Caritas Schweiz Inland, Caritas Schweiz
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Community Interpreter 10-100% (m/f/d)
- 10 January 2026
- 10 – 100%
- Permanent position
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Job summary
Join Caritas Switzerland as a Community Interpreter (10-100%). Be part of a supportive team dedicated to assisting refugees in Fribourg.
Tasks
- Provide intercultural interpreting services across various sectors.
- Ensure complete and accurate translations while maintaining confidentiality.
- Attend training sessions and contribute to team meetings for continuous improvement.
Skills
- Native speaker of listed languages; good general culture required.
- Strong French language skills; ideally C1 level.
- Excellent organizational skills and reliability are essential.
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Community Interpreter 10-100% (m/f/d)
Our Migration & Integration Department of French-speaking Switzerland – a branch of Caritas Switzerland in Fribourg employing around one hundred staff – is responsible for supporting and integrating recognised refugees in the canton of Fribourg. Under a cantonal mandate, we welcome new arrivals in our centre in Matran, assist them in finding their own accommodation, provide personal and material aid according to social welfare standards, and support them in their steps towards professional and social integration.
Furthermore, we manage a community interpreting service active in several French-speaking cantons as well as a listening and advisory service against racism for residents of the canton of Fribourg. Our community interpreting service "se comprendre" operates in the cantons of Fribourg, Jura and the French-speaking part of the canton of Bern. Its mission is to enable communication between non-native speakers and institutions in the fields of health, social affairs, asylum, education/school and justice. It consists of a small administrative team and more than 130 intercultural interpreters/mediators. We are currently looking for interpreters for the following languages and regions:
- Amharic (Bernese Jura and Fribourg)
- Bilen (Fribourg, Jura and Bernese Jura)
- Burmese (Fribourg)
- Dari (Jura and Fribourg)
- Farsi (Jura and Fribourg)
- Khmer/Cambodian (Fribourg)
- Romanian (Fribourg, towards German B2 ideally C1 certified)
- Uzbek (Fribourg)
- Pashto (Jura and Fribourg)
- Somali (Fribourg, Jura and Bernese Jura)
- Tigrinya (Fribourg)
- Turkmen (Fribourg, Bernese Jura or Jura)
- Urdu (Fribourg)
Your tasks
- You provide intercultural interpreting services commissioned by the "se comprendre" Service (in person and/or by telephone/videoconference) in the fields of health, social affairs, asylum, education/school and justice
- You ensure a complete, exhaustive and faithful translation between interlocutors respecting confidentiality and professional ethics rules
- You participate in information and exchange meetings, internal continuing training and supervisions
Our requirements
- Your mother tongue is listed above and you live in the indicated canton
- You have completed your professional training and have a good general knowledge
- You have very good knowledge of French (ideally level C1, at least level B2 of the European Language Portfolio PEL)
- Ideally, you already have experience in oral interpreting
- You hold the INTERPRET certificate or are interested in obtaining it
- You are comfortable with common IT tools, have internet access and own a smartphone
- You have good availability during weekdays allowing flexibility
- Your strengths include a sense of responsibility, punctuality, discretion and excellent organisational skills
- You are willing to travel throughout the canton
Start date: Immediately or by arrangement
Activity rate: On call and depending on languages: 10-100%
For more information about the position, please contact Mr Camilo Marquez, Advisor and head of the interpreter pool, tel. 026 425 81 31.
We thank you for your interest and look forward to receiving your application via the online portal.
