Driver at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Accountabilities / Responsibilities (non-exhaustive list)

• Performing the tasks of transporting authorized goods and passengers in an MSF vehicle, ensuring its technical and safety conditions, and respecting the country's traffic rules and MSF security rules, in order to provide a safe, smooth, and efficient service.
• Checking daily, the technical conditions of the assigned vehicle (state of the tires, oil, fuel, brakes, radio equipment, spare parts, etc.), performing weekly checks according to the MSF Logbook, refilling it when necessary, and keeping it clean to ensure it can be driven in perfect conditions.
• Carrying out a handover if another user uses the vehicle.
• Ensuring correct loading and unloading of the vehicle, submitting the documents to the receiver of the goods, checking the status of delivered goods, returning the duly completed documents to Logistics, and ensuring that the goods have the necessary documents.
• Ensuring that all vehicle documents and the driver's driving license are valid and in the vehicle.
• Informing the line manager of any incident involving the transportation of passengers and/or goods.
• Knowing how to use all types of radios, codes, call numbers, and radio alphabets by heart and communicating with base according to MSF communications policy to inform the driver's position and any potential implications.

Requirements

• Education: Technical certification or proven experience in automotive mechanics, plus a valid driving license, is required.
• Experience: 2 years minimum.
• Previous experience is required. Experience with MSF or other NGO is desirable.
• Computer Literacy: Computer proficiency (Word and Excel) is required.
• Languages: English Required, plus knowledge of the local language is desired.
• Competencies and Qualities: Result, Organizational ability and quality orientation, teamwork and cooperation, behavioral flexibility, stress management, and commitment to humanitarian objectives and to MSF Principles.