Game Management Planner

As the current postholder retires, we are seeking a Wildlife Planner for a permanent position in Suomen riistakeskus’s Southeast Finland operating area, where 20 game management associations operate. The area consists of the regions of Kymenlaakso and South Karelia, the area of the former municipality of Suomenniemi in the region of South Savo, and the municipality of Iitti in the region of Päijät-Häme. The Wildlife Planner’s duties include planning and advisory work in game management, support duties for game management associations, stakeholder cooperation, and carrying out separately assigned public administrative duties. The post is based at Suomen riistakeskus’s regional office in Hamina. The role requires: - A suitable university of applied sciences or university degree, or another suitable qualification combined with practical, demonstrated command of wildlife-planning duties. - Good knowledge of game management association operations and administration. - Good knowledge of game management and hunting. - Excellent spoken and written Finnish. - Satisfactory Swedish and English skills. - Negotiation skills and good cooperation and interaction skills. - Readiness for flexible working hours and travel in Finland. - Readiness to develop game management as part of Suomen riistakeskus’s process organisation. Good knowledge of youth activities and cooperation with schools is considered an advantage for the selected candidate. The salary is determined according to the current collective agreement applied in the sector. The post must be taken up on 1 March 2027 or by agreement. Remote work is possible in accordance with Suomen riistakeskus’s remote-work rules. Applications addressed to Suomen riistakeskus are requested by 15 November 2026 at 15:00, preferably electronically to kirjaamo@riista.fi or alternatively by post to Suomen riistakeskus, Kirjaamo, Sompiontie 1, 00730 Helsinki. Write “Riistasuunnittelijan toimi, Kaakkois-Suomi” as the email subject or on the envelope. Further information about the role is available from Sauli Härkönen, Head of Public Administrative Duties, sauli.harkonen@riista.fi, tel. 029 431 2104; Jarkko Nurmi, Game Management Director, jarkko.nurmi@riista.fi, tel. 029 431 2105; and Deputy Director Jari Pigg, jari.pigg@riista.fi, tel. 029 431 2102. Suomen riistakeskus is an independent public-law institution under the guidance and supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, with 15 offices around Finland. Its duties are to promote sustainable game management, support the activities of game management associations, ensure the implementation of game policy, and perform the public administrative duties assigned to it by law.