Latest Jobs at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Main Purpose

• 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

Job Description

• Checking daily, the technical conditions of the assigned vehicle (state of the tires, oil, fuel, brakes, radio equipment, spare parts, etc.), performing weekly check according to the MSF Logbook, refilling it when necessary, and keeping it clean to ensure it can be driven in perfect conditions. Carry out hand over if another needs to use the vehicle
• Ensuring the security of passengers in the vehicle, driving carefully, observing speed limits and traffic rules in the country as well as MSF security rules, to avoid car accidents.
• Ensuring all passengers have all necessary papers in order before travelling and ensuring non-MSF staff sign disclaimers of responsibility before using 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.
• Knowing and respecting the security rules related to vehicle movements, specifically those related to customs, checkpoints and roadblocks. Ensuring all passagers know and respect the security rules.

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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 personnel and premises.

Job Description

• Surveying the MSF premise's access and guiding people to reception within authorized hours.
• Contacts the administration team to authorize people access.
• Watching MSF premises and property's perimeter fence through regular patrols. Remaining on duty until another 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.) and 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 of fuel. Ensuring the correct functioning of generator and water pumps (starting, switching off, record sheet of operating hours and maintenance) as well as the correct use of extinguishers (being aware of their location.
• Informing line manager of the arrival of any materials before unloading and helping MSF staff carry heavy items, if necessary.
• Register all people and goods entering and exiting the premises in the register book.
• Update the board for expatriates’ movements.
• Manage expat movements from 9pm upward daily.
• Clean the generator(s) daily when on morning duty. 
• Clearing of grasses and trimming of overgrown trees branches with MSF premises.

Requirements
Essential:

• Basic Literacy Experience

Essential:

• MSF Experience as a Daily worker.

Languages:
Essential:

• Fluency in English

Desirable:

• Any local language.

Salary

• According to MSF salary scale plus 13th month allowance is equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.

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Main Purpose

• Assists the flight coordinator with the multiple tasks required to prepare, monitor, and consolidate the MSF flights, contributing to the efficiency of the flight operation.
• It requires systematic inter-action with other interlocutors, such as airport authorities and other humanitarian air operators in the country.

Job Description

• Plan, organize and coordinate all administrative and logistics activities concerning the complete handling of an MSF aircraft in the Airport in collaboration with the Flight-coordinator.
• Organize communication and operational network between MSF Air Operations / MSF in the Airport and be the representative of MSF with all authorities involved in International Airport in collaboration with the Flight- coordinator.
• Organize communication and operational network between MSF Air Operations / MSF and be the representative of MSF with the Civil Aviation Authorities, security bodies, and the technical departments of the Authorities involved in our Air Operations in collaboration with the Flight-coordinator.
• Participate actively in meetings with other Air Operators and authorities concerning safety or others and reports to the Flight-Co.
• Organizes the dispatch (weather, security, runway condition, payload) of the flights in collaboration with the Flight Coordinator, to ensure smooth running of the flight.
• Provide technical and administrative support to the Flight-co in all aspects of the implementation of an MSF aircraft.
• Participate actively in the technical organization of the flights.
• Be the representative of MSF for the MSF passengers in the International Airport of Abuja about all flights, which transport MSF personal, and cargo.
• Write and collaborate in the edition of guidelines for all processes in relation to Air Operations in Nigeria.
• Follow and inform about all updates relating to flight operations.
• Files all documents and write all reports (daily, weekly, and monthly) related to the flights in the filing systems to maintain an accurate database.
• Other tasks and responsibilities as may be delegated by the Flight Coordinator, depending on needs.
• Booking of all MSF passengers and cargo in MSF internal booking system.
• Prepare flight schedules to different airports in the country in accordance with aviation rules and safety.
• Maintains and develops contacts at national level with authorities, airport representative and other humanitarian operators.
• Ensures that necessary authorization and flight clearances are obtain in timely manner if aircraft needs to fly back  to base for overhaul.
• Consolidate and process all aviation invoices to finance for payment (fuel, handling, navigation charges)
• Control and filing of all post flight documents.
• Ensure that all sites are informed of the progress of the aircraft once its airborne, and when landed.
• Coordinates with logistics at different airports to pick up and transport passengers to their locations.
• Assist the flight coordinator in arranging meetings with authorities.
• Immediately report to FlightCo any details if incidents/accidents occur to MSF staff, crew, or aircraft.
• Able to interpret weather, notice to airmen (NOTAMs) and other circulars disseminated by civil aviation for the safe, efficient, and safe operation of the MSF flight.
• Provide flight following and flight watch during flight progress using the flight following/watch tools.

Requirements

• Education Essential: University Degree with specialization in flight dispatch, flight operations, pilot or air traffic control.
• Experience: Airport operations, flight scheduling, customer service, airline operations, data entry and administration.

Languages:

• Essential: Fluency in English
• Desirable: Knowledge of aviation technical terminologies.

Competencies:

• Strong relationships with various aviation authorities
• Team player and shows strong commitments to be a part of the MSF family
• Adapting & Learning
• Teamwork
• Planning
• Organisation & Assessment
• Communication and Networking
• Clean police record.

Knowledge:

• Literacy in Microsoft Packages (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet)
• Essential driving license for vehicles.