Specialist, Career Guidance

HAMK Career Services has an open, fixed-term position for a Specialist, Career Guidance. The fixed-term position is open due to a leave of absence of our current colleague. Specialists Main Responsibilities The goal of the career guidance specialists role is to enhance HAMKs international degree students job-seeking skills, networking opportunities and employment within their field of study. The specialist offers individual and group career guidance for HAMKs degree students in our English-taught degree programmes. They guide, mentor and advise international degree students on how to secure work placement and employment opportunities, considering the students individual circumstances and needs. The guidance provided is comprehensive, encompassing career guidance which supports the development of students job-seeking skills in Finland as well as enhances students abilities to recognise their own skills and articulate them convincingly to potential employers. Group career guidance sessions are offered as part of Career Services service provision to degree programmes. As part of the role, the specialist acts as a trainer and facilitator in workshop sessions for students on CVs, cover letters and LinkedIn. In addition, they organise pop-ups, webinars and other context-related events for students, such as job interview simulations. The role also involves maintaining active contact with local and regional employers and stakeholders, with the aim of generating more work placements and part-time positions for our degree students. The specialist also contributes to recruitment fairs and other events on HAMKs campuses and works in close collaboration with HAMKs internal stakeholders, including work placement coordinators, study counsellors and Heads of Degree Programmes for HAMKs English-taught degree programmes. Skills and competencies needed We require you to have a relevant higher education degree and previous experience working in the field of employment and recruitment in Finland. We also expect you to have demonstrated experience as a trainer and facilitator and strong experience in mentoring, coaching and/or guidance. We expect you to have previous experience in Talent Boost or similar activities or projects connected to the employment of international degree students in Finnish higher education. We also expect you to have excellent English language skills and a minimum of A2-level Finnish language skills with a proactive attitude in learning actively more Finnish. Our team is bilingual, using Finnish and English flexibly throughout the workday. We are looking for a dynamic and outgoing talent with strong communication and self-management skills. Our team tends to act fast, and we work closely together, so a colleague who is a team player with a proactive attitude would be a perfect fit for us. You will be leading initiatives related to career growth events and activities, and you will be responsible for coordinating our workshop service provision for the degree programmes. We expect you to have strong organisational skills, a systematic and meticulous approach to process management, and fluent communication skills. What we offer We support you with an enthusiastic and motivated team, comprehensive well-being and sports benefits, and flexible working hours. We work on campus and our students are at the centre of our work. To counterbalance our vibrant university community and to also ensure uninterrupted work time, our team members have one remote day per week. The position is based at HAMKs Hämeenlinna University Centre. Your work will include travelling between HAMKs campuses so a driver's license and your own car is needed to get around. Application and CV We will review applications already during the recruitment period. Your application / motivational letter is crucially important for us so that we can get to know you based on your application. In your application, please share with us your motivation for this position and describe how your skills, competences and previous experience meet with the requirements we have in this recruitment call. If you use AI as an assistant, please ensure that your own, unique personal touch is strongly demonstrated in your application documents. Also attach your CV, finetuned specifically for this open position (CV is set to be an obligatory attachment in the application form for this position). Please also use the opportunity to call the recruiter if you have any questions or if you just wish to have a chat and get a feeling about our team and our work community. Applications must be submitted via Kuntarekry by October 21, 2026 at the latest. Interviews will be held at HAMKs Hämeenlinna University Centre during week 45 (2.-6.11.). For more information about the position, please contact Head of International Affairs, Kati Heikkinen, tel. 050 517 1581

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