Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Basel
Course Instructor in the Field of Intercultural Interpreting, Hourly Wage, up to 80 Teaching Hours per Year
- 03 July 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Basel
About the job
HEKS employs over 1500 permanent staff members. At 24 locations in Switzerland and worldwide in 35 countries, HEKS operates with 290 programmes and projects amounting to around 144 million Swiss francs. In 2024, HEKS reached approximately 16 million people with its work.
HEKS pursues the vision of a just world in which the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and natural resources 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.
HEKS pursues the vision of a just world in which the dignity of all people is respected, peace prevails, and natural resources 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.
Course Instructor in the Field of Intercultural Interpreting, Hourly Wage, up to 80 Teaching Hours per Year
The HEKS MEL-Education programme has been conducting training for intercultural interpreting (ikD) and intercultural mediation (ikV) since 1997.
The programme's goal is to ensure that there are enough qualified intercultural interpreters and mediators available in Northwestern Switzerland.
They enable people with migration experience to have equitable access and participation in the areas of health, education, social affairs, as well as asylum and justice.
From 1 October 2026 or by agreement, to lead our courses in intercultural interpreting with modern didactics and practical relevance, we are looking for a committed, methodically skilled individual as
These are your main tasks:
- Course Leadership and Knowledge Transfer: Preparation, delivery, and follow-up of teaching units for prospective or already professionally active intercultural interpreters
- Competence Development: Supporting participants in transferring theoretical knowledge (e.g. role, setting, ethics) into demanding interpreting practice and preparing for the competence assessment
- Learning Support: Continuous support and feedback during the learning process – both in face-to-face teaching and on our digital learning platform
Ideally, you bring the following:
Professional and Formal Qualifications
- Adult Education: SVEB Certificate Trainer (Level 1) or an equivalent qualification with several years of verifiable experience in adult education
- Language Competence: C1, excellent, stylistically confident German skills in spoken and written form to precisely convey complex linguistic and cultural nuances
- Qualification and Practical Experience in Intercultural Interpreting: at least INTERPRET certificate or equivalent qualification. Minimum 2 years of professional experience
- Digital Skills: Experience with learning platforms (LMS) and willingness to actively integrate digital tools into teaching
Methodical-Didactic Core Competencies
Modern adult education has evolved from pure frontal teaching to dynamic learning support. We are looking for a person who implements the following approaches in the courses:
- Action Orientation: You design lessons so that participants actively engage. Case studies, role plays, and simulation of real interpreting situations (e.g. trialogue conversations) are central
- Methodology-Didactics: You know how to use interesting and varied teaching with activating elements (e.g. for preparatory tasks, forum discussions, or collaborative work)
- Participant and Resource Orientation: You understand how to address learners with diverse backgrounds and prior experiences, promote peer-to-peer exchange (learning from each other), and create a tolerant, trusting learning atmosphere
- Variety of Interactive Methods: You use contemporary, varied tools (e.g. digital whiteboards, quiz formats, or online group work)
You can expect from us:
- A meaningful role in a committed, dynamic team with many years of experience
- Scope for designing the methodological implementation of course content within the framework of the prescribed course concepts
- Modern infrastructure and support during induction into our working methods
- Workplace in the city of Basel
Would you like to join the Education Circle? Then we look forward to receiving your internal application by 6 July via our application tool. Along with the usual application documents, please write us a few sentences about your motivation and your personal didactic understanding. Please understand that applications by email or letter cannot be processed.
If you have questions about the module content, please feel free to contact our course instructor
deborah.biermann@heks.ch
or our Education Circle manager
katharina.kerpan@heks.ch
Further information about HEKS can be found at www.heks.ch.