Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Aarau
Intercultural Interpreters for Somali (Hourly Wage) AG/SO
- 20 July 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Aarau
Job summary
HEKS employs over 1500 staff, working in 35 countries globally. Join a diverse team making a difference in over 290 programs!
Tasks
- Interpret conversations in hospitals, schools, and social institutions.
- Facilitate communication between professionals and migrants from various backgrounds.
- Recognize and explain cultural differences and social structures.
Skills
- Native Somali speaker with strong German skills (B2).
- Good understanding of both Somali and German cultures.
- Proficient with smartphones and stable internet connection.
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About the job
HEKS employs over 1500 permanent staff. 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 around 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 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.
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.
Intercultural Interpreters for Somali (Hourly Wage) AG/SO
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 at the locations Aargau and Solothurn immediately or by arrangement for intercultural interpreters on an hourly wage basis for the language: Somali
These are your main tasks:
- Interpreting in conversations in hospitals, schools, and social institutions
- Ensuring communication between professionals and migrants with different cultural backgrounds
- Recognising, understanding, and explaining social and cultural differences as well as structures, institutions, and ways of life
- Commitment to ongoing training (wide range of internal, free offers)
Ideally, you bring the following:
- Somali 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
- Advantageous: You hold the INTERPRET certificate or are in training
- Advantageous: First experience in interpreting
- You have very good knowledge of both cultures
- You are a balanced and stable personality
- You are very adept with your smartphone and mobile internet
- You possess good technical equipment: PC/laptop with current firewalls and camera, stable internet connection
You can expect from us:
- A recognised activity in an exciting environment
- Good, free training opportunities
- An exciting part-time job (assignments by the hour on request)
- Regular exchange with colleagues
Would you like to join the HEKS team? Then we very much look forward to your application via our application tool by the deadline. Please understand that email or postal applications cannot be processed.
For further information, please contact Tevfika Goekcinar, Head of Pool Management, at telephone 062 836 30 11.
More information about HEKS can be found at www.heks.ch.
For further information, please contact Tevfika Goekcinar, Head of Pool Management, at telephone 062 836 30 11.
More information about HEKS can be found at www.heks.ch.
