{"id":67356,"date":"2025-11-24T14:42:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T14:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opportunitiesforyouth.org\/?p=67356"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T14:42:57","slug":"call-for-youth-researchers-she-soars-program-remote-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/?p=67356","title":{"rendered":"Call for Youth Researchers \u2013 Restless Development SHE SOARS Program (Remote Opportunity)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fabric-1yuta9f-root MuiBox-root css-1yuhvjn\" data-fabric-component=\"LayoutBox\">\n<div class=\"BambooRichText\">\n<p data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"383\"><strong data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"232\">Apply by 2 December 2025 at 5:00 PM E.A.T<\/strong><br data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"235\" \/><strong data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"250\">Disclaimer:<\/strong> <em data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"383\">Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Restless Development encourages interested candidates to apply as early as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"423\"><strong data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"423\">About Restless Development<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"536\">Restless Development is a global non-profit agency that champions the power of young leaders. The organization:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"1013\">\n<li data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"686\">\n<p data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"686\">Is independently registered and governed in <strong data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"602\">nine countries<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"606\" \/><em data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"684\">India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"767\">\n<p data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"767\">Runs <strong data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"718\">youth-led programmes<\/strong> addressing issues young people care about most<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"768\" data-end=\"912\">\n<p data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"824\">Leads the <a href=\"https:\/\/youthcollective.restlessdevelopment.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"800\">Youth Collective<\/strong><\/a>, a global network of:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"912\">\n<li data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"874\">\n<p data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"874\"><strong data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"872\">4,000+ local youth civil society groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"912\">\n<p data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"912\">Spread across <strong data-start=\"893\" data-end=\"910\">185 countries<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"1013\">\n<p data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1013\">Is committed to <strong data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"949\">power shifting<\/strong>, guided by its internal and external <em data-start=\"987\" data-end=\"1013\">Power Shifting Checklist<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1074\"><strong data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1074\">Restless Development\u2019s Approach to Safeguarding<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1221\">Restless Development places the <strong data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1134\">welfare and protection<\/strong> of children, youth, and vulnerable adults at the center of its work. The organization:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1487\">\n<li data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1282\">\n<p data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1282\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlessdevelopment.org\/safeguarding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Considers safeguarding an <strong data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1280\">organizational imperative<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1339\">\n<p data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1339\">Treats safeguarding as <strong data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1337\">everyone\u2019s responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1487\">\n<p data-start=\"1342\" data-end=\"1392\">Requires all staff, volunteers, and partners to:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1487\">\n<li data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1428\">\n<p data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1428\">Protect communities from harm<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1431\" data-end=\"1487\">\n<p data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1487\">Comply with the organization\u2019s <strong data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1487\">Safeguarding Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"1494\" data-end=\"1519\"><strong data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1519\">What Is SHE SOARS?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1659\"><strong data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1534\">SHE SOARS<\/strong> \u2014 <em data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"1653\">Sexual and Reproductive Health &amp; Economic Empowerment Supporting Out-of-school Adolescent Girls\u2019 Rights and Skills<\/em> \u2014 is:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1661\" data-end=\"2065\">\n<li data-start=\"1661\" data-end=\"1723\">\n<p data-start=\"1663\" data-end=\"1723\">A <strong data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1687\">seven-year project<\/strong> funded by <em data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1721\">Global Affairs Canada<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"1868\">\n<p data-start=\"1726\" data-end=\"1743\">Implemented by:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1746\" data-end=\"1868\">\n<li data-start=\"1746\" data-end=\"1765\">\n<p data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"1765\"><strong data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"1763\">CARE Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1768\" data-end=\"1796\">\n<p data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1796\"><strong data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1794\">Restless Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1799\" data-end=\"1843\">\n<p data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"1843\"><strong data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"1841\">Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1868\">\n<p data-start=\"1848\" data-end=\"1868\">And other partners<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1869\" data-end=\"2020\">\n<p data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"1893\">Designed to improve:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1896\" data-end=\"2020\">\n<li data-start=\"1896\" data-end=\"1952\">\n<p data-start=\"1898\" data-end=\"1952\"><strong data-start=\"1898\" data-end=\"1950\">Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1955\" data-end=\"2020\">\n<p data-start=\"1957\" data-end=\"2020\"><strong data-start=\"1957\" data-end=\"1983\">Economic opportunities<\/strong> for out-of-school adolescent girls<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2021\" data-end=\"2065\">\n<p data-start=\"2023\" data-end=\"2065\">Operating in <strong data-start=\"2036\" data-end=\"2065\">Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"2072\" data-end=\"2107\"><strong data-start=\"2075\" data-end=\"2107\">About the Youth-Led Research<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2109\" data-end=\"2198\">Restless Development seeks Youth Researchers