Youth Worker

The duties of the advertised position focus on work with school-aged children, enabling club activities and camp work. Duties include participating in shared youth work activities, confirmation-sponsor training, cooperation with the designated schools, and participation in confirmation-school work. The position is part of a youth work team comprising six youth work instructors, a mission secretary and a lead youth work instructor, who acts as the immediate supervisor. Two youth work instructors focus on work with school-aged children, three on youth work after confirmation school, and one on special youth work. The position requires excellent spoken and written Finnish. Applicants are expected to have strong teamwork skills, a development-oriented approach, the ability to build networks, and good interaction and cooperation skills. Use of one's own car is essential in our large parish. The eligibility requirement is the qualification required for a youth work instructor position under Church Council statute collection no. 164. The basic salary is €2,953.80 in pay grade 502. In addition, an experience-based increment is paid in accordance with Appendix 1 of KirVESTES. The position has a six-month probationary period. The successful applicant must be a confirmed member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. They must provide an acceptable certificate of health and present a criminal record extract under section 6(2) of the Criminal Records Act. Electronic applications must be submitted through KirkkoRekry by 30 October 2026 at 16:00. Interviews will be held on 6 November 2026 at Nurmijärvi Parish Centre (Kirstaantie 5–7, Nurmijärvi).