UN Women: Driver, Jerusalem, Palestine, NPSA2, Local position open to nationals of Palestine

Position details

• Grade: NPSA-2
• Vacancy type: National Personnel Service Agreement
• Application deadline: 2026-11-17T04:59:00+00:00

Background:

UN Women (UNW), grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women’s triple mandate, along with its global network and deep policy and programming expertise, continues to endow the Entity with a unique capacity to: (i) support Member States to strengthen global norms and standards for gender equality and women’s empowerment, and mainstream gender perspectives in other thematic areas; (ii) promote coordination and coherence across the UN system to enhance accountability and results for gender equality and women’s empowerment; and (iii) undertake operational activities to support Member States, upon their request, in translating global norms and standards into legislation, policies and strategies at country level.

UN Women plays an innovative and catalytic role in the State of Palestine since its inception in 1997 (as UNIFEM). In line with the national priorities, the work of UN Women for the period 2023-2025 is aligned with three of the Palestine United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework’s (UNSDCF) outcomes:

•      Palestinians have greater access to economic opportunities that are inclusive, resilient, and sustainable, including decent employment and livelihoods opportunities in an empowered private sector.

•      Palestinians, including the most vulnerable, have equal access to sustainable, inclusive, gender responsive and quality social services, social protection, and affordable utilities.

•      Palestinian governance institutions, processes, and mechanisms at all levels are more democratic, rights-based, inclusive, and accountable.

Its three-year Strategic Note supports the efforts to achieve measurable results in country in terms of four UN Women global Strategic Plan impacts (2022-2025): (SP Impact 1). Governance and participation in public life; (SP Impact 2). Women’s Economic Empowerment; (SP Impact 3). Ending Violence Against Women and Girls and; SP Impact 4. Women peace and security, Humanitarian & Disaster Risk Reduction.

The UN Women Palestine Country Office Operations Unit supports the effective delivery of the Country Office programme by providing operational and administrative services, including logistical and transportation support. In this context, the Driver contributes to the smooth functioning of the Country Office by ensuring reliable, safe and timely transportation services, supporting official and field travel, maintaining assigned vehicles in good working condition, and providing basic logistical and administrative support as required.

 Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Driver provides reliable and safe driving services to the UN Women Head of Office, UN Women team including operations and programme personnel in the office, consultants and experts and UN staff on mission, and other high-ranking UN officials and visitors ensuring the highest standards of discretion and integrity, sense of responsibility, and excellent knowledge of protocol and security issues. The Driver will provide basic administrative and clerical support to the UN Women Palestine Country Office (CO). The Driver also demonstrates a client-oriented approach, courtesy, confidentiality, tact and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.  

Scope of work:

1. Provide reliable and secure driving services:

• Drive office vehicles for the transport of authorized personnel;
• Deliver and collect mail, documents and other items to Government – offices/Embassies/commercial establishments/UN offices;
• Meet official personnel and visitors at the airport, including visa and customs formalities arrangements when required;
• Verify that all passengers wear seatbelts at all times in the vehicle;
• Ensure all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents;
• Adhere to relevant job specific guidelines and policies of UN Women such as but not limited to the vehicle management policy; and
• Ensure vehicle comply with the Security and Safety standard established at the duty station through Security Risk Management process.
• Submit security clearances to UNDSS when needed and alert the UNDSS radio room ahead of planned field visits.

       2. Provide proper use of vehicle:

• Contribute to environmental sustainability and cost-savings by driving responsible; 
• Maintain daily vehicle logs, daily mileage, gas consumption, oil change, servicing, greasing, repairs; and
• Provide inputs to preparation of the vehicle maintenance plans and reports.

      3. Provide day to day maintenance of the assigned vehicle:

• Ensure that the official vehicle is kept cleaned, washed and is always in good working condition; 
• Make minor repairs and make arrangements for major repairs; 
• Change oil, check tire tread depth and pressure, lights, indicators, wipers, horn, clutch and brakes and ensure that any errors of warning indicators on dashboard are inspected and addressed in timely manner; and 
• Arrange and complete winterization of office vehicles when this is required by local traffic regulations or when travel to areas that might be affected by snow is planned. 

      4. Maintain and ensure availability of all required documents/supplies:

• Maintain and ensure availability of all required documents/supplies including vehicle insurance, vehicle logs, office directory, and maps of the city/country, first aid kit, and necessary spare parts in the assigned vehicle; and
• Ensure that all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents.
• Promptly report vehicle defects, damage or maintenance requirements to the relevant office personnel.

       5. Provide general administrative and logistic support as needed:

• Assist office personnel in filing, photocopying and maintaining required records; 
• Assist in the mailing and distribution of publications and payments of bills, as required. 
• Compile weekly car requests and prepare the car schedule on a weekly basis;

       6. The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework: 

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent driving skills 
• Good knowledge of driving rules and regulations, local roads and conditions
• Good defensive driving skills
• Skills in minor vehicle repairs 
• Ability to be on time
• Demonstrates very good knowledge of protocol and security issues
• Demonstrates flexibility in taking driving requests outside the standard working hours, during weekends or official holidays, when needed.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
• Remains calm, in control and good humoured even under pressure
• Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of views

Education and Certification:    

• Completion of secondary education is required. 
• Valid Israeli driver’s license is required. 

Experience:

• At least 2 years of experience as a driver in an international organization, embassy or UN system with a safe driving record is required.
• Experience driving in the West Bank and familiarity with local roads and routes is desirable.
• Basic knowledge of vehicle maintenance and minor repairs is desirable.
• Experience in providing basic administrative and logistical support is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in Arabic is required.
• Working knowledge of English is required.
• Knowledge of Hebrew is desirable.  

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

 

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.