to support a research initiative focused on:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2200\" data-end=\"2302\">\n<li data-start=\"2200\" data-end=\"2257\">\n<p data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2257\"><strong data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2255\">Domestic Resourcing for Adolescent and Youth SRHR<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2302\">\n<p data-start=\"2260\" data-end=\"2302\">Conducted in <strong data-start=\"2273\" data-end=\"2302\">Uganda, Kenya, and Zambia<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2304\" data-end=\"2325\">The research aims to:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2327\" data-end=\"2587\">\n<li data-start=\"2327\" data-end=\"2451\">\n<p data-start=\"2329\" data-end=\"2373\">Generate <strong data-start=\"2338\" data-end=\"2367\">country-specific evidence<\/strong> on:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2376\" data-end=\"2451\">\n<li data-start=\"2376\" data-end=\"2394\">\n<p data-start=\"2378\" data-end=\"2394\">SRHR budgeting<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2397\" data-end=\"2426\">\n<p data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2426\">Accountability mechanisms<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2429\" data-end=\"2451\">\n<p data-start=\"2431\" data-end=\"2451\">Financing pathways<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2452\" data-end=\"2587\">\n<p data-start=\"2454\" data-end=\"2493\">Strengthen <strong data-start=\"2465\" data-end=\"2486\">youth-led systems<\/strong> for:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2496\" data-end=\"2587\">\n<li data-start=\"2496\" data-end=\"2517\">\n<p data-start=\"2498\" data-end=\"2517\">Budget monitoring<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2520\" data-end=\"2549\">\n<p data-start=\"2522\" data-end=\"2549\">Influencing policy reform<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2587\">\n<p data-start=\"2554\" data-end=\"2587\">Tracking implementation processes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"2594\" data-end=\"2633\"><strong data-start=\"2597\" data-end=\"2633\">About You (Eligibility Criteria)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2635\" data-end=\"2712\">Restless Development is looking for Youth Researchers who meet the following:<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2714\" data-end=\"2739\"><strong data-start=\"2718\" data-end=\"2739\">Required Criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"2740\" data-end=\"3175\">\n<li data-start=\"2740\" data-end=\"2764\">\n<p data-start=\"2742\" data-end=\"2764\"><strong data-start=\"2742\" data-end=\"2750\">Age:<\/strong> 18\u201334 years<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2765\" data-end=\"2820\">\n<p data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2820\"><strong data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2780\">Location:<\/strong> Based in <strong data-start=\"2790\" data-end=\"2818\">Uganda, Kenya, or Zambia<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2821\" data-end=\"2870\">\n<p data-start=\"2823\" data-end=\"2870\"><strong data-start=\"2823\" data-end=\"2837\">Education:<\/strong> Must have completed university<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2871\" data-end=\"2957\">\n<p data-start=\"2873\" data-end=\"2888\"><strong data-start=\"2873\" data-end=\"2886\">Language:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2891\" data-end=\"2957\">\n<li data-start=\"2891\" data-end=\"2912\">\n<p data-start=\"2893\" data-end=\"2912\">Fluent in English<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2915\" data-end=\"2957\">\n<p data-start=\"2917\" data-end=\"2957\">Able to communicate in local languages<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2958\" data-end=\"3175\">\n<p data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"2977\"><strong data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"2975\">Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2980\" data-end=\"3175\">\n<li data-start=\"2980\" data-end=\"3014\">\n<p data-start=\"2982\" data-end=\"3014\">Active in civil society spaces<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3017\" data-end=\"3035\">\n<p data-start=\"3019\" data-end=\"3035\">Youth activism<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3038\" data-end=\"3067\">\n<p data-start=\"3040\" data-end=\"3067\">Economic policy knowledge<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3070\" data-end=\"3122\">\n<p data-start=\"3072\" data-end=\"3122\">Budget analysis or budget framework paper review<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3125\" data-end=\"3175\">\n<p data-start=\"3127\" data-end=\"3175\">Community engagement and\/or community leadership<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"3177\" data-end=\"3206\"><strong data-start=\"3181\" data-end=\"3206\">Encouraged Applicants<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3207\" data-end=\"3257\">Restless Development encourages applications from:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3259\" data-end=\"3454\">\n<li data-start=\"3259\" data-end=\"3274\">\n<p data-start=\"3261\" data-end=\"3274\">Young women<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3275\" data-end=\"3309\">\n<p data-start=\"3277\" data-end=\"3309\">Young people with disabilities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3310\" data-end=\"3398\">\n<p data-start=\"3312\" data-end=\"3398\">Those who have previously conducted <strong data-start=\"3348\" data-end=\"3396\">youth-led research with Restless Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3399\" data-end=\"3454\">\n<p data-start=\"3401\" data-end=\"3454\">Alumni or participants of the <strong data-start=\"3431\" data-end=\"3454\">SHE SOARS programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"3461\" data-end=\"3487\"><strong data-start=\"3464\" data-end=\"3487\">Application Process<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3489\" data-end=\"3601\">If you meet the criteria and are passionate about youth-led research, Restless Development invites you to apply.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3603\" data-end=\"3631\"><strong data-start=\"3603\" data-end=\"3631\">To apply, please submit:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3632\" data-end=\"3821\">\n<li data-start=\"3632\" data-end=\"3640\">\n<p data-start=\"3634\" data-end=\"3640\"><strong data-start=\"3634\" data-end=\"3640\">CV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3641\" data-end=\"3821\">\n<p data-start=\"3643\" data-end=\"3678\"><strong data-start=\"3643\" data-end=\"3676\">Cover Letter (max. 750 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3681\" data-end=\"3821\">\n<li data-start=\"3681\" data-end=\"3759\">\n<p data-start=\"3683\" data-end=\"3759\">Should include concrete examples of your skills, knowledge, and experience<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3762\" data-end=\"3821\">\n<p data-start=\"3764\" data-end=\"3821\">Demonstrate how you can deliver the role\u2019s key priorities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"3823\" data-end=\"3856\"><strong data-start=\"3823\" data-end=\"3856\">Access application materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please submit your\u00a0CV\u00a0and a\u00a0Cover Letter\u00a0that provides tangible examples of how your skills, knowledge and experience will support your ability to perform the key priorities of the role\u00a0(using no more than 750 words).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access the full Terms of Reference:<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1e3euR_xagp7M6Tbt7tMcoPDy-n3IqGU5\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Click Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Access and submit application questionnaire:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/restlessdevelopment.bamboohr.com\/careers\/206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click 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