Early Childhood Education Teacher - Helsingin kaupunki - Helsinki, Finland

Welcome to create a community operational culture at Korento Day Care! We are looking for an early childhood education teacher for a group of small 1-3-year-old children. In the group, early childhood care workers or early childhood social workers act as work partners. The house has an assistant director, a special education teacher in early childhood education, and a multilingual instructor to support the groups. The day care's new building was completed in August 2020. The spaces are designed to be versatile, open, and easily adaptable, which attracts children's natural curiosity and desire to learn. There are natural opportunities for physical activity and practicing motor skills both indoors and outdoors. Multilingualism is visible in our day care, and a Swedish-language day care operates in the same building. We are an Erasmus+-accredited day care. In international cooperation, we exchange experiences with European colleagues, do international development work, and get to try new methods. Why work for us? It is important to us that you can do impactful work for a good Helsinki life. We want you to succeed and be inspired in your work. We offer you diverse opportunities to grow and develop as a professional. According to the latest personnel survey, people enjoy working here and experience the work as meaningful! You will have access to the benefits of Finland's largest employer, such as an Epassi Flex benefit of up to 550 euros for commuting as well as cultural, sports, and wellness services. Read more about our personnel benefits and get to know the City of Helsinki as an employer at hel.fi/fi/avoimet-tyopaikat/miksi-toihin-kaupungille. As an early childhood education teacher, you are responsible for the construction of your child group's operational culture and learning environment, the planning, implementation, development, and evaluation of pedagogical activities, and the support of children's individual learning in accordance with the Helsinki early childhood education and pre-primary education plan, the early childhood education unit's operational plan, and the child's VASU. Eligibility requirements: We require that you have eligibility in accordance with the Early Childhood Education Act (540/2018) or, according to the transitional provision (Section 75), a Bachelor of Education degree (LTO), a suitable university of applied sciences degree, or a previous equivalent college-level degree, e.g., a kindergarten teacher's or social educator's degree (Act 272/2005 and Decree No. 608/2005). A recognition decision made by the National Agency for Education based on foreign education also fulfills the eligibility requirement for the position applied for. In addition, we require good oral and written Finnish language skills. The selected person must present a valid criminal record extract for working with children (504/2002). A tuberculosis clearance for the respiratory organs of those working with children under school age is checked (Communicable Diseases Act Section 55). When you start a permanent employment relationship as an early childhood education teacher with the City of Helsinki in 2026, we offer you an incentive bonus of 2000 euros. The bonus is paid only once to the same person. Further information is available from the recruiting day care director.