Community Interpreter (10-100 %)

Key information

Publication date:06 March 2025
Workload:10 – 100%
Place of work:x

Job summary

Join Caritas Switzerland as a Community Interpreter in Fribourg. Contribute to a supportive society across 20 countries.

Tasks

Facilitate intercultural communication in healthcare and justice.
Ensure accurate and confidential translations for all parties involved.
Participate in training and informational meetings regularly.

Skills

Fluent in a listed native language and residing in the area.
Strong knowledge of French (B2 minimum, C1 ideal).
Reliable, flexible, and excellent administrative skills.

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Community Interpreter (10-100 %)

Our Department of Migration & Integration in Romandy – a branch of Caritas Switzerland in Fribourg employing around a hundred staff members – is responsible for the support and integration of recognized refugees in the canton of Fribourg. By cantonal mandate, we welcome newcomers to our home in Matran, assist them in finding their own housing, provide personal and material assistance according to social aid standards, and support them in their steps towards professional and social integration.

Additionally, we manage an active community interpreting service in several Romandy cantons as well as a listening and counseling service against racism for the residents of the canton of Fribourg. Our community interpreting service "se comprendre" is active 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 services, asylum, education/schooling, and justice. It consists of a small administrative team and over 130 interpreters/intercultural mediators. We are currently looking for interpreters for the following languages and regions:

Amharic (Jura bernois)
English (Fribourg)
Dari (Fribourg)
Khmer/Cambodian (Fribourg)
Pashto (Fribourg, Jura, and Jura bernois)
Romanian (Fribourg, towards French AND German)
Somali (Fribourg, Jura)
Swiss German and German (Fribourg)
Tamil (Fribourg and Jura)
Thai (Fribourg, Jura, and Jura bernois)

Your tasks

You ensure interventions in intercultural interpreting mandated by the service "se comprendre" (in person and/or by phone/video conference) in the fields of health, social services, asylum, education/schooling, and justice
You are responsible for a complete, comprehensive, and faithful translation between the interlocutors while respecting confidentiality and professional ethics
You participate in information and exchange meetings, internal continuing education, and supervision

Our requirements

Your native language is referenced above and you live in the indicated canton
You have completed your professional training and possess a good general culture
You have very good knowledge of French (ideally level C1, at least level B2 of the European Language Portfolio ELP)
You already have experience in oral interpreting
You hold the INTERPRET certificate or are interested in obtaining it
You are comfortable with common computer tools, have access to the Internet, and own a smartphone
You have great availability during the day on weekdays
Your strengths include a sense of responsibility, reliability, punctuality, flexibility, discretion, and you possess good administrative skills

Start date: Immediately or to be agreed upon

Activity rate: On call and according to 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 your application via the online portal.

Caritas Switzerland, Adligenswilerstrasse 15, 6002 Lucerne
www.caritas.ch