Site Maintenance Assistant (Flight Monitor)

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian Agency, fighting hunger worldwide. WFP has been working in Afghanistan since 1963. WFP food assistance aims to help the most vulnerable, food insecure Afghans, including women and children, as well as families affected by conflict and natural disasters. In 2017, WFP fed over 2.8 million vulnerable Afghans  through various programme activities such as general distributions (food, and/or cash and voucher as the transfer modality); nutrition programmes, through targeted supplementary feeding; school take-home rations; food for assets creation, Purchase for Progress (P4P), training and capacity development activities.  For more information, see wfp.org

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The Site Maintenance (Flight Monitor) reports to the senior air movement assistant (Ramp) and/or the national aviation officer. The incumbent shall be responsible for performing effective and efficient tasks as a flight monitor, at the terminal building and the ramp.

JOB PURPOSE

To perform routine site maintenance tasks to support safe, comfortable and reliable working environment.  

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

FLIGHT MONITOR

• Perform day trips to the deep field locations;
• Undertake a complete search of carry-on luggage, checked-in luggage and cargo, both manually and by use of a hand held metal detector;
• Ensure that all the passengers have valid travel documents i.e. Agency badge/ID/Passport; air ticket;
• Ensure that the actual head count of passengers correspond to the passenger manifest and/or general declaration form, at point of embarkation/disembarkation;
• Provide assistance and guidance to passengers and flight crew on all flights originating from the field stations.
• Assist in control of human/animal incursions and any type of crowd at an airfield in deep field locations;
• Ensure that minimum safety and security is in place during tour of duty at the respective deep field location;
• Complete and submit passenger and cargo manifests as required;
• Conduct a manifest correction through the Takeflite/eFMA each time after a flight has been taken;
• Coordinate with Air Operations Control Centre (AOCC) and Flight Following Centre while in the field, to provide both with all necessary operational information

RAMP

• Assist in the safeguard/escort of aircraft on the apron when the aircraft is taxiing out/in;
• Removal and collection of FOD to ensure that the ramp, especially the spot where UNHAS fleet is parked, is free of objects that may cause damage to an aircraft;
• Remain vigilant to ensure that all passengers baggage, cargo and pouch are processed through the approved security checks and screening prior to embarking and/or entering the UNHAS Compound;
• Escort Passengers from the terminal building to the aircraft when boarding and vice-versa.

PASSENGER, BAGGAGE AND CARGO HANDLING

• Prepare tags, boarding cards, etc for the Check-in-Counter.
• Assist the Check-in-Counter in properly identifying, segregating and labelling of baggage according to routes and destinations;
• Assist passengers with their baggage;
• Transfer of luggage from the Check-in-Counter to the Apron;
• Loading and unloading of luggage and cargo;
• Escorting agency focal points between UNAMA Parking and UNHAS Compound;
• Receiving passengers at the UNAMA Gate and guiding them to UNHAS Check-in-Counter;
• Assist passengers (physically challenged) requiring special attention such as wheelchair cases or any other assistance (MEDEVAC/CASEVAC cases Etc).
• Coordinate and communicate cargo handling loading/offloading with the Ramp Supervisor.
• Assist Admin Unit with Loading/Offloading Non-Food Items (NFI);
• Assist Cargo Unit with Aircraft Catering and its distribution amongst the passengers;

• Any other duties assigned by supervisor.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education.
Experience: Two or more years of relevant working experience

• Knowledge of safety precautions.
• High sense of responsibility and punctuality.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Ability to work in all weather conditions.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language. Fluency in Pashto or Dari, preferably both.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Position Title: Site Maintenance Assistant (Flight Monitor)

Contract: Service Contract - SC

Duty Station/travel: Kabul, Afghanistan

Salary: Starting at USD8,775.84 net per annum

Medical Plan: International valid medical plan valid also for staff, spouse and dependents children under 18 years

Annual leave: 24 working days per annum

WFP Work Envirionment

WFP is committed to ensuring that all its workplaces are free from abuse, offensive behaviour, harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. WFP is also committed to promoting a work culture in which every employee understands, and is able to carry out, his/her personal responsibilities for maintaining the dignity of work colleagues. WFP seeks to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. We believe our mission of fighting global hunger worldwide can only be achieved if women, men, girls and boys are offered equal opportunities in terms of access to resources and services and participation in decision making roles.

Female applicants are especially encouraged to apply

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Wednesday, 23 May 2018