Fixed Wing Pilot, Zakouma
African Parks
Zakouma National Park, also covering Siniaka-Minia, Aouk and Ennedi, Chad · Contract
ELIGIBILITY
Professional English required; French or Arabic an asset
African Parks is hiring a bush pilot based in Zakouma to fly surveillance, wildlife survey, telemetry and logistics missions across its Chad parks.
Key details
- 2-year fixed-term contract with a proposed rotation of 90 days on and 30 days off
- Reports to the Chief Pilot for Chad, the aviation supervisor and park managers
- Needs a CPL with instrument rating, Class 1 medical and at least 700 hours
- Type ratings on the ICP Savannah and Cessna 182 plus Rotax 912 mechanical experience are required
- Bush and short-strip flying experience is essential
Applying
Apply via the Apply button on African Parks' Simplify HR page by 25 October 2026, with CV, licence, medical, logbook summary and references.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply through African Parks’s own careers page.
Go to African Parks’s careers page ↗Read the full ad ↗- Write a cover letter for this role at African Parks, not a generic one.
- Keep your CV to two pages, most recent job first, with dates.
- Include two recent references with phone numbers.
- Say when you can start and that you are happy to live on site in the bush.
Applications go straight to African Parks. No account, no middleman.
Closes 25 Oct 2026
We list this role from African Parks’s own careers page, last checked 17 Oct 2026. The full ad is on their site; see How to apply.
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