Водій/ка (повний робочий день, Київ) / Driver (full-time, Kyiv)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is seeking a qualified professional for the Sustainable Economic Development Cluster in its office in Kyiv to fill the position of a:
Driver (full-time, Kyiv)
(internal SAP code: Driver)
The Sustainable Economic Development (SED) Cluster of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH comprises various projects implemented on behalf of the German government supporting Ukraine to develop a resilient and competitive economic sector.
Partners of the projects are Ukrainian ministries on the national level, administrations on regional level, stakeholders on the municipal level, and private sector companies.
Both female and male applicants are encouraged to apply for the position.
Responsibilities:
Driver is responsible for driving the vehicle and its maintenance, including:
- Safely and responsibly driving on official road trips using an official vehicle.
- Ensuring timely and efficient vehicle servicing and maintenance.
- Assessing and reporting on road conditions and access to field sites.
- Ensure all passengers wear seatbelts when being transported.
- Escorting national and international staff to meetings when required.
- Acting as emergency/evacuation driver during business trips of international staff to Ukraine.
- Complying with internal rules and regulations, and GIZ Code of Conduct.
- Complete GIZ work timesheet by the end of month when supporting projects directly.
Tasks:
- Transport passengers and goods in GIZ vehicles to locations across Ukraine and/or abroad.
- Undertake pre-planned business travels to other GIZ duty stations in Ukraine for up to 2 weeks.
- Run errands for the projects such as escorting finance staff to banks, paying bills and procurement
- and collection of office supplies.
- Maintain all vehicle documents and ensure vehicle logs are filled in correctly, recording monthly
- maintenance in accordance with GIZ rules and standards.
- Ensure the official GIZ logo stickers are fitted on the fleet of vehicles.
- Ensure vehicle interiors and exteriors are cleaned at the end of each road trip.
- Check oil, water, brakes and brake fluid, AdBlue, tyre pressure, battery levels and the entire vehicle, monthly or every 5,000 km (whichever is first), headlights, and bodywork.
- Calculate monthly petrol, oil, and lubricant consumption.
- Immediately report accidents, damage, loss, or theft of vehicle fittings.
- Advise GIZ colleagues on road conditions and road access to locations.
- Assist the Cluster Office as needed and perform other task on the request of the superior and the Management Team when there are no travel pending.
Required qualifications, professional experience and personal competences:
- Valid Category B driver’s license with no driving offence convictions in past 3 years.
- Work within an international environment, preferably an IO or iNGO is advantageous.
- Undergraduate degree (Bachelors).
- At least 3 years of professional experience in a similar position, with references.
- No history of major accidents within past 3 years.
- Good spoken and written English and Ukrainian language skills is essential and German desirable.
- Provable self-organizational skills in high-tempo risk management scenarios.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a ‘service mentality’, ability to work co-operatively and effectively within the team and the organisation, flexibility, motivation
- Good knowledge Ukraine’s road network.
- Good working knowledge of MS Office.
We offer:
- Official employment, salary fixed in EUR, performance-related bonuses and 13th salary.
- Medical insurance, 29 vacation days annually.
- Language classes, hard and soft skills trainings.
- Individual and group psychological support.
- Meaningful and valuable work, international environment.
Employment conditions:
Full-time position with 40-hours working week. Place of assignment is Kyiv. Starting from December 2025. The contract duration will be 12 months with the possibility of prolongation.
GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and offers an attractive and challenging working environment with opportunities for skill enhancement.
Application:
We are looking forward to your application in English, comprising your CV and a Cover letter explaining your motivation to apply for the job to [email protected] until COB 03 December
2025, Wednesday. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.
Candidates are requested to submit their documents with the following title:
- Surname Name_CV
- Surname Name_Cover letter
By sending the application you give the consent for the personal data processing for recruitment processes solely according to GIZ data privacy regulations. You can familiarize yourself with these regulations by the link Data privacy statement | Career-Portal | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
