Intercultural Interpreters for English (hourly wage)
Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Aarau
Key information
- Publication date:02 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Aarau
Job summary
HEKS employs over 1500 staff, working in 35 countries worldwide. Join a diverse team committed to social justice and inclusion!
Tasks
- Interpret conversations in hospitals, schools, and social institutions.
- Facilitate communication between professionals and diverse clients.
- Recognize and explain social and cultural differences effectively.
Skills
- Native English speaker with strong German skills (at least B2).
- Experience or training in interpreting is a plus.
- Excellent understanding of both cultures and good tech skills.
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HEKS pursues the vision of a just world in which the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and natural living conditions are preserved. The goal is a transformation on social, economic, and political levels. HEKS contributes to improving the living conditions of people in Switzerland and worldwide, asserts their rights, and raises awareness and mobilizes for this purpose.
Lived diversity - Inclusion is important to us:
We welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
Intercultural Interpreters for English (hourly wage)
HEKS Linguadukt Interpreting Service is a placement agency for intercultural interpreting in over 70 languages and dialects. Linguadukt sees itself as a language bridge between professionals and their foreign-language clients. HEKS Linguadukt - intercultural interpreting service performs oral interpreting tasks in various institutions in the health, social, education, and asylum sectors.
We are looking to complement our team in the cantons of Aargau and Solothurn immediately or by arrangement for intercultural interpreters (hourly wage) for the language: English
- Interpreting in conversations in hospitals, schools, and social institutions
- Ensuring communication between professionals and migrants with different cultural backgrounds
- Recognizing, understanding, and explaining social and cultural differences as well as structures, institutions, and ways of life
- Commitment to ongoing training (wide variety of internal, free offers)
- English is your mother tongue
- You have very good German skills (at least B2 with certificate)
- You have a good general education and diverse life experience
- Advantage: You have the INTERPRET certificate or are in training
- Advantage: First experience in interpreting
- You bring very good knowledge of both cultures
- You are a balanced and stable personality
- You are very skilled with your smartphone and mobile internet
- You have good technical equipment: PC/laptop with current firewalls and camera, stable internet connection
- A recognized activity in an exciting environment
- Good, free training opportunities
- An exciting part-time job (assignments by the hour on request)
- Regular exchange with colleagues
For further information, Tevfika Gökcinar is available at telephone 062 836 30 11.
More information about HEKS can be found at www.heks.ch.
