Chaos Ready

General

• Strategize, design, and execute GSD’s UAS programs and community-facing projects supporting local partners across the Caribbean, Central America, and South Pacific
• Deploy to post-disaster contexts to conduct flight operations, create actionable orthomosaic maps, and manage secure data transfers
• Manage international UAS registration, flight permitting, customs/import authorizations, and emergency fast-track procedures
• Design, update, and instruct culturally adaptable UAS training curricula for local partner organizations and regional first responders
• Deliver staff training, standardize flight procedures, and build internal operational competency
• Refine and enforce UAS flight manuals, risk assessments, pre/post-flight checklists, and emergency response procedures
• Coordinate project timelines, deliverables, basic budgets, and logistics for partner UAS engagements
• Ensure UAS operations follow “Do No Harm” principles, humanitarian data protection standards, and local privacy considerations
• Maintain, inventory, troubleshoot, and budget for GSD’s enterprise UAS fleet, platforms, and payloads
• Serve as GSD’s primary technical advisor for UAS decisions and resolve operational, technical, and logistical challenges
• Promote accountability, humility, integrity, responsible stewardship, and maximum benefit to disaster-impacted communities
• Travel domestically and internationally up to 50%

Uncrewed Aerial Systems Specialist