The Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee (IRCC), on behalf of COMESA, is looking for a : Driver (DR)
Post Level : GS7 (IRCC Salary Scale)
Terms of service : Fixed Term appointment
Duration of appointment : One year, renewable yearly, and NOT TO EXCEED 27 JULY 2014
Duty Station : IRCC Secretariat, COMESA, Lusaka, Zambia
Entry date :On, or as soon as possible as from, 1 Sep 2011.
Vacancy Notice No. : IRCC/2011/06
Eligibility : Natural persons eligible under Annex IV of the ACP – EU Cotonou Partnership Agreement . See also Annex A2b of the EU
practical Guide1 to Contract procedures for EU external actions
Deadline for application : 22 August 2011 (17h00 Lusaka time)
General: The IRCC Driver will work under the direct supervision of the IRCC Senior Secretary/Conferences Assistant and overall supervision of the Coordinator and Head of IRCC Secretariat.
Duty Station: The IRCC Driver will be based at the IRCC Secretariat, COMESA.
Duties
The Driver of the IRCC Secretariat will be required to :
- Drive and maintain the office car(s) and at all times respect the Zambian national traffic legislation and regulations and use the car in such a manner as to ensure safety
- Ensure that the office car(s) are in a good mechanical conditions and kept clean at all times.
- Drive office and project staff and visitors to and from the airport, meetings, conferences, including during evening hours, weekends and public holidays.
- Act as a messenger for the IRCC Secretariat
- Ooccasionally assist the IRCC Secretariat with administrative tasks such as banking and withdrawing cheques and cash, sending faxes, photocopying, distribution of mail, etc.
- Perform any other cognate tasks or duties assigned by the SSCA or IRCC Coordinator
Qualifications and Experience/Skills :
- Valid, Full (including trucks, buses) licence for Zambia and the wider geographical zone
- 15 years experience with proven track record of at least 10 years in service to high level officials/expatriate/diplomats or public service institutions
- Proven delivery on other cognate tasks (banking, cash retrieval, etc )
- Language : Good spoken English and ability to record/communicate messages in English. Very good
knowledge and practice of local languages/dialects .
Remuneration
- The indicative ALL-INCLUSIVE annual salary at IRCC GS7 level at single rate (no dependents)
ranges from US$ 11 547 to US$ 16 513. The exact positioning on the scale is determined solely
by the Contracting Authority based on a set of factors including the number of years of qualified
specific experience. - For primary dependents annual allocations are as follows :
o US$ 230/child
o US$ 2 888/family in case of children enrolled full-time an educational establishment - Due to constraints under the EDF financing made available for this post the maximum
remuneration may not exceed the equivalent of EUR 1 207.- per month under the EDF IRCC PE
funding. - No other remuneration or allowances are foreseen.
How to Apply
- Candidates are invited to fill , in their own handwriting, the application form available on the COMESA website under Opportunities>>Job Application format
- Candidates will submit, in a single envelope, the application form, together with a Motivation
Letter, such that they are received before 22nd August 2011 at 17.00 hours, EITHER by recorded
delivery (official postal service) OR hand delivered (including courier services) to :
The IRCC Coordinator
IRCC
COMESA,
Comesa Centre,
Ben Bella Road PO Box 30051,
10101 Lusaka,
ZAMBIA.
The envelope should carry the following information:
- The address for submission as indicated above;
- The reference code of the Vacancy Notice No.
- The words "Not to be opened before the short-listing session"
- The name of the candidate
Additional information
- Applicants will be contacted only if they are short-listed and/or under serious consideration
- Applications received after the deadline will NOT be accepted.
- It is expected that commencement of contract and work should start on, or as soon as possible as from, 1 September 2011.
- The post(s) will be funded from resources of the 10th European Development Fund under the the IRCC Support programme (financing decision no. FED/2009/021-403), signed between the EU and COMESA. The funding will be channeled -through annual programme estimates and
successive renewals of the post until the 27 July 2014 is therefore subject to such funds being
made available in due time.
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