Career Opportunities

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Jump Start Your Career at the NKF

For more than 60 years, the National Kidney Foundation has been the leading health organization dedicated to fighting kidney disease. From patients and their families to those at risk, we take pride knowing that our mission is positively impacting the lives of millions of people affected by kidney disease.

Want a career where your work matters?

Where your skills make a real impact on an important problem? Where you change people's lives for the better? Join the NKF Team! You'll find a dynamic work environment with positive, goal-driven people. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits—and the chance to make a difference. 
Learn more about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the NKF.

Employee Benefits

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Generous time off policies

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Medical, dental, vision and life insurance

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403(b) plan with matching company contributions

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Flexible spending accounts

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Commuter benefits program

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Employee assistance program

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Corporate discounts

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Referral bonus

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Current Openings

Explore our current openings around the country and join the team!

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NKF sees your work, celebrates it, and rewards it.

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Every day, NKF employees find new ways to improve how we work, strengthen collaboration, and advance our mission. The NKF Distinction Awards were created to recognize those efforts and celebrate the people who turned ideas into meaningful action.

These awards represent our commitment to recognizing the contributions that make NKF better. They highlight colleagues who identified opportunities, embraced challenges, and helped create positive change to advance our mission.

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Whether through improving processes, generating revenue, enhancing programs, strengthening partnerships, or otherwise changing an outcome through their innovations, award recipients demonstrated what is possible when people bring their expertise, creativity, and commitment to the work. At NKF, we know that meaningful progress happens because of the people behind it. The NKF Distinction Awards provide an opportunity to acknowledge their contributions, share their stories, and celebrate the difference they make every day.

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Are you a nephrology professional?

If you are a nephrology professional looking for opportunities, visit our Kidney Career Center, a resource to help connect professionals to job openings with clinics, dialysis centers, hospitals, etc., nationwide.

Kidney Career Center

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of NKF to provide equality of employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, qualified handicap or disability, national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, age, gender, political affiliation or veteran status, or any other factor or reason prohibited by relevant local, state and federal fair employment laws.

The Equal Employment Opportunity policy will apply to all employment practices of NKF including, but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, promotion, training, compensation, benefits, layoffs, transfers and discipline. Implementation of the Equal Employment Opportunity policy is the shared responsibility of the management of NKF.

If you need an accommodation seeking employment with National Kidney Foundation, please email humanresources@kidney.org or call 212.889.2210. Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis.