Chauffeur – Sydney

American Embassy; Sydney; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Embassy in Sydney seeks a professional chauffeur to operate a fully armored vehicle (FAV) for the Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, Consul General, and Principal Officer within the city and surrounding areas, ensuring safety and vehicle cleanliness.

You will manage motorcade rotations, analyze daily schedules and routes for security concerns, complete trip tickets and travel documents, and perform minor maintenance while adhering to security procedures and reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• Three years of professional driving experience.
• English: Limited knowledge (speaking, reading and writing).
• Knowledge of Sydney travel routes and areas.

Responsibilities

• Safely operates a fully armored vehicle to transport CG, or PO within the city and surrounding areas.
• Operates the Ambassador’s Protective Detail’s Lead Car, Follow Car, and DCM Limousines on a rotational basis.
• Acts as alert observer and prevents unauthorized access to the vehicle and surrounding area while waiting to pickup the COM, DCM, CG, or PO.
• Analyses the daily appointment schedule, ensuring familiarity with routes and potential security concerns at destination.
• Serves as a special messenger in delivering documents or invitations or in completing other errands for the COM, DCM, PO, or CG.
• Performs vehicle maintenance, cleans, polishes and checks vehicle before and after operation.

Skills

Driver's license

Basic computer skills

Knowledge of Sydney travel routes

Security awareness

Education

High school diploma

Job description

The incumbent operates safely a fully armored vehicle (FAV) to transport the Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM),Consul General (CG), and/or Principal Officer (PO) within the city and the surrounding areas. Ensures that the vehicle is in clean and serviceable condition and performs minor preventive maintenance.

Chauffeur to Consul General (CG) or Principal Officer (PO) 50%

• Safely operates a fully armored vehicle (FAV) to transport CG, or PO within the city and the surrounding areas. Reacts defensively in response to potential security threat-related situations.
• Safely operates the Ambassador’s Protective Detail’s Lead Car, Follow Car, and DCM Limousines on a rotational basis.
• Acts as alert observer and prevents unauthorized access to the vehicle and the surrounding area while waiting to pickup the COM, DCM, CG, or PO.
• Analyses the daily appointment schedule, ensuring familiarity with both a primary and alternate route to the destination, as well as potential security concerns at destination.
• Serves as a special messenger in delivering documents or invitations or in completing other various errands for the COM, DCM, PO, or CG.

Vehicle Maintenance 30%

• Cleans, polishes and checks vehicle before and after operation to ensure that it is in serviceable condition. Conducts vehicle inspection and reports vehicle deficiencies to the supervisor. Performs minor vehicle maintenance repairs, as needed.

Reporting 15%

• Completes daily trip ticket after vehicle inspection. Prepares accident and vehicle reports, trip logs and travel documents. Records miles driven daily.

Other 5%

• Functions as a Motor pool chauffeur, as needed. Conducts radio communications. Operates armored/non-armored vehicles. Drives in motorcades for visiting dignitaries such as the U.S. President, Secretary of State, members of Congress, flag military officers etc. as assigned. Instructs rental car drivers in proper motorcade driving, as needed.

Note: This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by incumbent. Incumbent will be required to perform other duties as assigned by the agency.

Requirements:

All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a:

• Sensitive But Unclassified security clearance.

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 a reasonable period of time upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

To be considered for this vacancy, Eligible Family Members (EFMs) must have at least 12 months remaining at Post, and local applicants must have at least 12 months of visa validity remaining.

Education Requirements:

Completion of 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.

Qualifications:

Experience:

Three (3) years professional driving experience is required.

Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

Language:

English: Limited knowledge; speaking, reading and writing.

Please address this language requirement in your ERA application.

Job Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Sydney travel routes and areas.

Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

Skills And Abilities:

• Must hold a current and valid drivers license for a minimum of 5 years.
• Must have basic computer skills to maintain reports and for communication purposes.

Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

The U.S. Mission offers a competitive compensation and benefits package for local employees. Find out more by clicking the linkBenefits and Compensation for Locally Employed Staff

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 the3 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, or an MBC score of less than 100 points on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not eligible.