Early Childhood Education Teacher

What do we expect from you? We hope that you have strong professional expertise in working with children of early childhood education age. You meet children genuinely, warmly, and with respect, and you work in cooperation with guardians and the work community. We value a committed work ethic, a positive attitude toward development, and a desire to build high-quality early childhood education together. With us, you will become part of a competent and encouraging work community. Our municipality is known as an attractive and retaining employer for early childhood education - come join us in doing meaningful work. Qualifications Qualifications for an early childhood education teacher are determined in accordance with Sections 26 and 75 of the Early Childhood Education Act (540/2018) and its transitional provisions. A Bachelor of Education degree must include studies that provide professional readiness for early childhood education tasks, or a university of applied sciences degree in social services and health care with at least 60 ECTS credits specializing in early childhood education and social pedagogy. We also consider graduating early childhood education teachers, in which case the employment relationship can begin as permanent until the qualification requirements are met. Pay Pay and working hours are determined according to OVTES. Level salary 3,098.55-3,202.90 €/month (according to level criteria). Qualification supplement according to OVTES section G is paid for a degree meeting the early childhood education teacher requirements: 15.73 €/month, and for a Master of Education degree: 39.71 €/month. Working hours 38.25 h/week. Before accepting the position, the selected person must present a criminal record extract as referred to in Section 6, subsection 2 of the Criminal Records Act (770/1993) based on the Act on the Checking of the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children (504/2002), an acceptable health certificate within two months of starting work, and a tuberculosis screening in accordance with Section 55 of the Communicable Diseases Act.