Job Opportunity

The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany is looking for a

driver

from 1 February 2026

Full time (48 hours weekly)
for one year, option for long-term employment
Initial basic salary: INR 44,800
extra basic salary for Diwali
monthly transport and housing allowances
Contribution to Employees Provident Fund (EPF)

Job description

• Driving the Consulate’s office cars (Škoda Kodiaq and Škoda Slavia, E-Bike Ather 450) in town and also outside Chennai, delivery services
• Keeping the driving logbooks
• Cleaning, maintaining and controlling the office vehicles, observing service intervals
• Routine administrative work concerning the vehicles

Qualifications

• Valid driving licence for all office vehicles, no recorded traffic offences
• 10 years experience as a professional driver
• Good knowledge of Tamil and English, mastering basic IT applications (WhatsApp, Signal, Outlook, WORD, EXCEL)

Candidate profile

• Reliability and discretion
• Organizational talent, diligence and thoroughness
• Like to interact with colleagues and work in a team, willingness to enter into a new job environment with different cultural backgrounds.
• Willingness to do overtime, including evenings, weekends and public holidays
• Impeccable and correct appearance
• Stress resilience in exhausting driving situations

Applications

• Uncomplete or belated applications will not be considered. Confirmations of receipt of the documents will not be sent. Documents will not be returned.
• Suitable candidates will be invited for personal interview on of after 15 January 2026.
  Travel expenses will not be reimbursed.
• The General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union applies (Artikel 13 EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung DSGVO)
• The successful candidate will have to undergo a health check and to agree to a security screening before the work contract can be signed.
• Foreign nationals need to be in possession of a valid long-term residence permit for India and a work permit.
• Contractual regulations will be based on local law.

Please send your application documents

• Curriculum Vitae
• Certificates of employment / reference letters
• School leaving certificates
• Motivation letter
• Passport or Aadhar card
• one recent photograph
• Languages course certificates, if any

The originals of these documents are needed for the personal job interview only.
They will be returned immediately.

by 10 January 2026

by surface mail to FAHRER
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
No. 9, Boat Club Road, RA Puram
Chennai 600028

by e-mail to vw-1@chenn.diplo.de
(attachments not exceeding 10 MB
compressed attachments can be accepted in zip format only)