How we work is as important as what we do.
We take a power shifting approach.
We want to proactively shift power to ensure every young person is able to lead and create a better world.
We are feminist, inclusive, gender transformative and anti-racist in our work. We recognise the barriers that women, girls, non-binary people, people living with disabilities, and young people of different ethnicities, religion and sexual preferences face in the communities in which we work. We recognise historical power inequalities and aim to decolonise development.
Our values
At Restless Development how we do things is as important as what we do. Our culture is critical to our success. And no surprises to anyone who knows us that Restless Development is an incredibly special place to work.
Our values were first developed in 2011 as a way to describe what makes Restless Development so special.
Our values demand us to lead with compassion, to celebrate quality, to work beyond ourselves and our collective ego. They require us to create space to celebrate and innovate, to learn and grow as experts, to multiply young leaders around the world.
Our values are not a tickbox, they guide how we behave, how we work together they underpin our success. They form our DNA, the golden thread throughout the global agency. They inspire and challenge us. Our values are the reason people love working with Restless Development.
We are experts in our lived realities. We innovate and try new things without fear of failure.
Youth Power is at the heart of everything we do. We prioritise the wellbeing of all our people, supporting young leaders to thrive.
We collaborate and shift power with young people and communities. We connect, nurture, celebrate and fund young leaders.
We are honest and transparent. We use our voice for what is right.
Supporting diversity, inclusion and ongoing learning
Our staff have organically developed their own global communities, or ‘Employee Resource Groups’, across the Agency to support each other and our inclusive diversity work. For example, Restless Youth is an informal network of young people aged 35 who meet once a month to forge connections across the Agency, share the challenges they face as young people in their respective communities, and to share skills and learning.
In addition we have set up a number of Communities of practice for people in similar roles to come together and share challenges, solve complex problems and issues and learn from each other: For example our People COP brings together like-minded individuals who hold responsibility for people, human resources and performance in their respective hubs and teams across our global agency. They come together in order to build best practice, share learning and develop skills and expertise, so that they can respond consistently and in the best possible way to meet the needs of people across our agency.
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