Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Basel
BAS BS: Legal Intern with MLaw or BLaw 50% (fixed-term employment for at least six months)
- 09 July 2026
- 50%
- Permanent position
- Basel
Job summary
HEKS employs over 1500 staff across 35 countries. Join us to make a difference!
Tasks
- Conduct legal assessments and case inquiries.
- Support lawyers with submissions to authorities.
- Provide legal advice to asylum seekers in various settings.
Skills
- Students of law with interest in asylum and immigration topics.
- Excellent written communication skills required.
- Strong oral language skills in French and English.
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About the job
HEKS pursues the vision of a just world in which the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and natural livelihoods 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 mobilises for this purpose.
Lived diversity - Inclusion is important to us:
We welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
BAS BS: Legal Intern with MLaw or BLaw 50% (fixed-term employment for at least six months)
The BAS Advice Centre for Asylum Seekers in the Basel region provides legal advice and representation in asylum and immigration law to asylum seekers and persons with completed asylum procedures residing in Basel-Stadt. BAS is responsible for representing asylum seekers assigned to the canton BS in the extended procedure. The legal advisors file complaints when refugee status is in question, procedural errors exist, or a removal of the affected persons is unreasonable. In BAS's open consultations, persons from the asylum sector receive low-threshold and free personal legal advice without prior appointment. BAS also accompanies/represents persons in hardship or reconsideration requests, family reunification matters, or travel and canton change requests. To support our motivated team, we are looking for a cooperative and committed individual from 1 September 2026 as
- Legal clarifications and individual case assessments
- Support of lawyers in legal submissions to the Federal Administrative Court, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), or the cantonal authorities
- Telephone and personal legal consultations
- Law studies (with interest in asylum and immigration law issues)
- Very good written expression
- Enjoyment and sensitivity in dealing with people from different cultures
- Very good oral foreign language skills, especially French and English, other languages an advantage
- Flexibility, independence, and high resilience
Versatile, challenging, and meaningful work at the interface of law and social issues
Committed and competent colleagues
Workplace in the centre of Basel
For further information, Ms Sabine Eichenberger, MLaw (sabine.eichenberger@heks.ch), will be happy to assist you.
