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About us
Who we are
The Refugee Employment Network is the UK’s only national network dedicated exclusively to refugee employment. It’s our mission to ensure that all refugees can access appropriate, fulfilling and paid employment or self-employment in the UK.
With a growing network of 400+ members across all four UK nations, REN is uniting a national community committed to creating opportunities for refugees, spanning a wide range of industries and professions.
We connect refugees to job opportunities
Our Jobs Board, mentoring programmes, and job fairs connect refugee talent directly with employers and employment opportunities, and employers to refugee talent.
We strengthen the refugee employment ecosystem
Our network includes businesses, local authorities, and refugee charities, working together to advance refugee employment through joint initiatives and sharing best practice.
We advance research and policy reform
We collaborate with businesses, government and policy makers to advance refugee employment rights in the UK.
Equality, diversity and inclusion policy
The Refugee Employment Network values equity, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and we encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity status, or socio-economic background.
We believe it is essential to improve the representation of people with lived experience, a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system in the UK in our organisation. We are striving to build a team reflective of the communities we work with. People with refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds are experts by experience and are particularly encouraged to apply for this position. Please note that candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
We respect that people’s identity is not defined by their past experiences and do not expect candidates to describe their lived experience during the interview process unless they wish to do so.
