The Sustainable Tourism Project (STP) a collaborative initiative between the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Nepal- aims to enhance local livelihoods by improving tourism facilities and services along three priority trekking trails, while promoting inclusive employment and enterprise opportunities for women, youth, and marginalized groups, and increasing both domestic and international tourist inflow through policy advocacy, digital innovation, strategic branding, targeted marketing, and media outreach.

The project intervention is expected to upgrade three priority trekking trails and enhance the basic facilities of the trekking trails and associated services, promote emerging destinations, build local capacities, and digitize tourism services. Project particularly focusing on creating tourism-based employment opportunities for poor, vulnerable, and marginalized groups including women, youth, LGBTIQ people, and persons with disabilities, capacity development of the tourism sector workforce, standardization of tourism services, adoption of digitization, and promotion of Nepal's tourism sector.

Position Title: Driver

Level: SB 1/Peg 3

No. of Positions: 1 (One)

Duty Station:Kathmandu, Nepal

Link: https://forms.gle/dHSmok1rLDK5eJoNA

Required Qualification, Skills and Experience :

Min. Academic Education:

•  S.L.C / S.E.E pass

Min. years of relevant Work experience:

• Valid Driver's license 
• Minimum 3 year's work experience as a driver
• Safe driving record

Required skills and competencies:

• Knowledge of driving rules and regulations is mandatory
• Skills in minor vehicle repair, safety precautions
•  Skill of office equipment operation like photocopy, intercom etc. will be an asset
• Ability to maintain and manage vehicle logbooks efficiently.
• Gender and Social Inclusion sensitivity

Desired additional skills:

• Vehicle driving experience in UN system or in development sector
• Thorough understanding of rules and regulations for safe driving and formalities to be followed in cases of involvement in accident is mandatory 
•  Excellent driving skills on and off the road including field driving experience
• Ability of providing logistic support during events
• Ability of document handling and additional responsibility as a messenger
• Basic repair, maintenance or any vehicle related training is added advantage

Required Language(s) (at working level):

•  Good knowledge of English and Nepali languages

Other:

• Basic computer literacy is added advantage

Please visit the given link for detailed job description and submit your application by 12 June 2025.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. UNDP retains the right to contact referees directly.

UNDP is committed to achieve work force diversity and has a policy to have gender balance among staffs at all levels. Work experience and/or academic knowledge in relation to gender and social inclusion will be an added advantage. Qualified Women, Dalits, Janajatis, Madhesis, Persons with Disabilities, gender and sexual minorities and other minorities are specially encouraged to apply.

United Nations has a zero-tolerance against Sexual exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and Sexual Harassment (SH). Everyone is responsible for Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEA and SH), and all UN personnel must adhere to the standards of conduct that preserves PSEA principles (both during work hours and outside work hours). All selected candidates will, therefore, go through a safe hiring process.

All applications will be treated with highest confidentiality.

Source: Kantipur