Driver

Introduction about MSF:

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / أطباء بلا حدود  is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people in 70 countries who are 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 and our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality.

We offer basic healthcare, perform surgery, fight epidemics, rehabilitate and run hospitals and clinics, carry out vaccination campaigns, operate nutrition centers, and provide mental healthcare. Our activities include the treatment of injuries and disease, maternal care and the provision of humanitarian aid. Where necessary, we set up sanitation systems, supply safe drinking water, and distribute relief to assist survival.

Main Objective of the position:

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, refuelling the vehicle, 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 traffic rules in the country as well as MSF security rules, to avoid car accidents.
• Ensuring that all vehicle documents and the driver's driving license are valid and in the vehicle.
• 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.
• 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 passengers know and respect the security rules.

MSF Context Specific Accountabilities:

• Respects and follows communication lines.
• Willing to support all project movements assigned by his superior.

Driving the ambulance:

• Drive the patients safely to the hospitals accompanied with the referral Nurse. Wait for the Referral Nurse to finalize the patient’s admission into the hospital and accompany her/him back to MSF center.
• Ensures that patients’ movements are facilitated: from outside into the waiting room, then to consultation. Assist in loading patients into the ambulance.
• Wear MSF identification while on referral.
• Keep the ambulance clean.

Requirements:

Education

• Essential:  Literacy and driving license.

Experience

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

Languages                       

• Essential: Arabic & English

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