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General Information

Vacancy number
1016/2025
Recruitment type
External recruitment (international)
Type of contract
Fixed-term appointment (Turnover Workforce)
Deadline to apply
07-Jul-2025
Duty station
Strasbourg
Grade
C3
Entity
Directorate General of Administration (DGA)

Description & Requirements

Your Team

The team you will be joining consists of experienced, discreet, and dedicated professionals. Each member has been carefully selected for their exceptional driving skills, strong sense of service, and unwavering commitment to ensuring the safety and comfort of our clients. 

Our drivers undergo rigorous training to meet the highest standards, ensuring flawless punctuality, impeccable appearance, and unwavering courtesy all the time. Their in-depth knowledge of routes, strict adherence to safety protocols, and absolute discretion make them trusted partners for accompanying our VIP clients on all their journeys and assignments.

Your Role

As a Driver, you will:

  • provide transport of VIPs and staff in Strasbourg and the surrounding region or on long-distance journeys in France and abroad;
  • plan the routes and ensure the safety of the people transported;
  • take part in the on-call periods for the garage;
  • manage the equipment assigned to the garage and the documents necessary for the accomplishment of the mission;
  • provide routine vehicle maintenance: cleaning, lubrication, minor repairs, regular inspection of maintenance equipment and consumable parts
  • promote the values of the Council of Europe, internally and externally.

You may be called upon to provide occasional support to other areas within the Division.

You may be required to work outside normal working hours, including at night, on weekends or on public holidays and may be required to travel for several days. Appropriate professional attire is expected for this position.

Requirements to apply

You must:

  • hold a category B driving licence (or recognised as equivalent to the French B licence) for at least five years and not be subject to any driving restrictions;
  • have a minimum of 2 years of proven professional experience as a driver of VIPs or as a safety driver;
  • have a good knowledge of French and basic knowledge of English;
  • be a citizen of one of the member States of the Council of Europe and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil service of that state;
  • have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable);
  • not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the Council of Europe;
  • be under the age of 65 years; 
  • be eligible for employment under the Turnover Workforce Scheme.

Your application must demonstrate to what extent you have the competencies listed below. To help you doing so, feel free to consult our competency framework.

Key competencies
  • Operational - Analysis and problem solving
  • Interpersonal - Communication
  • Interpersonal - Adaptability
  • Interpersonal - Initiative
  • Professional and technical expertise:
    • good knowledge of the behavior to adopt in response to threats;
    • stress management skills.
Desirable competencies
  • Interpersonal - Resilience
  • Professional and technical expertise:
    1. a minimum of 1 year of proven professional experience in the field of private or public security;
    2. first aid qualification;
    3. knowledge of other European languages;
    4. practice of a combat sport and/or mastery of self-defense techniques.

You will be required to undergo a medical examination authorising driving and have a clean criminal record.

What we offer

This job vacancy is for an international external recruitment under a Turnover Workforce Scheme (contracts limited to 4 years). You can consult the conditions of employment (salaries, allowances, pension scheme, social insurance, etc.) on the webpage What we offer. 

Applications and selection procedure

For more information on how we recruit, you can consult the page Our recruitment process. This recruitment is carried out in accordance with Articles 490 and 4110 of the Council of Europe Staff Rules. The deadline for applications is indicated in the General information section of this vacancy notice (see above) and is fixed at 23:59:59 (CET/CEST). When applying, make sure your motivation shows how your competencies make your profile the best for the role.

Important information

As an equal opportunity employer, the Council of Europe welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people, irrespective of sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social origin, disability, religion or belief. Under its equal opportunity policy, the Council of Europe is aiming to achieve gender parity in staff employed in each category and grade. At the time of appointment, preference between suitable people shall be given to the person of the gender which is under-represented in the relevant grades within the category to which the vacancy belongs.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact us at talents@coe.int, we will ensure that your request is handled.

The information published on the CoE’s careers website regarding working conditions is correct at the time of publication of the vacancy notice. Any changes to these conditions during the recruitment process will be updated on our Portal and will apply at the time of the job offer. Our career's website is not intended to be exhaustive and may not address all questions you would have. Should you have remaining questions, please contact us at talents@coe.int.