JOB DETAILS:

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Pilots may be assigned to more than one aircraft type. Additionally, for programs such as East Africa, the current base location(s) should not be assumed to be final; flexibility may be required. MAS East Africa Pilots will perform the following duties.

Responsibilities:

• • File flight plans as needed or assigned;
  • Obtain weather data and interpret data based on the flight plan;
  • Complete aircraft weight and balances for flights;
  • Load and unload passengers’ luggage in aircraft;
  • Keep assigned aircraft charts and software updated;
  • Keep the aircraft clean, neat, and polished when home and away from the home base, including sanitizing the aircraft restroom facilities after each flight;
  • Perform pilot duties as needed or assigned;
  • Assist in the maintenance, repair, and cleaning of all SP hangar property;
  • Perform pre-flights, in-flight tests, and post-flights as needed to ensure the safety of flight;
  • Work with the FAA as assigned;
  • Aircrews should expect to overnight away from home base approximately 35% of the time. Personnel should anticipate some locations being austere with few amenities.
  • Be willing and comfortable working in remote environments, with little support structure, often in unstable areas or war zones;
  • When a humanitarian crisis arises, it may be necessary to temporarily deploy away from the home base for several weeks;
  • Represent Samaritan’s Purse as a professional when dealing with donors, government officials, and others;
  • 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:

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ;
• Valid FAA CPL, SEL, CFI, with Instrument Rating, minimum;
• 1200 flight hours, 1500 hours preferred.

Mathematics 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, collect 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.