Early Childhood Education Teacher

Your ideas become outings – the joy of learning, guided by you! We are looking for an early childhood education teacher for LoistoVekara in Vantaa! For us at Touhula, children and families are close to our hearts. Together with them, we create a happy childhood and a good working life – the most loved daycare centre, shared by all of us. We believe early childhood education is one of society’s most important expert roles. We want to meet every child, guardian and colleague who comes through our daycare doors warmly, respectfully and professionally. We are looking for someone who champions childhood and play, and wants to help build high-quality early childhood education and lead pedagogical activities together with the rest of the team. Touhula LoistoVekara – what kind of daycare centre is it? Touhula LoistoVekara is a four-group daycare centre where high-quality early childhood education grows out of skilled people, warm encounters and genuine teamwork. We meet each child as an individual and want everyday life to be safe, engaging and meaningful for children, families and staff. At LoistoVekara, you will join a workplace where children, guardians and employees feel at home. Our high customer satisfaction reflects the trust we build every day through open cooperation, caring encounters and professional work. Guardians especially value our staff’s presence, warmth and smooth communication. Strong cooperation is central to our everyday work. We use a pair-group model that enables shared pedagogical planning, knowledge-sharing and mutual support. You will not be left on your own: you will work with skilled colleagues who boldly develop our activities together. We are looking for an early childhood education teacher who is enthusiastic about pedagogy, wants to develop our work and sees cooperation as a strength. We particularly value expertise in supporting children, a development-oriented approach and a genuine interest in building high-quality, impactful early childhood education. At LoistoVekara, you will have a caring work community, an available supervisor and a thorough induction. You can use your expertise, learn new things and influence the early childhood education we build together every day. If you believe in cooperation, care and the power of pedagogy, you may be the professional we are looking for. Your role as an early childhood education teacher You will lead your team’s pedagogy and inspire and enable its work. You are responsible for planning your group’s activities and ensuring a high-quality early childhood education plan process, using Touhula’s pedagogical annual plan and Touhula Rytmi. Your core responsibilities include: - Pedagogical leadership: Lead your team’s everyday pedagogy and small-group activities, and create diverse, safe learning environments. - Individual support: Plan and assess support measures for children in cooperation with multidisciplinary networks. - Customer experience: Ensure high-quality communication with families and create a positive emotional atmosphere that reaches them. - Team support: Develop an inclusive feedback culture and support colleagues in their pedagogical work, drawing on the team’s strengths. We take care of you: In return, we offer a workplace where you can grow professionally, learn, use your strengths and influence your own work. Whether you are at the start of your career or an experienced professional, we work to make Touhula the best place for you to do meaningful work for children’s future. We offer, among other things: - Occupational healthcare through Pihlajalinna - An Epassi benefit (€200/year) - €80/year for shared recreational and workplace-wellbeing days - Comprehensive induction - High-quality pedagogical tools - Diverse training opportunities and continuing-education scholarships - An encouraging, experimental culture where your ideas can make a difference We offer a competitive salary for an early childhood education teacher. For a full-time employee, the salary is €2,831.64–€3,486.53/month. Final pay depends on years of work experience and any personal supplement based on special expertise. We can discuss how your expertise may be taken into account and the precise salary placement during the interview. What we expect from you: - Ability to build open and professional interactions with all stakeholders - A responsible approach to work and willingness to try new ways of working - A statutory criminal-record extract and a statement required under the Communicable Diseases Act - Eligibility as an early childhood education teacher under the Early Childhood Education Act We may also consider early childhood education teacher students. We value the joy of learning, so we support your qualification studies with paid study days and a €1,000 scholarship through our incentive programme. Would you like to know more? Please get in touch! Touhula LoistoVekara Email: sanni.sorkkila@touhula.fi