Project Driver

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  • Added Date: Monday, 07 July 2025
  • Deadline Date: Monday, 21 July 2025
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Organizational Setting

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.

FAO is a specialized agency of the UN that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO's goal is to achieve food security for all and ensure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 Members (194 countries and the European Union), FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.

FAO Country Offices, working under overall corporate guidance and in line with the Strategic Framework, offer policy advice and support to countries in the mandated areas of FAO, facilitated through partnerships, resources and an active country programme to provide technical assistance, develop capacities and deliver core services while fully observing international standards of accountability to establish leadership and strengthen impact at the country level.ย 

The offices deliver on the programmatic priorities of each country as agreed in their respective Country Programming Frameworks (CPFs) aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and ensure effective and efficient operations with adequate human and financial resources.ย 
Specifically, FAO Country Offices:ย 

(i) ย  ย advocate, inform and support policies and investments in the areas of FAOโ€™s mandate;
(ii) ย  ย provide technical assistance and deliver core services;ย 
(iii) ย  ย  assist and catalyse partnership and resource mobilization activities to support agrifood systems transformation;ย 
(iv) ย  ย position FAO as the specialized/authoritative technical agency in food and agriculture and agrifood systems transformation; andย 
(v) ย  ย ensure risk-smart and accountable operations and management. ย ย 
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For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations, the academe and the private sector to address challenges in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector. Joint efforts have included increasing sustainability in agricultural production, promoting value-adding practices, mechanization and modernization through improving post-harvest management, enhancing productivity and increasing the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods to natural disasters, climatic hazards and armed conflict.ย 

The Philippines has faced six devastating cyclones (Trami, Kong-rey, Yinxing, Toraji, Usagi and Man-yi) during Octoberโ€“November 2024, striking the country in rapid succession, affecting over 13 million people across 17 regions. Among the hardest hit is the province of Cagayan where major crops were wiped out, particularly rice and high value crops (HVCs). Floods inundated farmlands in a time when the wet planting season had just started. Farmers narrated that they had initiated land preparation and set up seedbeds, anticipating transplanting by mid-December, only to see their efforts and investments washed out. Since fields were totally damaged with no chance of recovery until after the next cropping cycle in 6 months, respondents have been coping by reducing the number of meals per day or borrowing money for food to compensate for lost income streams.ย 

The road to recovery and resilience for smallholder farmers, fisherfolk and livestock owners requires a medium to long-term strategy drawing on the โ€˜build back betterโ€™ philosophy. Focusing interventions on Cagayan Province, FAO is implementing the project โ€œRebuilding agricultural livelihoods affected by multiple cyclones in Cagayan provinceโ€, which will provide support to affected farmers and fisherfolk, noting that it is in these sectors where impacts of disasters are most significant, vulnerability is high, and recovery period longer.


Reporting Lines

The Project Driver directly reports to the Assistant FAO Representative (Administration) in coordination with the Project Coordinator.


Technical Focus

The incumbent will be responsible for transportation requirements of the project team implementing OSRO/PHI/085/AUL.


Tasks and responsibilities

๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

โ€ข ย  ย Transport the Project Coordinator and other project team members to and from place where official project activities will be done;
โ€ข ย  ย Be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle, including check oil, water, battery, brakes, tires, perform minor repairs and arranging for other repairs, and ensure that the vehicle is kept clean, UN security-compliant and road worthy;
โ€ข ย  ย See to it that the vehicle under his/her responsibility is in safe premises as authorized by FAO, whenever it is not in use;
โ€ข ย  ย Inform the Project Coordinator and Project Administrative and Finance Assistant ย of any vehicle irregularities, malfunctions, or defects and recommend steps and actions for addressing these concerns;
โ€ข ย  ย Assist the Project Administrative and Finance Assistant in the identification and procurement of vehicle spare parts and vehicle repair and maintenance services;
โ€ข ย  ย Ensure that vehicle communications equipment is available and in good working condition at all times;
โ€ข ย  ย Ensure that the steps required by rules and regulations are complied with in case of involvement in vehicular accident;
โ€ข ย  ย Log official trips, daily mileage, gas consumption, oil change and greasing, and submit regular reports as requested by FAO; and
โ€ข ย  ย Carry out any other relevant duties within his/her technical competence as may be requested by FAO.


CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING


Minimum Requirements ย ย 
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โ€ข ย  ย College level or secondary education.
โ€ข ย  ย At least 7 years work experience as driver, and holder of a valid professional driverโ€™s license;
โ€ข ย  ย Working knowledge of English and Tagalogย 
โ€ข ย  ย National of the Philippines;


FAO Core Competencies

โ€ข ย  ย Results Focus
โ€ข ย  ย Teamwork
โ€ข ย  ย Communication
โ€ข ย  ย Building Effective Relationships
โ€ข ย  ย Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing) Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/ย ย  For additional employment opportunities visit the FAO employment website: http://www.fao.org/employment/home/en/ย  ย Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.ย 

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