Driver S1 (01/21 CKY)
Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)
The British Embassy in Conakry is part of a worldwide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking for a Driver / Messenger to drive for the Embassy / staff in a safe and customer focused manner, maintaining vehicles and ensuring compliance with local and UK requirements. To assist and support the Corporate Manager and Residence staff as well as during official events and supervise maintenance workers at the Residence.
Main responsibilities will include:
Driving
- Excellent customer service with knowledge of local routes respecting local traffic laws and regulations at all times
- Work in partnership with the team, provide and confirm journey information to Head Driver
- Drive staff as and when required to meetings and functions safely and on time.
- Ensure personal and passenger safety at all times;
Maintenance
- Ensuring the vehicle is well maintained and cleaned. With issues escalated to the Corporate Services Manager
- Ensure that vehicles are prepared, fuelled and secured in advance of trips
- Ensuring servicing, preventative maintenance and registration are regularly carried out
- Complete transport administration duties, maintaining an accurate record of all bookings, journeys, mileage records and fuel consumption.
Events
- Bulk shopping the official residence supplies and stock control
- Assisting at the receptions
- Preparing residence for official entertainment: rearranging furniture, laying tables
General Residence team support
- Supervising external suppliers e.g. window cleaners, maintenance professionals, caterers
- Paying official Embassy bills at the site of suppliers
- Flexible assistance to the Residence manager to ensure help according to ad-hoc needs.
Team Support
- Attend staff meetings
- Perform ad-hoc duties that may include transporting documentations and assisting with duties other than transport related functions.
- Work with the Corporate Services Manager and assist with ad hoc and administrative tasks including processing information on a computer.
- Good communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Good French and basic English
- Strong customer focus
- Clean driving licence
- Experience of driving in a professional capacity
- Ability to work evenings and weekends
- At least 5 years of proven safe driving experience
- Experience or completion of an approved vehicle driving course
- Previous experience driving for government organisations, UN agencies, or other diplomatic missions
- IT Skills: basic computer (skills to complete and fill electronic documents.)
This is a full-time, temporary position of 40 hours gross per week for one year with the possibility of extension by mutual agreement.
The successful candidate will be subject to professional background, security clearance and a probation period of 3 months probation period.
Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):
Continuous learning and personal development is really important to us – everyone has strengths to build on, or challenges to overcome. Our L&D offer can help you achieve your best results.
As you develop in the role you might also benefit formal training, and on-the-job training in a range of areas where you may need support.
What do we offer you?
A fun, fast paced, rewarding work environment – you’ll be able to develop ideas that are listened to and often implemented.
Investment in your skills: on-the-job training as well as professional development.
Great colleagues – we are proud to hire friendly, driven, passionate people.
A great place to work: an emphasis on work/life balance and wellbeing.
Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.
Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
- Please complete the application form in full as the information provided is used during screening.
- Please check your application carefully before you submit, as no changes can be made once submitted.
- The British Embassy will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position.
- Employees recruited locally by the British Embassy in Conakry are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Guinea.
- All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit.
- The responsibility lies on the successful candidate to;
- Obtain the relevant permit
- Pay the fees for the permit
- Make arrangements to relocate
- Meet the costs to relocation
- Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount
- Information about the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Competency Framework can be found on this link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-competency-framework Please note: Job grade AA=A1, AO=A2, EO=B3, HEO=C4, SEO=C5
- Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates.
This opportunity is closed to applications.
