Watchman at Medecins Sans Frontiers France Katsina

The French Section of Médecins Sans Frontières is recruiting for its project in Katsina:

Position: Watchman
Opening Date: July 12th, 2025,

Work Location: Katsina

End Date: July 16th, 2025

Contract Type: Fixed Term

CONTEXT

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, not-for-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in distress, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
MSF has been active in Katsina since February 2021 after carrying an exploratory mission that end up with an opening of the project.

Currently, MSF is running two ITFCs (Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre) in Katsina in the Kofar Sauri PHCC and Turai Yar’adua PHCC and 5 ATFC (Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding Centre) including three in Jibia LGA (Magama, Daddara, Riko,) one in Mashi and one in Katsina City (Kofar Marusa).

MAIN PURPOSE

Carrying out surveillance and guarding activities in MSF facilities, according to MSF protocols and security rules, in order to ensure the safety and security of all mission’s personnel and premises.

Job Description

• Surveying the MSF premise’s access and guides people to reception within authorized hours. Contacts administration team for authorizing people access.
• Watching MSF premises and property’s perimeter fence through regular patrols. Remaining on duty until other watchman comes to do a handover, never leaving the post unattended.
• Organizing traffic of vehicles within the premises and directing them in and out.
  Checking that the doors and windows are locked, and lights are off when people leave premises.
• Checking that security lights are working properly and informing line manager of any possible problems.
• Keeping areas within MSF premises clean and tidy (ex. empty dustbins, sweep paths, etc.) and performs general maintenance activities of the garden (ex. cut grass, maintain flower beds, prune trees, if necessary, etc.).
• Maintaining watchmen’s torches and other lighting tools, returning used batteries and keeping the necessary supply of spare batteries. Maintaining communication equipment (radio) in working conditions and providing battery availability.
• Supervising diesel/petrol tank levels of fuel. Ensuring the correct functioning of generator and water pumps (starting, switching off, record sheet of operating hours and maintenance) as well as the correct use of extinguishers (being aware of their location.
• Informing line manager of arrival of any materials before unloading and helping MSF staff carry heavy items, if necessary.
• Register all people and goods entering and exiting the premises in the register book.
• Update the board for expatriates’ movements.
• Manage expat movements from 7pm upward daily.
• Clean the generator(s) daily when on morning duty.
• Clearing of grasses and trimming of overgrown trees branches with MSF premises.

Requirements

Education
Essential: Basic Literacy

Experience
Essential: MSF Experience as a Daily worker.

Languages

Essential: Fluency in English

Desirable: Any local language

Contract

208 working hours per month

REMUNERATION

According to MSF salary scale plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.

How To Apply

Hard copy applications can be submitted to the following Address:

Plot No. 1 Block ‘’J’’ KPL 201, New Government House Katsina

Application must include:

Complete CV with applicant’s contact details.

Deadline for the submission of applications: July 16th, 2025

Note:

• Qualified females are highly encouraged to apply.
• Only successful applicants will be called for the next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employ of MSF-France in any location.
• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the MSF recruitment process.
• MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system.
• MSF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.
• Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable.
  MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage.
• MSF France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.