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Positive Masculinity Champion - Newcastle- England and Madhesh Province, Nepal 

Appy by : November 7, 2025 , Friday.

(For UK and Nepal Based candidates only)

Click here to read the TOR in Nepali

Are you a young person aged 18-30 passionate about gender equality and social inclusion? Are you interested in leading a campaign in your community around positive masculinity? Restless Development is looking for four ‘Positive Masculinity Champions’, two male from Madhesh Nepal and two male from Newcastle in England.

Timeline: December 2025 to March 2026
Location: Remote. In-person requirements to deliver locally relevant initiatives in the targeted respective communities. (UK and Nepal Based candidates)
 
About Restless Development
Restless Development supports 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) We run the Youth Collective – a growing network of over 5,500 local youth-led 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.

Youth Power is at the heart of Restless Development. It is the collective force of young leaders to create a better world. Every year we support over a quarter of a million young leaders. We multiply young leaders by providing new opportunities, mentoring and resources to make lasting change. The use of our communications is imperative to championing, celebrating and connecting young leaders, and creating a world where Youth Power can thrive.
Our Communications is key to strengthening youth power, engagement of young leaders everywhere,
especially in the majority world, as well as strengthening the visibility and profile awareness of Restless Development with partners and funders. This role will enable young leaders to create communications content for and by young leaders.

Our approach to safeguarding
Restless Development considers the welfare and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults to be an organisational imperative with primacy over the success of programmes or strategic objectives. We recognise that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and we expect all of our staff, volunteers and partners to ensure we protect the communities in which we operate from harm and abide by our Safeguarding Policy.

About the Project
“What it Means to be a Young Man Today” is a cross-cultural youth-led initiative implemented by Restless Development UK and Restless Development Nepal, supported by the British Council’s Youth Connect Collaboration Grants 2025.

The project explores and promotes positive masculinities—challenging harmful gender norms and fostering empathy, accountability, and peace among young men in England and Nepal. In both countries, young men face growing pressures linked to online polarisation, migration, and social inequality. This project empowers them to redefine what masculinity means in their communities through storytelling, peer learning, and creative action.

At its heart, the project is about youth leadership, dialogue, and connection—bridging cultural divides and nurturing young changemakers who champion gender equality and social cohesion.

Objectives
The project’s key objectives are to:

1. Equip young people with practical skills that enable them to promote Positive Masculinity in their communities
   
2. Enable youth-led community action in Newcastle and Madhesh to challenge harmful masculine norms and promote positive, inclusive models of manhood rooted in empathy and equality.
   
3. Host a virtual youth Hack with the Global Youth Collective network to design a campaign action on Positive
4. Masculinity to be launched on International women’s day.
   
5. Contribute to peacebuilding and social cohesion, using creative campaigns to counter polarisation and online division.
   

Scope of Work
Positive Masculinity Champions will report to respective Programme Manager to deliver on the following:
Key deliverables:

• Be available to attend a foundational virtual training ahead of the project delivery
  
• Youth-led Actions:
• Deliver creative, community-based projects that engage peers in dialogue about masculinity and gender equality.
  
• Cross-Country Exchange:
  Attend two-day virtual Youth Hack/Media Lab connects to co-create digital campaigns and
  share lived experiences.
• Digital Campaign:
  Facilitate a joint social media campaign on International Women’s Day (8 March 2026) to amplify youth voices and challenge harmful online narratives.
  
• Community Impact:
  Develop activity reports, a case study, photo essays and creative storytelling content depicting “What it means to be a man today,” engaging youth clubs, schools, and community organisations.
• Cross sharing and learning - Connect with other Positive Masculinity Champions for cross collaboration and learning.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age between 18-30yrs.
  
• Based in Newcastle and Madhesh and have the right to work in England and Nepal.
  
• Have a strong interest and understanding of gender equality and social inclusion.
  
• Comfortable communicating in English and in a major language in your home country;
  
• Demonstrate experience working within civil society spaces - youth activism, community mobilisation and engagement, social movements, etc,particularly digital activism - and/or have demonstrated leadership in your community; and have the ability to mobilise young people locally to do a local in person action
  
• Are comfortable working remotely and can access stable internet connection.
  

Compensation and Benefits

• Monthly stipend of 180 GBP/ month.
  
• Receive seed grant to design and deliver local action projects in your community.
  
• Opportunity to join our global Youth Collective network and work with peers from Nepal and England for cross-cultural collaboration and a joint digital campaign.
  
• Mentorship support.
  
• Visibility at cross-regional learning platforms to showcase the learning journey.