Position
Title: Pilot
Duty
Station:Eldoret
Samaritan’s
Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing
spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.
We are
seeking qualified applicants to fill the above position.
Job
Summary
Perform
the duties of an FAA Licensed pilot and Mechanic for Samaritan’s Purse Mission
Aviation Services.
Key
Responsibilities
- Fly and maintain Samaritan’s Purse
operated aircraft;
- Performs pilot duties as needed or
assigned;
- Files flight plans as needed or
assigned;
- Obtains weather data and interprets
data based on flight plan;
- Completes aircraft weight and
balances for flights;
- Loads and unloads passenger’s
luggage in aircraft;
- Keeps assigned aircraft charts and
software updated;
- Keeps the aircraft clean, neat, and
polished when home and away from the home base including sanitizing the
aircraft restroom facilities after each flight;
- Assists in the maintenance, repair,
and cleaning of SP facilities.
- Works with the FAA as assigned;
- Represents Samaritan’s Purse as a
professional when dealing with donors, government officials, and others;
- Assists with office duties and other
duties as assigned;
- Perform pre-flight and post flight
cheques as needed to ensure safety
- Maintain a strong Christian witness
to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public.
- Attend daily morning devotions and
participate in prayer support for the ministry, its donors and volunteers;
- Maintain a strong Christian witness
to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public;
- Assess, manage, and report critical
physical, emotional, or spiritual concerns of supervised staff;
Qualifications
To
perform this job successfully, an individual must maintain a personal
relationship with and be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, as well as able
to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or
ability required.
Education
/ Experience Needed
- Fifth year college or university
program certificate; or two to four years related experience and/or
training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Twelve credit hours of college-level
Biblical studies.
- FAA First Class Medical Certificate.
- Pilot certificates. Must possess a
valid FAA Commercial or ATP pilot certificate with Multi Engine and
Instrument Ratings.
- Minimum of 1500 flight hours total
time. More than 2500 flight hours desired.
- Must have an FAA A&P mechanic
certificate, or equivalent, with a minimum of one year experience.
- Language Ability. Ability to read,
analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial
reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or
complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business
community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that
conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present
information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors;
- Mathematical Skills. Ability to work
with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference,
and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to
apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to
practical situations;
- Reasoning Ability. Ability to define
problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in
mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete
variables.
Skills
Required
- The physical demands described here
are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions;
- While performing the duties of this
job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger,
handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or
smell. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or
balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently
lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to
100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth
perception, and ability to adjust focus;
- The work environment characteristics
consist of a temporary office when not flying and performing maintenance
outside on the apron.
- May be exposed to extreme weather
conditions and location may have security concerns.
Submission
of Applications
Interested
applicants should submit their C.V. only and an application letter to
hrspkenya@samaritan.org to be received not later than 2nd April, 2013.
Only
email applications will be accepted.
The
position title (as is on the advert) should be indicated on the subject line
