Join our crew

We are looking for a captain to join us on our upcoming mission starting November 4th.

The captain is responsible for the ship’s command and the global coordination of the rescue operations. Previous experience in SAR operations would be helpful.

The captain is supported by 7 naval crew members. And works hand on hand with Deputy SAR Coordinators at sea and on land.

Responsibilities:

• Taking on the overall responsibility for the ship and its operation. In coordination with, and very closely supported by, an experienced SAR Coordinator (SARCo) on board and on land
• Safe (SAR) navigation
• Consulting SARCo from land for strategic questions and regular reporting
• Planning and coordinating a safe and effective search and rescue mission including but not limited to:
•  Work with partially inexperienced SAR members (volunteers and professional crew)
• Coordinating the rescue mission from the bridge including SAR bureaucracy with authorities and respective actors
• Plan and conduct several drills on board to train the volunteer and professional crew for search and rescue missions in conduction with the SARCo and 1^st Mate
• Communicating with other vessels, aircrafts, backoffice and authorities
• Coordinate and communicate with SARCo during deployment
• Coordinate and supervise the execution of all tasks on board; before, during and after the rescue mission
• Preparation or review of mission reports and protocols
• Responsible for the ship’s administration and management
• Prepare the documentation for the disembarkation of rescued people on board
• Familiarizing the crew with the ship, the regular work and the general procedures on board, together with our permanent ship personnel
• Ensure that everyone and everything on board applies to the organisations policy, SOPs and Guidelines
• Maritime contact for the offices on Land
• Communication with the technical ship managers and superintendents of Hellespont
• Security Officer on board
• In charge for Crew Medications and Narcotics; however Crew and Volunteer treatment will be done by a professional Doctor on board during missions

We provide:

• Prospect of longer-term employment

Required certificates and skills:

• European citizenship
• Valid certificate of competency of “Master” on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more (STCW A-II/2)
• Valid medical fitness certificate for seafarers for desired position
• Valid General Operator’s Certificate (GMDSS) (STCW A-IV/2)
• Valid certificate of proficiency in basic safety training (STCW A-VI/1) (issued within the last 5 years)
• Valid certificate of proficiency in survival craft and rescue boat (STCW A-VI/2-1) (issued within the last 5 years)
• Valid certificate of proficiency for advance training in techniques for firefighting (STCW A-VI/3) (issued within the last 5 years)
• Valid certificate of proficiency in medical care on board ship (STCW A-VI/4-2)
• Valid Certificate of proficiency of Ship Security Officer (STCW A-VI/5)
• ECDIS Certificate

Soft skills:

• Good team building and leadership skills, especially in extreme situations
• Physical fitness and mental resilience
• Experience with volunteers is desirable
• You must be aware that you are working for a NGO; under circumstances you will work with partly unexperienced volunteers and you should be familiar with the principle of a “flat hierarchy”
• Strong communication skills
• Precise knowledge of actors, communication channels and SOPs related to the mission.
• Knowledge of Nautical as well as SAR related guidelines and conventions (SAR Convention, IAMSAR, MLC, SOLAS, ..)
• Good knowledge of the situation on the Central Mediterranean Sea and its actors
• Good knowledge of the equipment, strengths and limitations of the ship and its crew
• Very good knowledge of English, Italian language skills or other European languages are also desirable
• Good to very good PC skills especially Excel and Outlook
• Identification with the goals and work of SOS Humanity

If you are interested, please contact crewing@sos-humanity.org

We are looking forward hearing from you!

As an organisation for civil sea rescue, we as SOS Humanity are working towards a world where no one has to drown while fleeing and everyone is treated with dignity. Founded in 2015 in Berlin as SOS Mediterranee Germany, we have been working in the Central Mediterranean since 2016. During this time, we were able to rescue 34,631 children, women, and men from drowning and brought them towards a safe place. With our new sea rescue ship, Humanity 1, we are bringing our own vessel to the Central Mediterranean in August 2022.

