nnouncement Number: Manama-2024-21
Hiring Agency: Embassy Manama
Position Title: Senior Chauffeur (All Interested Applicants/All Sources)
Open Period: 11/13/2024 - 11/27/2024 Format MM/DD/YYYY
Vacancy Time Zone: GMT+3
Series/Grade: LE - 1015 4
Salary: BHD BD10,375 - BHD BD10,375 /Per Year
Work Schedule: Full-time - • 40-hour work week.
Promotion Potential: LE-4
Duties
The incumbent operates safely a fully armored vehicle (FAV) to transport diplomats within the city and the surrounding areas. Ensures that the vehicle is in clean and serviceable condition and performs minor preventive maintenance. Conducts vehicle inspection and reports vehicle deficiencies to the supervisor and Completes daily trip ticket after vehicle inspection.
Qualifications and Evaluations
Requirements:
All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a: security certificate
All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.
Selected Candidate must be able to begin working within 30 days of receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.
Education Requirements:
Completion of secondary school (high school) education is required.
Please address this factor in your ERA application under Education.
Evaluations:
You will be evaluated against the qualifications and requirements in this vacancy announcement.
You may be asked to complete a pre-employment language or skills test.
You must complete the application form and provide the required documents. Your application must address all the position qualifications and requirements including education, experience, language, and any knowledge/skills/abilities listed. If you fail to submit a complete application, then your application may be disqualified for this position.
Qualifications:
Experience:
At least three years of professional driving experience is required.
Language:
English (limited knowledge) reading/writing/speaking is required (this may be tested).
Skills And Abilities:
A valid Bahraini driver's license is required. (driving skills may be tested). Must have had a valid driver's license for a minimum of five (5) years.
Benefits and Other Info
Benefits:
Agency Benefits:
The U.S. Mission offers a competitive compensation and benefits package for local employees.
Locally Employed Staff, including Members of Household (MOHs) working at the U.S. Embassy Manama may receive a compensation package that may include health, separation, and other benefits.
Excellent working conditions; 5-day workweek; annual pay for performance increase; education allowance will be provided as applicable; optional medical insurance coverage for employee and family as applicable; annual leave; American and Bahraini holidays; optional retirement plan; ample opportunity for on-line/classroom training and professional development.
For Eligible Family Member (EFM) applicants, benefits should be discussed with the HR Office. The pay plan is assigned by the HR Office and confirmed by Washington, D.C.
Other Information:
HIRING PREFERENCE SELECTION PROCESS:
A hiring preference is extended to eligible and qualified applicants in the order listed below. It is essential you accurately describe your status in your application, failure to do so may result in a determination that you are not eligible for a hiring preference.
HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER
Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM) / U.S. citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM) who is a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran*
AEFM / USEFM
Foreign Service (FS) on Leave without Pay (LWOP) and Civil Service (CS) with reemployment rights **
* IMPORTANT: US citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM) applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”) preferably Member Copy 4, Letter from Veterans’ Affairs which indicates the present existence of a service-connected disability, equivalent documentation, or certification. A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given.
** This level of preference applies to all FS employees on LWOP and CS with re-employment rights back to their agency or bureau.
For complete definitions of AEFM, USEFM, EFM, Member of Household, etc., please visit the 3 FAM 7210 Definitions.
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS
The following apply to EFMs, USEFMs, and AEFMs only:
Current employees who used a hiring preference to gain employment who are within their first 90 calendar days of employment are not eligible. This does not apply when the hiring mechanism is TEMP or the work schedule is intermittent or irregular.
Candidates with a hiring preference who have already accepted a conditional offer of employment may NOT be extended a second conditional offer of employment unless and until they withdraw their candidacy for the first position in writing.
The following apply to Locally Employed (LE) staff only:
Current employees serving a probationary period are not eligible.
Current employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement, Unsatisfactory on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not eligible.
Complete details of this Job is available here:
https://erajobs.state.gov/dos-era/bhr/vacancysearch/searchVacancies.hms