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Samaritan’s Purse (SP) is looking for a Pilot to serve full time with its East Africa aviation team to be based in Eldoret, Kenya. We currently operate the following aircraft types from our main base in Eldoret, Kenya: DC-3T, King Air 200, and Cessna Grand Caravan.

Description of Job duties:

  • 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.
  • Performs pilot duties as needed or assigned.
  • Assists in the maintenance, repair, and cleaning of all SP hangars property.
  • Performs pre-flights, in-flight test, and post-flights as needed to ensure safety of flight.
  • Works with the FAA as assigned.
  • Aircrew should expect to overnight away from home base approximately 35% of the time. Personnel should anticipate many of the locations being austere with few amenities. Showers, a hot meal, and even a bed may not be available. Sleeping in the aircraft may at times be required.
  • Be willing and comfortable working in remote environments, with little support structure, often in unstable areas or war zones.
  • When humanitarian crisis arise, it may be necessary to temporarily deploy away from the home base for several weeks, and even up to 30 days at a time.
  • Represents Samaritan’s Purse as a professional when dealing with donors, government officials, and others.
  • 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:

  • Fifth year college or university program certificate; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • One year of college-level Biblical studies preferred.
  • Preferred 2,500 flight hours (minimum of 1,500hrs), at least 500hrs of which as PIC (Caravan).
  • International experience with bush flying, desirable
  • Experience with one or more SP planes (King Air 200, DC-3T, Cessna Grand Caravan) desired
  • Administrative/Management/Leadership experience highly desired
  • FAA or Kenya Commercial Single Engine Land Pilot License with Instrument Rating required

o Multi Engine Land desired but not required

How to apply:

To apply for this position, please email your cover letter and CV to [email protected] – indicate ‘Pilot – MAS Kenya application’ in the subject line.

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Samaritan's Purse is an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization that provides aid to people in physical need as a key part of Christian missionary work. The organization’s president is Franklin Graham, son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The name of the organization is based on the New Testament Parable of the Good Samaritan, in which Jesus uses a parable to teach people one form of the Golden Rule; "love your neighbor as yourself".

Samaritan’s Purse works in more than 100 countries around the world. It has been a key financier for Carllen Japheth Africa Relief which has operations in Kenya and Southern Sudan.[citation needed] The humanitarian work of the Carllen Japheth Africa Relief in North Eastern, Elgeyo Marakwet, Narok, Busia, Meru, Kajiado and Baringo counties has seen tremendous improvement in the livelihood of vulnerable ophans and widows.[citation needed] The international headquarters of Samaritan's Purse are in Boone, North Carolina, with additional U.S. facilities in Charlotte and North Wilkesboro, N.C. Affiliate offices are in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Field offices are located in some 20 countries across five continents.

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0 USD Eldoret CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Samaritan’s Purse

Samaritan's Purse (SP) is looking for a Pilot to serve full time with its East Africa aviation team to be based in Eldoret, Kenya. We currently operate the following aircraft types from our main base in Eldoret, Kenya: DC-3T, King Air 200, and Cessna Grand Caravan.

Description of Job duties:

  • 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.
  • Performs pilot duties as needed or assigned.
  • Assists in the maintenance, repair, and cleaning of all SP hangars property.
  • Performs pre-flights, in-flight test, and post-flights as needed to ensure safety of flight.
  • Works with the FAA as assigned.
  • Aircrew should expect to overnight away from home base approximately 35% of the time. Personnel should anticipate many of the locations being austere with few amenities. Showers, a hot meal, and even a bed may not be available. Sleeping in the aircraft may at times be required.
  • Be willing and comfortable working in remote environments, with little support structure, often in unstable areas or war zones.
  • When humanitarian crisis arise, it may be necessary to temporarily deploy away from the home base for several weeks, and even up to 30 days at a time.
  • Represents Samaritan’s Purse as a professional when dealing with donors, government officials, and others.
  • 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:

  • Fifth year college or university program certificate; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • One year of college-level Biblical studies preferred.
  • Preferred 2,500 flight hours (minimum of 1,500hrs), at least 500hrs of which as PIC (Caravan).
  • International experience with bush flying, desirable
  • Experience with one or more SP planes (King Air 200, DC-3T, Cessna Grand Caravan) desired
  • Administrative/Management/Leadership experience highly desired
  • FAA or Kenya Commercial Single Engine Land Pilot License with Instrument Rating required

o Multi Engine Land desired but not required

How to apply:

To apply for this position, please email your cover letter and CV to [email protected] - indicate 'Pilot - MAS Kenya application' in the subject line.

2017-03-17

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