We rescue those fleeing from distress at sea, provide them with clothing and food aboard. Further, we support them medically as well as psychologically, identify special vulnerabilities and inform the respective point of contact. This support will be provided, amongst others, by the volunteering medical team which consists of doctor, paramedic/nurse and a midwife. It is important to note that there will be basic medical equipment and you will not always work as a team but in an autonomous and self-reliant manner. For us, it is especially important that female patients are provided with the care required for their specific needs which is why there will be a midwife on board.

Responsibilities on board:

• Main responsibility for medical care of pregnant women.
  Main responsibility for the medical care of female victims of sexual violence
  If required, providing physical examinations of female patients as directed by the physician for other medical conditions
  Assistance to the physician in providing medical care to the rescued (and crew, if needed) during the mission
  Assist and initiate performance of medevacs in gynaecological emergencies
  Documentation of medical treatment
  Assist with inventory and equipment check

Professional Requirements:

• Completed training/study as a midwife plus + 2 year of full-time work in the acquired profession (in the case of part-time work, correspondingly longer periods must be proven)

Personal Requirements:

• Female gender
  Good knowledge of English.
  Other language skills (e.g. Italian, French, Arabic, Farsi) beneficial but not mandatory
  Sensitivity in interacting with traumatized patients
  Willingness to acquire specific knowledge based on literature provided by us prior to the mission
  Respect for the cultural background of the patients and the resulting restrictions (e.g., physical examinations of women are performed exclusively by the midwife if the medic is male, except in emergencies)
  Willingness to perform all other crew duties in addition to medical duties (e.g. guarding, cleaning, cooking, etc.)

In addition to the professional and personal requirements, there are some basic criteria that must be met:

• Aged between 21 and 70 years

Physical and mental health:

• Seaworthiness
  Medical Certificate

Vaccinations:

• Covid19 booster vaccination
  Measles
  Rubella
  Tetanus

The position as midwife and as such as part of the medical team is a volunteering position and will be compensated with an allowance 840€ once in a year. In addition, the expenses for travel, accommodation and food will be paid. Psychological support will be provided.

Concretely, we are looking for a midwife for the following dates:

3rd mission: 4th November until 5th December 2022
4th mission: 8th December until 6th January 2023

In addition to the Covid19 booster vaccination, a week of self-isolation and a negative Covid19-test (not older than 24h!) are required.

We are looking forward to receive your application at crewing@sos-humanity.org

As an organisation for civil sea rescue, we as SOS Humanity are working towards a world where no one has to drown while fleeing and everyone is treated with dignity. Founded in 2015 in Berlin as SOS Mediterranee Germany, we have been working in the Central Mediterranean since 2016. During this time, we were able to rescue 34,631 children, women, and men from drowning and brought them towards a safe place. With our new sea rescue ship, Humanity 1, we brought our own vessel to the Central Mediterranean in August 2022.

For our marine crew we are looking for a Second Officer on board the HUMANITY 1:

Responsibilities and Duties:

• primarily responsibility for the support of the master for safe (SAR) navigation and operation
• of the vessel
• assistance in watchkeeping operations to search for distress cases.
• support of the ship’s command
• Radio/GMDSS Equipment
• preparation of the ship for the upcoming port state re-inspection
• correction of tables and nautical documents
• voyage planning
• bridge administration
• preparation of the ship for the next mission

Requirements:

• valid Certificates of Competency according to STCW Convention (STCW A-II/1)
• valid Radio Certificate GOC (STCW A-IV/2)
• valid Certificate of Proficiency in Basic Safety (STCW A-VI/1) (issued within the last 5 years)
• valid Certificate of Security Awareness (STCW A-VI/6) (issued within the last 5 years)
• valid Certificate of Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boat (STCW A-VI/2-1) (issued within the last 5 years)
• valid Certificate of Proficiency for Advance Training in Techniques for Firefighting (STCW A-VI/3) (issued within the last 5 years)
• valid Certificate of Proficiency in Medical Care on Board Ship (STCW A-VI/4-2)
• valid Certificate of Proficiency Ship Security Officer (STCW A-VI/5)
• German Endorsement in case of foreign certificates
• experience as an officer
• ECDIS Proficiency
• very good teamwork skills, especially in extreme situations
• strong communication skills
• physical fitness and mental resilience, incl. valid Medical Certificate for Seafarers for desired position
• identification with the aims and work of SOS Humanity
• awareness of working for a NGO; potentially working with partially (sea) inexperienced volunteers and familiarity with principles of “flat hierarchies”
• good English language skills (confident communication in an international team; spontaneous, fluent, detailed communication with native speakers in a broad range of themes)
• advanced PC skills especially Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
• age: 21-70 years
• vaccinations: Covid19 booster vaccination, measles, rubella, tetanus

