Driver at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

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. 

Accountabilities:

• 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. Carrying out a hand over if another uses the vehicle. 
• Ensuring the security of passengers in the vehicle, driving carefully, observing speed limits and traf-fic rules in the country as well as MSF security rules, in order 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 Lo-gistics 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 com-municating 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 passengers know and respect the security rules. 

Project specific accountabilities:

• Support the logistic and medical activities by bringing necessary support (loading/unloading, helping to install outreach sites and activities). 
• Fueling the car using the Fuel card (Total station) and ensuring the information is correct. Then noting the information in the logbook. 
• Notifying of any incident concerning the car to your supervisor and in the car journal.  
• Flexibility is required, additional tasks may be asked by the supervisor in order to correctly carry out MSF activities. 

Requirements

Education

• Essential literacy and driving license. Good knowledge of country roads 

Experience

• Essential 2 years minimum of previous driving experience 
• Desirable experience with specific vehicles to use (4x4, boats, motorbikes, etc.) 
• Desirable in MSF or other NGOs 

Languages

• Mission language and local language essential 

Knowledge

• Desirable knowledge of basic mechanics 
• Good knowledge of mission area roads 

Competencies

• Results and Quality Orientation L1 
• Teamwork and Cooperation L1 
• Behavioural Flexibility L1 
• Commitment to MSF Principles L1 
• Stress Management L2 

Deadline for application: 17th January 2025