Careers

Amref Health Africa UK is made up of a friendly, dynamic team who are passionate about long-term, sustainable healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.

There are no current vacancies at Amref UK. For general careers queries please email hr@amrefuk.org.

FAQs

Unfortunately we are not able to consider speculative applications.

All our vacancies are advertised on this website. Please follow us on LinkedIn to be the first to hear about new job opportunities.

We have occasional temporary, voluntary roles at our UK office. Any opportunities will be advertised here. You can follow us on LinkedIn to be the first to find out.

To find other ways you can support us, please visit our Get Involved pages. 

We don't operate a volunteer programme at Amref. You can find our worldwide vacancies advertised on our global website.

If you would like to speak with someone about working with Amref on your dissertation or other educational support, please email info@amrefuk.org. Please note that we have limited capacity and can only support a small number of requests that are highly relevant to our work.

Our Values

Cynthia and an older woman sit beside each other talking. Cynthia wears an Amref tabard and the woman is in tradional Maasi red dress with lots of beaded jewelry.

Ubuntu

As part of a global community, we are considered, responsible and deliberate in using our power to bring about positive change.

Quality

We prioritise time and resources to ensure excellence and wellbeing are at the core of everything we do as a team.

Jane stands in front of a lush forest. She holds her hands up in a cross formation. She has a beaded bracelet that says 'STOP' in white letters. She looks determined.

Integrity

We set high standards, communicate them clearly, and ensure that our actions match our words, to build trust with everyone we work with.

Why work with us?

Amref Health Africa UK offers:

  • high levels of engagement, involvement, and responsibility,
  • a generous pension scheme with an employer match of up to 7.5%,
  • 25 days’ annual holiday allowance, rising to 27 after 2 years’ service, plus bank holidays and 3 additional days at Christmas,
  • enhanced parental leave policies,
  • season ticket loan,
  • cycle-to-work scheme,
  • an employee assistance programme,
  • flexible, hybrid working,
  • opportunities to extend overseas business travel dates to incorporate personal holidays.
Awa Dissay with her grandmother, Coumba Donna (c) Amref Health Africa/Jacques Manga

We follow best practice

Judith Kinunde a member of her school's Sanitation Club in Bunyangabu District, Western Uganda. (c) Amref Health Africa/Ambrose Watanda

Data Protection

As part of any recruitment process, Amref Health Africa UK collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use that data and to meeting our data protection obligations. Read our Job Applicant Privacy Notice (updated in May 2022) here.

Show the Salary

Amref Health Africa UK is committed to showing the salary for every job we post: see the Show the Salary pledge we’ve signed.

We are a Living Wage Employer

Amref Health Africa UK is proud to be an Accredited Living Wage employer, because we believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. Find out more about the Living Wage movement here.

Meet the team!

Find out about the staff and trustees who make Amref UK what it is today. 

Our team is dynamic, highly skilled and friendly.

Hayat Yimam Seid and Habib Hassen, are members of Kibala Youth Club in Afar, Ethiopia. (c) Amref Health Africa/Genaye Eshetu