We provide:

• Salary: 2900 € / month (employee gross)
• Possibility for longer-term employment
• 1-1-Contract
• Travel Expenses

Concretely, we are looking for the following dates:
3rd mission: 4th November until 5th December 2022
4th mission: 8th December until 6th January 2023

In addition to the Covid19 booster vaccination, a week of self-isolation and a negative Covid19-test (not older than 24h!) are required.

The HUMANITY 1 sails under German flag, therefore we are bound to European citizenship in certain positions. However, it is very important to us that our crew is as international and diverse as possible. In particular, we would like to encourage women* to apply in order to ensure a balanced gender ratio on board.

We are looking forward to receiving your application at crewing@sos-humanity.org

Job description as PDF

For the preparations of the second rotation of the rescue ship Humanity 1 of SOS Humanity, we are still looking for active support in the area of logistics.

Therefore we are looking for 2 logisticians who support the crew with preparations from the 20th of September until the 10th of October in the habour of Syracuse, Italy. You will be supporting us by running all kinds of errands while the crew is in isolation, like shopping, and picking up / dropping of arriving / departing crew members at the airport, as well as short-term work in preparation for the second mission of the Humanity 1.

Requirements:

• Fluent English, Spanish is desirable
  Class B driving licence
  Full COVID-19 vaccination (incl. booster)
  Good basic technical understanding is an advantage
  Patience, humour and reliability

SOS Humanity will cover the costs of travel, as well as accommodation on site for the duration of the stay.

We are looking forward to receiving feedback from people who would like to become part of the sea rescue and support it from shore!
If you are interested, please contact crewing@sos-humanity.org

The 28-member crew of SOS Humanity consists of four teams, working closely together and supporting each other: the search and rescue team (7 persons), the medical and care team (6 persons), the technical-nautical team (12 persons) and the communication and documentation team (2 persons). Two additional places on board are available for journalists/media and photographers.

A respectful working environment is important to us! We want all crew members to feel safe and able to perform their duties regardless of their ethnic, social, economic background, their gender identity or sexual orientation. Our Code of Conduct applies to all crew members, and we do not tolerate any kind of racism, anti-semitism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and any other form of discrimination and abuse of power on board. Identification with these guidelines is a requirement for working on board Humanity 1.

Further general requirements are:

• Basic Safety Training – Certificate (STCW VI/1) desirable
• If you do not yet have this certificate yet, we will try to support you as best we can with the financing.
• High physical and mental resilience
• Very good knowledge of English
• Experience in seafaring and/or rescue desirable
• Certificate of good conduct
• COVID-19 booster vaccination and vaccinations against measles and rubella

Requirements for nautical crew are

• Valid fitness for sea certificate
• Necessary certificates of competency (navigation and/or engine)

Please note: Due to the current situation, which may lead for example longer blockades at sea or additional quarantine time on board, exact statements about the (minimum) duration of a rotation are more difficult to predict.

Normally, rotations last three weeks. Currently, an additional quarantine period of one week on board as well as a seven-day-period of self-isolation before arrival must also be planned.

In case we you are interested in joining our crew or have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our crewing team via mail (crewing@sos-humanity.org).

Please let us know which position on board you might be interested in and in which period you are available.

We would also appreciate it if you could briefly outline your background and send us a short CV (as a PDF, maximum 2 MB in size).

We will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible. As we receive numerous applications and have to consider various points in crew planning, we ask for your understanding if our response takes a little longer.