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Youth Market Assessment Technical Assistant Restless Development Freetown, Sierra Leone

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to apply
your analytical skills in an overseas, international
development context? Restless Development Sierra
Leone is seeking a technical assistant to support in
undertaking a market assessment to inform its youth livelihoods and employment strategy, particularly looking at private sector engagement and promotion of youth entrepreneurship

Youth unemployment is one of the biggest barriers to the peaceful development of Sierra Leone. Over 70% of young people are under- or unemployed, while a boom in extractive industries is set to create more jobs and opportunities for young people who have the right knowledge, skills and information about the job market. Restless Development is well placed to advocate for a more enabling environment for youth employment opportunities and to offer technical support to the private sector and other agencies in supporting young people get access to training and employment and is looking to develop a strategy for how best to engage in this area of work.

This opportunity is perfect for someone with a strong research background, who enjoys collating information and providing evidence-based recommendations.

For more details and a full application pack, download from: http://www.restlessdevelopment.org/work-with-us