Islamic Relief Worldwide recognises our staff are our biggest asset, and so we offer a range of benefits designed to support their professional development, mental and physical health, and work/life balance.
Personal learning and development opportunities
Annual leave and additional leave
Maternity and Paternity Leave and Pay
Health benefits
24/7 counselling service
Rest and Recuperation Breaks
Personal learning and development opportunities
We offer a range of in-house and e-learning training programmes as part of our commitment to the professional development of all our staff, including a Management Development programme recognised by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).
To find out more about our training, please visit the website of our training and learning division, the Humanitarian Academy for Development, where you can find an extensive range of in-house courses and workshops as well as externally accredited programmes.
Annual leave and additional leave
We offer a minimum 25 days annual leave (pro-rated for part-time and fixed-term employees) increasing by an additional day each year (up to a maximum of 5 years).
Field Allowances
We understand that there will be travel and subsidence costs incurred for your assignment and will therefore provide the following benefits:
- Return air tickets for you, your spouse, and children (if applicable).
- Relocation Allowance – A one-off payment at the start of your assignment to help you with relocation.
- Accommodation – Depending on the contract type, we will provide adequate and safe accommodation in your main location of work or an allowance for accommodation in your country of posting.
- Children Allowance – It is important to us that your child/children get off to the best start in your country of posting, so we will pay an allowance of up to 90% for primary and secondary education for accompanied contracts.
- Unaccompanied Allowance – For expatriate staff on unaccompanied contracts, we will pay 10% of your annual salary as unaccompanied allowance.
- Hardship allowance – Where a country has been classified as a hardship country, unaccompanied employees will receive a hardship allowance of 10% of their annual salary.
Maternity and Paternity Leave and Pay
Maternity
After 26 weeks of service, an expectant mother will be entitled to receive 26 weeks Maternity Leave on full pay of her contracted salary. This is based upon the provision that this is not lower than statutory regulations as per the local labour legislation of the work location.
Paternity
An employee whose partner gives birth to a child may be eligible to receive IRW’s paternity pay. To qualify for Paternity Leave you must have at least 26 weeks continuous service with Islamic Relief Worldwide.
We also offer Enhanced Paternity Pay, which is equivalent to 2 weeks at actual pay. To qualify for Enhanced Paternity Pay, you must have at least 52 weeks service with us.
Wellbeing
Health benefits
We will provide medical and medical evacuation insurance for you and your family (if applicable) while you are on assignment. Full details will be given before you start your assignment.
24/7 counselling service
Our health provider offers a 24/7 private and confidential helpline and can offer you information and counselling for all your personal, work and, family challenges.
Rest and Recuperation Breaks
To help you work effectively in some countries with difficult contexts, you may be entitled to up to 20 days Rest and Recuperation per year in addition to your Annual Leave. Unaccompanied contract holders in non-hardship area are also entitled to two return air tickets per year.
