Salary: £23,985 per annum

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Fixed Term, 18 months

Hours: Full Time

The Vacancy

Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD) is actively recruiting for the position of Programmes & Grants Assistant, to be based from its office in Birmingham, UK, on a hybrid basis. HAD is an award-winning global hub for capacity strengthening, applied research, and leadership development, serving not only the learning and development of Islamic Relief Worldwide staff, but also individuals and organisations from across the wider humanitarian and development community. Through our capacity strengthening work with local and national NGOs worldwide, HAD’s programmes focus particularly on supporting localisation efforts and contributing towards our mission to strengthen the humanitarian sector.

The purpose of the Programmes & Grants Assistant role is to ensure the effective delivery of HAD’s capacity strengthening programmes through providing efficient administrative and operational support.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Educated to at least undergraduate level or equivalent.
• Understanding and awareness of humanitarian and development sector.
• Experience of providing a wide range of administrative and operational activities, preferably in the charitable sector with local/national CSOs and/or international NGOs.
• Proven ability and experience to work towards achieving targets and objectives.
• Ability to work towards achieving key performance indicators and organisational strategy.
• Experience meeting deadlines and using judgement and initiative in problem resolution.
• Proven experience in producing updates, internal reports, and high-quality reporting.
• Commitment to a participatory, supportive, open environment to ensure the learning and development of all.

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description

Islamic Relief promotes equality and meritocracy, and seeks individuals who are sympathetic to the IR values of; Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship together with our policy standards on Anti-Bribery, Child Protection and Code of Conduct. If you would like to be a part of an organisation striving to make a difference in the world and are looking for a meaningful career, we will be glad to hear from you.

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit:

What we offer UK colleagues – Islamic Relief Worldwide

Please Note: Interviews are expected to take place in late-January 2026.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

For UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

HAD is an equal opportunities employer