Early Childhood Education Teacher

We are looking for an early childhood education teacher to join a work community that values cooperation and open interaction. Here, you will have the opportunity to utilize your strengths and develop your skills through training and collaborative learning. We have a positive attitude toward change and want to evolve together for the benefit of the children and the team. Your duties You will work in a children's group together with an early childhood education social worker and a childcare worker. The group is further supported by a special education teacher in early childhood education and a language and culture teacher. Your work includes regular time for planning, evaluation, and operational development. This position is suitable for you if - your interaction with children can be described as encouraging, caring, and gentle - you enable the child's participation and value children's initiatives - even in challenging situations, you see the child's needs behind the behavior and find positive, supportive ways to support the child in everyday life - you want to learn and gain insights together with the work community - you value teamwork and have a solution-oriented mindset Start date: 17.8.2026 Eligibility requirements are determined according to the Early Childhood Education Act (540/2018) § 26 / § 27. The person selected for the position must provide the employer with a criminal record extract as referred to in Section 6, subsection 2 of the Criminal Records Act (Act on the Checking of the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children 504/2002). As employment benefits, the City of Turku offers, among other things: - versatile training - a Föli commuter card for discounted bus travel - a Tyky-wristband for the City of Turku's sports and cultural services To promote equality and impartiality, the City of Turku prefers anonymous recruitment. In practice, this means that in the first stage of the recruitment process, open questions in the job application should not include information such as age, native language, or gender. Although some of this information is asked for in the background data, this information is not visible to the recruiting line manager in the anonymous applicant report. The goal of anonymous recruitment is to focus attention on the applicant's professional competence and work experience. Workplace address: Pelttarinkatu unit, Pelttarinkatu 6, 20610 Turku