Transport Assistant

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

Assignment is non-family (Bunia)

Within the terms of the organization’s delegated authority, and under the direct supervision of Motor Transport Officer (MTO), the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Supervise Vehicle maintenance and repairs of all United Nations Heavy Vehicles as well as MHE/Engineering equipment operated by MONUSCO within the region/ sector in accordance with the manufacturer’s specs and to the highest standard. • Workshop management ensuring the productivity and efficiency of vehicle maintenance / Repairs, including workshop health and safety as per rules and regulations. • Spare Part management in the Regional/ Sector workshop, including identification of spare parts based on manufacture’s Spare parts Catalogs and SAP. • Ensure that all spare parts used for each repair are correctly documented in the vehicle work order and the system. • Ensure that presence within the workshop is consistent with working hours and all inspections/repair tasks assigned are completed in a timely manner. • Facilitate the efficient delivery of mechanical services through communication, liaison, •Negotiation, and coordination with internal and external clients to manage client relations. • Spare Parts Stock monitoring through Intranet based SAP software, Quality control of Vehicle repairs and Maintenance. • Ensure the safety, security and accountability of all assets and equipment issued to the workshop. • Carryout stock daily physical checks of light & heavy vehicle spare parts and issues required items to mechanics to ensure accountability including Conducts regular inventory checks of the Spare Parts Warehouse stocks. • Provide advice, direction, and regular feedback on workshop performance to motivate a team of mechanical trades persons and apprentices in the delivery of mechanical services. • In certain circumstances, the candidate may be required to perform Supervisory or Managerial functions whenever the MTO is out of the mission. In such a situation, his/her expected role/s will be fully explained, and the performance will be monitored by an International staff member. • Any other related duties as may be required.

Motor Transport and maintenance

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa, and as a result is quite diverse. Living conditions therefore vary between MONUSCO duty stations, with all usual amenities present in the capital Kinshasa, but only very basic conditions in remote duty stations in the provinces, where, for instance, there may be no guarantee of public power supply nor running water. The ability to live and work in difficult and harsh conditions of developing countries is essential. Accommodation is very expensive in both Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. Supermarkets exist in the large towns (e.g. Bukavu, Kisangani), but consumer items are generally very expensive (as everything is imported). For food, local markets offer a much cheaper alternative. All MONUSCO duty stations are considered non-family duty stations, except for Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Entebbe which are now considered family duty stations, and most are currently under UN Security Phase III (“relocation phase”: internationally-recruited staff are temporarily concentrated or relocated to specified sites/locations). In addition to insecurity related to the relatively volatile political situation as well as various conflict situations, certain places are subject to increasing street and residential crime, including in Kinshasa and Goma. Some degree of medical service is provided in all MONUSCO duty stations. Certain vaccinations are mandatory for MONUSCO personnel to enter the DRC, while others are compulsory for all other incoming persons. It is possible for incoming MONUSCO personnel, including UN Volunteers, to be asked to provide proof of some or all vaccinations, though this is unlikely. All UN Volunteers must ensure that they are up-to-date with all appropriate vaccinations, which should be clearly and properly endorsed in the International Certificate of Vaccination (“carte jaune”). Malaria is present virtually throughout the DRC, and it is therefore recommended to take prophylaxis. The unit of currency is the Congolese Franc. The US dollar is the other preferred currency. It may be impossible to exchange traveller’s checks away from the capital city. Credit cards are usually accepted in major hotels only in Kinshasa. In larger towns and cities (e.g. Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani), UN Volunteers are recommended to open US Dollar bank accounts, while in other places, banks may be absent (including ATMs) and VLA payments will be processed in cash. UN Volunteers have the possibility to send part of their allowances to a bank account abroad. In addition to French, there are four major spoken languages in DRC, namely Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba and Swahili.