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  • Posted: Jul 8, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation...
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    Watchman

    Main Purpose

    • Carrying out surveillance and guarding activities in MSF facilities, according to MSF protocols and security rules, in order to ensure the safety and security of all mission's personnel and premises.

    Job Description

    • Surveying the MSF premise's access and guides people to reception within authorized hours. Contacts administration team for authorizing people access.
    • Watching MSF premises and property's perimeter fence through regular patrols. Remaining on duty until other watchman comes to do a handover, never leaving the post unattended.
    • Organizing traffic of vehicles within the premises and directs them in and out.
    • Checking that the doors and windows are locked, and lights are off when people leave premises.
    • Checking that security lights are working properly and informing line manager of any possible problems.
    • Keeping area within MSF premises clean and tidy (ex. empty dustbins, sweep paths, etc.)
    • Performing general maintenance activities of the garden (ex. cut grass, maintain flower beds, prune trees, if necessary, etc.).
    • Maintaining watchmen's torch and other lighting tools, returning used batteries and keeping the necessary supply of spare batteries. Maintaining communication equipment (radio) in working conditions and providing battery availability.
    • Supervising diesel/petrol tank levels and providing spare can(s) of fuel. Ensuring the correct functioning of generator and water pumps (starting, switching off, record sheet of operating hours and maintenance)
    • Ensuring correct use of extinguishers and be aware of their location:
    • Informing line manager of arrival of any materials before unloading and helping MSF staff carry heavy items, if necessary.
    • Operating the VHF and HF radios, in accordance with the MSF security protocols and rules, in order to ensure quality and confidential radio communications for the operational needs of the mission/projects.

    Requirements

    • Ensure water in guest house, office & warehouse-pharma is available and report to the line manager when pumps are not functioning.
    • Record on the board in guest house the mobiles movement and update staff presence in guest house.
    • Register all visitors coming to guest house of office.
    • Stay awake all time while in duty and report any shooting or abnormal noises or movements.
    • Make sure the security lights are on at night time and off in the day time.
    • Help in loading and offloading materials brought to office or guest house, like water, furnature, cleaning materials and things that do not need porters.
    • Keep the time of the generators running recommended by the mechanic, and keep recording of generator starting time and stopping time.
    • Assist storekeeper in refueling the generators.
    • Know how to use all types of radios, codes, call numbers and radio alphabets by heart and communicate with the log supervisor in accordance with MSF's communication policy in order to inform about the position or other unusual activity.
    • Installing, operating and performing preventive maintenance checks on assigned equipment, checking that the equipment is working properly and immediately informing the line manager of any damage/loss/theft. Maintaining the equipment, communications room and premises in clean and tidy conditions. Maintaining and supervising HF VHF batteries status in good maintenance conditions.
    • Ensuring that messages are well copied/passed to all people concerned and records the messages on the radio log book. Responding to radio contacts and forwarding information via the right channel.
    • Monitoring and registering any movement, of people, vehicles, helicopters, airplanes and cargo, (departure, arrival, number of passengers, route taken, standard contact points) and informs line manager of any delays

    Competencies:

    • Commitment to MSF Principles, Behavioural Flexibility, Stress Management, Results and Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation, Service Orientation.

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