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The role requires professionalism, integrity, discretion, courtesy, and strong client orientation when engaging with staff, government counterparts, partners, and visitors. Through effective fleet management and operational support, you will contribute to UNICEF’s ability to reach vulnerable communities and deliver results for children and women in Malawi.\nUNICEF Malawi is seeking highly motivated Drivers to play a critical role in enabling programme delivery by providing safe, reliable, and efficient transportation services.\nIf you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Driver G-2 Role.pdf\nTo qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…  \nMinimum requirements: \nEducation: Secondary education is required, along with a valid driver’s license and knowledge of local driving rules and regulations.\nWork Experience: At least two (2) years of work experience as a driver in an international organization, embassy or UN system with a safe driving record is required. \nSkills: Demonstrated skills in vehicle maintenance, trip documentation, client service, and emergency response are required. \nLanguage Requirements: Fluency in English is required. \nDesirables: \nKnowledge of a local language (e.g. Chichewa, Chiyao, Chitumbuka) or an official UN language is an asset.\nExperience supporting field missions, emergency response operations or rapid deployments is desirable. \nExperience with digital fleet tracking, vehicle booking or trip management systems is desirable. \nExperience using radio communication or mobile devices during field movements is an asset. \nExperience providing administrative or operational support is desirable. \nFamiliarity with UNICEF values, ethics, confidentiality and safety standards is desirable. \nExperience within UNICEF or the broader UN system is desirable. \nRelevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. \nFor every Child, you demonstrate… \nUNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values\nUNICEF competencies required for this post are… \n(1) Builds and maintains partnerships\n\n(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness\n\n(3) Drive to achieve results for impact\n\n(4) Innovates and embraces change\n\n(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity\n\n(6) Thinks and acts strategically\n\n(7) Works collaboratively with others\nFamiliarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.\nUNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.\nUNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.\nUNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.\nUNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments are conditional on the selected candidate’s willingness to comply with current or future vaccination requirements, should UNICEF mandate it for personnel. Failure to comply with such requirements, where applicable and without a duly approved medical exemption from the relevant UN authority, will result in the cancellation of the selection or may lead to other administrative measures, including separation from service.\nRemarks: \nAs per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.\nUNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.\nGovernment employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.\nUNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.\nHumanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.\nVisa residence requirements: i.e. UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.\nAll UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.\nAdditional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.\nAdvertised: 29 Sep 2026 South Africa Standard Time\n\nDeadline: 13 Oct 2026 South Africa Standard Time\nApply Now\nApply on the recruiter's website","description_format":"text","description_chars":8216,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-04T22:32:15Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":23,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":0.85,"p_active":0.483,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":14,"expected_fill_days":11,"reasons":["seen:14","win:tail","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/un-driver-6-positions","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/un-driver-6-positions.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T13:31:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":16572,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":43829},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=43829"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fun-driver-6-positions"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fun-driver-6-positions"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fun-driver-6-positions"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/un-driver-6-positions\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fun-driver-6-positions"}]}