Daycare Director

We are looking for a Daycare Director for Touhula Vähärauma, Pori The role of a daycare director requires a self-directed and responsible approach to work. You will be responsible for the implementation of high-quality early childhood education in your daycare, customer and staff satisfaction, personnel management, and the profitability of operations. You will be responsible for the smooth daily running of the daycare and its pedagogical content. You will work in close cooperation with the team manager and other daycare directors in the region. Additionally, you will receive support from Touhula's support services. Your primary cooperation group consists of the families and staff of your daycare. You are aware that in early childhood education, we work in close cooperation with families, and you commit to excellent customer service when meeting new and current families. You support your staff in excelling in their work and enable a smooth daily routine for them. The work is hectic in nature and full of changing situations, which requires flexibility as well as excellent time management and organizational skills. Good leadership is of great importance to the well-being and success of your daycare, and you are ready to work towards these goals. Colleagues choose Touhula as an employer because... - we at Touhula continuously develop our operations. As a daycare director, you can influence the operations and development of your own daycare. - our pedagogical annual plan, Touhula Rytmi, supports the planning and evaluation of early childhood education. Additionally, the daycare director's annual calendar supports your administrative work. - we invest in carefully planned orientation and training opportunities to support the development of your own expertise. - we have a comprehensive network of colleagues and a warm work community where everyone can ask for advice from one another. - in addition to employee benefits, we invest diversely in the occupational well-being of daycare directors, about which we would be happy to tell you more during the interview. We expect from you... - experience in supervisory work or a very strong readiness and motivation to commit yourself to becoming an excellent daycare director. - qualifications for the position of daycare director according to the Early Childhood Education Act. - an inspiring attitude and excellent interaction skills. - firmness and the ability to work under pressure even in challenging situations. - presentation of a valid criminal record extract, as required by the Act on the Checking of the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children (504/2002). The employment contract is conditional upon the presentation of an acceptable criminal record extract. The Communicable Diseases Act requires the clarification of the risk of tuberculosis infection for those working with children under school age. Touhula Vähärauma Touhula is a private daycare family with 113 daycares across Finland. We are a significant employer in the field of early childhood education, and approximately 2,000 Touhula employees work here to create a happy childhood and a good working life. We employ early childhood education childcare workers, teachers, special education teachers, daycare assistants, aides, daycare directors, and support service experts operating in their own areas of expertise. We all have an important responsibility as builders of children's futures. Our guiding values are well-being, openness, responsibility, and the joy of learning.