Environmental Specialist

Join the City of Helsinki’s Urban Environment Division and do meaningful work in environmental services! We are looking for a fixed-term Environmental Specialist for the Environmental Protection and Guidance unit to carry out our ambitious nature conservation work. The unit is responsible for planning environmental protection (nature, air protection and noise control), programmes, monitoring and reporting, producing information, environmental awareness, environmental impact assessments and expert duties, as well as coordinating the city’s environmental management. Your duties include preparing proposals to establish protected areas under Helsinki’s nature conservation area programme, and management and use plans for those areas, and carrying out related surveys. You will be responsible for coordinating and advancing protected-area establishment projects and arranging other cooperation related to the areas. The eligibility requirement is an applicable master’s-level degree (for example, biology, environmental sciences, forest ecology or another corresponding natural science degree). The language requirement is excellent Finnish and satisfactory spoken and written Swedish. The position requires familiarity with conservation biology, nature management and nature surveys; knowledge of habitat types and vegetation; project management skills; and good negotiation and interaction skills. Previous experience in establishing protected areas and planning their management and use, the ability to create and maintain cooperation networks, an initiative-taking and independent approach, and good IT skills including at least basic GIS competence will help you succeed. Expertise in urban nature, specialist knowledge of an organism group other than plants, knowledge of conservation administration and legislation, knowledge of municipal organisations and city decision-making, and understanding of planning recreational use of nature are considered advantages. We offer you: • Friendly, skilled colleagues and support from a multidisciplinary community. • Flexible working hours and multi-location work. Our office is in Kalasatama, with good transport connections. Our premises are accessible. • Comprehensive employee benefits, including Epassi sports and culture benefit, lunch benefit and commuter ticket benefit, as well as a varied range of staff exercise activities. • A gym and sauna facilities at the City Environment House. • Opportunities to develop and train: we offer a wide range of training and career paths within a large organisation. • Meaningful work with social impact, where successes are noticed and good work is rewarded. • Flexibility in everyday life: we take different life situations into account. Pay is based on the requirements of the position. The position-specific salary is €4,201.04 per month. In addition, an experience-based pay component of 0–8% is paid. Interested? Apply through our recruitment system by 29 October 2026 at 15:00. To promote equality and non-discrimination, the City of Helsinki encourages anonymous recruitment, and this recruitment process is anonymous. The aim is to focus on applicants’ professional skills and work experience. Complete the application form as usual. When writing your application, ensure that it follows the principles of anonymity. The supervisor selects interviewees based on an anonymised summary that does not show the applicant’s name, age, gender or mother tongue.