Early Childhood Education Teacher - Helsingin kaupunki - Helsinki, Finland

Come work as an early childhood education teacher at Alku Day Care, Alku-Koskela early childhood education unit! Day care Alku is located in green Käpylä, on the upper floor of the Käpylä library. The day care facilities are built to be spacious and bright, and all three of our groups have their own functional group spaces. In the coming season, your work would be in a group with 2-4-year-old children. Our activities are guided by sensitivity and respect for the child's individuality. We rely on open interaction, where everyone has the skill to bring forward their own views and listen to others. We hope for an interest in a developing way of working and enthusiasm for developing the play environment. As support for your work, the unit's special early childhood education teacher and early childhood education social worker are also available if needed. Your work community consists of the educators of Alku Day Care's three groups, who are waiting for a positive and proactive teammate with good interaction and cooperation skills to help develop and implement good early childhood education. If this sounds like you, apply to us! 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 culture, sports, and wellbeing services. 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 individual plan (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's degree in educational sciences (lto), a suitable university of applied sciences degree, or a previous equivalent institute-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. In addition, we require good oral and written skills in Finnish. The selected person must present a valid criminal record extract for working with children (504/2002). A tuberculosis clearance for the respiratory organs for those working with children under school age is checked (Infectious Diseases Act Section 55). When starting a permanent employment relationship as an early childhood education teacher in 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.