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Title:                           HEAD OF SKILLED LABOURERS

Direct Reports:        CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR

Location:                   LIWALE – LINDI   

MAIN PURPOSE

Supervising a group of skilled workers, ensuring proper planning and administrative follow up, monitoring the quality of the work and performing hands on tasks as part of the team, according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to ensure smooth functioning of the mission.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Supervising the team under his/her responsibility, passing on management directives, adapting the number of workers per team according to the work and needs. If relevant and with approval of the line manager, recruiting daily workers according to the needs. Managing daily workers, applying same criteria as managing unskilled workers
• Monitoring the quality of work of his team, checking that the instructions guidelines to be used by the workers are systematically followed and applied and that the tasks are completed in a given period of time. Asking the work to be redone and giving a helping hand, if necessary
• Responsible for the planning and administrative follow up, filling in and following the schedules according to activities and needs and the daily worker forms and handing them over to the line manager. Paying daily worker teams, depending on the circumstances and informing the line manager of any HR problems
• Responsible for the tools and equipment placed at his disposal, carrying out its monthly inventory with the  workers and ensuring its replacement when needed
• Reporting to the Line Manager about the progress of the work and eventual incidents
• Performing hands on tasks as part of the team.

Minimum Educational Qualification:

• Essential literacy. Basic education

Experience: 

• Minimum 2 two years of experience as a skilled worker in the field.

Languages:

• Local language mandatory and ability to communicate in English desired.

Knowledge:

• Computer literacy

Competences and main skills:

• Results and quality oriented
• Team work and cooperation
• Behavioural flexibility
• Service oriented
• Good stress management

Please send your application to the email address MSFCH-Tanzania-Recruitment@geneva.msf.org. The applications can also be submitted at MSF offices situated at Mikocheni B, Daima street House no 16 Dar es Salaam,  or in Nduta Refugees Camp, Kibondo District or MSF Guest House Kibondo or  Navikubo Executive Lodge & Retaurant P.o.Box 97 Liwale Lindi.  

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

The protection of your personal data is important to MSF. By submitting your application, you consent to MSF using your data only for the recruitment process to have all the information and documents necessary to proceed with the recruitment, validation of your application and selection of the most suitable candidate. Your data will be treated confidentially. Only people part of the recruitment process have access to your data. MSF does not sell your data under any circumstances. If you have any questions or requests, you can contact msfch-Tanzania-HrManager@geneva.msf.org