In-House Interpreter (English + Kurdish)
Salary: £30,000 pro-rata
Location: Manchester Office (near Old Trafford) Remote working available if not located within Manchester
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM (32.5 hours/week)
Work Pattern: Hybrid 4 days in-office, 1 day remote
Employment Type: Permanent, Employed Position (Not Freelance)
Are you fluent in English and Kurdish? Discover how you can make a real impact read on and apply today!
About the Role
As an in-house interpreter, youll provide professional telephone interpreting services to support individuals with limited English proficiency. Youll work across essential sectors including healthcare, legal, education, and social caredelivering accurate, confidential, and culturally sensitive interpretation.
This is a permanent employed role, not freelance, offering a consistent schedule and the opportunity to be part of a collaborative and mission-driven team.
What Youll Do
- Deliver live telephone interpreting between professionals and service users.
- Support communication in medical, legal, social care, and public sector settings.
- Ensure accuracy, confidentiality, and cultural sensitivity in all interactions.
- Coordinate with internal teams to manage interpreting requests and priorities.
- Contribute to a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
What Were Looking For
- Fluency in English and [Other Language]
- Experience in interpreting or relevant qualifications
- Excellent listening, memory, and communication skills
- Professionalism, empathy, and cultural awareness
- Right to work in the UK
- Willingness to undergo enhanced DBS clearance well arrange and cover this for you
What's In It For You?
- Hybrid working post-training (4 days a week in office, 1 day at home)
- Working remotely if you do not live within Greater Manchester.
- 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays, this increases with your service
- Refer and Earn - Employee referral scheme and bonuses
- Family Friendly - Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay and gift hampers for new parents
- Employee Experiences - Social events and regular engagement activities, such as Christmas and Summer parties, in office events and competitions and long service awards. Activities for key inclusion events and wellbeing webinars. Internal employee recognition schemes such as employee of the month and end of year awards
- Training & Development Opportunities - A huge range of internal and external training available, including apprenticeships (levels 3,4 & 5)
- ESG & Sustainability - Cycle to work scheme, volunteering days, travel discounts and part of Manchester Liftshare Community platform
- Exclusive access to Westfield Health access to different healthcare benefits and services, giving you money back towards essential health costs such as optical and dental treatments. Also included - 24hr DoctorLine service, Gym Discounts, offers on a wide range of goods and services from hundreds of leading retailers, restaurants, and destinations.
- Mental health and Wellbeing Support - Employee Assistance Program providing up to 6 sessions of structured counselling and access to a variety of wellbeing resources including webinars, Health Checks, and podcasts. Access to mental health first aiders and much more
- Free breakfast, fresh fruit and tea & coffee provided daily
About Dals:
Everyone Understood
At Dals, we enable people and organisations to tackle the critical language challenges they face every day. Our first-class interpreting and translation services cover more than 500 languages, including BSL and other non-spoken languages. We connect clients and their service users with crucial expertise, whenever and wherever they need it. Because the world is a better, fairer place when everyone is understood.
Our People are our future. We take care of them.
Through community partnerships and social value initiatives, we continuously work to ensure Dals is having a positive impact on the world.
- Disability Confident Committed employer
- Armed Forces Covenant pledger
- Ministry of Defense Employer Recognition Scheme Awardee
- Mindful Employer
- Able Futures Member
- Accredited Real Living Wage Employer
- Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion member
We warmly encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, and veteran status. We believe that a diverse workforce enriches our organisation and contributes to our success.
Dals is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants, and we welcome diversity in our workforce. If you require any adjustments during the application process, please do not hesitate to contact our recruitment team for assistance.
If you believe you possess the qualities outlined above and can bring enthusiasm, tenacity, and a professional approach to work, we encourage you to apply today! Applicants must be UK residents and by the start of employment and have permission to work in the UK. In addition, you are required to undertake a basic DBS check for this role.
