Mechanic/Driver, Multiple positions

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development. UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Under the direct supervision of the UNOPS Somalia Field Security Advisor, the Mechanic/Driver shall perform the following functions:

• Responsible for conducting physical repairs and maintenance of the entire fleet;
• Prepare maintenance schedules for the fleet;
• Prepare reports on trends and common problems and contribute to developing solutions & share with security head.
• Facilitate vehicle servicing and repairs as needed;
• Drive office vehicles for the transport of authorized personnel and delivery and collection of mail, documents and other supplies and equipment as directed by the supervisors;
• Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle: carry out driver responsible tasks as detailed by supervisor,  perform other repairs and arrange for external repairs and ensure that the vehicle is kept clean and in good working condition;
• Log official trips, daily mileage, gas/fuel consumption, and assist with the annual vehicle inspection.
• Provide advice on procurement of spare parts and assist in getting quotations.
• Ensure that UN Rules and Regulations steps required by rules and regulations are taken in cases of any involvement in accidents;
• Any other tasks/duties assigned by the head of section and/or direct supervisor.

• Secondary Education (High school or equivalent) with additional four (4) years of relevant experience is required.

• Motor vehicle Mechanics is an asset. 

Contract type: Local Individual Contract Agreement (LICA)
Contract level: LICA-4
Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

Africa Region

AFR helps ensure that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between projects across the entire region.

Somalia

In Somalia, UNOPS has had a solid and continuous in-country expert presence successfully implementing programmes since the mid-1990s, where it is currently undertaking various projects and initiatives in close collaboration with the Federal Government of Somalia, Federal Member States and partners from the global donor community. UNOPS’ projects in Somalia focus on several key sectors that include infrastructure development, institutional capacity building, project management, advisory services, and procurement services.