About Restless Development

Restless Development is a global non-profit agency. We support the collective power of young leaders to create a better world. We are independently registered and governed in nine countries (India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe) bound together by our vision for youth power. We run youth-led programmes to tackle the issues that young people care about the most – We also coordinate the Youth Collective a growing network of over 4000 local youth civil society groups and organisations in 185 countries. We are committed to creating an agency that walks the talk on power shifting, using the power shifting checklist, both internally and externally.

About the project

The Promoting Youth Inclusion in Governance and Decision-Making Processes (YIGA) project is a three-year initiative (2025–2027) implemented under the broader PACER program. YIGA seeks to strengthen youth-responsive governance and improve public service delivery by enhancing youth participation in local decision-making and accountability processes across six districts in the Karamoja sub-region.

About the Role:

The Programme Officer will be responsible for coordinating and implementing activities of the project, focusing on building the civic competence of youth in Karamoja. This includes strengthening their capacity to effectively engage in governance, policy advocacy, and decision-making processes.

The role involves training and supporting peer mentors, climate resilience champions, journalists, and youth leaders; co-creating civic content and policy briefs; and facilitating youth-led platforms such as leadership camps, civic education sessions, community dialogues, social audits, and national forums. The Programme Officer will ensure timely delivery of high-impact activities, foster meaningful youth participation, and support the creation of enabling environments for young people to influence policy and development agendas at district, regional, and national levels.

• Support effective planning, coordination, and delivery of project activities in line with work plans, budgets, and donor requirements.
• Ensure quality implementation of youth engagement, capacity building, and civic education initiatives while capturing youth voices in reports.
• Track project progress, document learning and change stories, and produce timely reports aligned with M&E frameworks

• Past work experience in youth leadership and meaningful youth engagement.
• Past work experience in Governance and Accountability work, youth leadership and meaningful youth engagement is a MUST.
• Experience in making logistical arrangement for organizing events and meetings
• Experience in asset management and procurement.
• Excellent budget management skills and experience of finance management
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent computer skills, including Excel and Word
• Ability to solve problems and make sound operational decisions
• VALID RIDING PERMIT

• Graduate-level Degree in relevant field of study (Environment, Climate, Advocacy, Social work, social sciences, development studies) or equivalent work experience.
• A Ngakarimajong speaking candidate.