Child Day Care Worker

Your presence brings safety—come and help create a happy childhood! We are seeking a Child Day Care Worker for Touhula Hervannan Kampus in Tampere. For Touhula, children and families are at the heart of what we do. Together with them we create a happy childhood and a good working life—our most beloved daycare that belongs to us all. At Touhula, early childhood education is more than plans and routines. It is everyday insights and people who have permission to make an impact. Working in small groups gives you the opportunity to meet every child individually and to influence their daily routines with meaningful actions. Perhaps you are the new Touhula member whose warmth and care leave a lasting memory for the future? Touhula Hervannan Kampus—what is the daycare like? Our daycare is located at Tampere University’s Hervanta Campus, which enables many different excursion destinations and convenient transport options, for example tram access. At Touhula Hervannan Kampus diversity is a strength, and we value each individual. We encounter our clients and each other with respect and without prejudice. Our daycare fosters open dialogue culture where we accept everyone regardless of background. Our clients and our staff come from many cultures and our daycare speaks many native languages. Your tasks as a Child Day Care Worker: You are an important part of a team creating a safe, inspiring and learning-supportive everyday life for children. You participate in supporting children’s growth, development and learning together with the team, families and the entire work community. At the core of your job is: Pedagogy implementation: participate in planning and evaluating high-quality early childhood education as part of the team, using your strengths. Implement small-group and full-day pedagogy in line with Touhula Rhythm. Responsibility for your own small group: be responsible for your own small group’s activities and participate in pedagogical documentation and development of early childhood plans with the team. Care for the learning environment: ensure the group’s learning environment is diverse, safe and tidy. Positive customer experience: build trust and open interaction with families. Create a positive atmosphere that comes across in every interaction. We take care of you: Because you do the most important work in the world, we want to take care of your well-being. As an employee you are entitled to, among others: occupational health care with Pihlajalinna, Epassi benefit (200 €/year), well-being fund for shared recreational and rest days (80 €/year), thorough orientation, access to high-quality pedagogical tools, broad training opportunities and continuing education stipends, and a proactive and experimental workplace culture where you can influence with your ideas. We offer a salary for a full-time employee in the range 2,449.58 – 2,749.79 €/month. The final pay depends on years of work experience and any job-specific or personal pay supplements. We expect from you: Compliance with the Finnish Varhaiskasvatuslaki for a child day care worker, ability to build open and professional interaction with all stakeholders, responsible attitude and willingness to try new practices and actively develop your professional competence, and a clean criminal record and infectious disease clearance as required by law. Want to know more? Please contact Hilla Ollila at 010 325 8722, 9:00–15:00. Touhula Hervannan Kampus, Phone: 010 325 8722, Email: hilla.ollila@touhula.fi, Location: Hermiankatu 5, Tampere.