Refugee Employment Network

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 are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we work with. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as experts by experience and recognise the valuable insight that lived experience of forced displacement, migration and the UK asylum and immigration system brings to our work. 

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 application or interview process unless they wish to do so.