is to provide professional driving services to the World Bank. This is an office support job, which contributes to the smooth running of the daily operations of the Country Office. The ETT driver will drive the World Bank vehicle in a professional manner and will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Drive the World Bank staff including visiting missions to meetings and business sites, including over the weekend.
• Operating World Bank office vehicle in a responsible and secure manner;
• Maintain the vehicle in a clean and serviceable condition daily;
• Ensure that the vehicle insurance, registration and general service schedule is up to date;
• Keep an updated vehicle logbook including service and fuel dates; ensure staff sign the log book.
• Fuel the office vehicle in accordance with the World Bank Group fueling procedures;
• Carryout basic vehicle maintenance and repairs;
• Provide administrative and logistical support to the country office when called upon;
• Able to prevent accidents with high consideration of other road users and be able to demonstrate professional maneuvers;
• Ensure passengers safety and capable of handling emergency situations
• Help with ad hoc administrative tasks at the request of office staff.
• Ensure that the vehicle should be fitted with seat belts, fire extinguishers, first aid kit, spare tyre (s), jack, wheel spanner, tow rope, jump leads, a set of necessary fan belts and tool kit.
• Ensure that the vehicle should always be in a road worthy condition – making sure that the vehicle is equipped with a spare tyre(s)
• Daily inspection of vehicle for tyre pressure, engine oil, brake fluid, radiator coolant, fuel level, battery water level and any other requirement; and
• Any other additional tasks as assigned by the head driver and/or other country office staff.

Selection Criteria

• Must be a holder of a valid driving license.
• Have professional experience driving in Juba city.
• Possess defensive driving skills
• He/she should have a positive attitude, be diligent, flexible and take initiative to help office staff and guests.
• Must have completed a Senior Secondary School Education or equivalent, computer literate and should be able to speak fluently.
• Two years of professional driving experience in a multi-cultural environment.
• Experience in driving an armored vehicle is an added advantage.

Duration of Assignment

The ETT will be recruited for 12 months. Additional days may be added based on business needs and satisfactory performance.

Reporting

The ETT will report to the Senior Driver.

Note: Preference will be given to local talent, that is, applicants that are authorized to work in the duty station for any employer. Internal applicants may apply per existing guidelines.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results..

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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