Language Teacher

City of Vantaa, Education and Learning, Basic Education Veromäen School Veromiehentie 2, 01510 Vantaa Employment period: Fixed-term 17.08.2026 - 31.07.2027 Hello, passionate Finnish language teacher! Welcome to join our great team for the benefit of our shared students! We are looking for a teacher for Veromäen School to teach Finnish as a second language and Finnish as a mother tongue. Job description: Veromäen School is a comprehensive school for grades 1-9. Our school has approximately 870 students and a hundred staff members. Our school is located with good transport connections in the Aviapolka area in Pakkala, near the Jumbo shopping center and the airport. Our work community is positive, supportive, and our atmosphere is enthusiastic. Our staff possesses social capital, which is reflected, among other things, in a good community spirit. Co-planning and teamwork among teachers are the cornerstones of our operations. Together, we implement various forms of co-teaching. The learning culture we have created together serves as the common thread of our activities, where we learn working methods that develop self-direction. Our teaching arrangements are based on flexibility, taking into account students' different learning needs. Task description: We are looking for a full-time hourly teacher for our school to teach both Finnish as a second language and Finnish as a mother tongue. You will work in a subject team with four teachers of the same subject combination, planning and implementing your teaching work. In the upper grades, Finnish language lessons are always in blocks, enabling various forms of co-teaching. There are 18 teaching hours, of which 6h is s1-teaching and 12h is s2-teaching for lower secondary students. We are looking for a teacher with working methods that consider students as individuals, a vision for co-teaching, good collaboration skills, and a developmental approach to work. Why choose Vantaa? Vantaa is the fourth largest city in our country, with the courage to do things in new ways and the skill to operate in cooperation within various networks. The city is a secure employer that offers its staff extensive opportunities for professional development. In our modern educational institutions, internationalism, multiculturalism, and community are valued in addition to high-quality education and teaching. The City of Vantaa offers its employees versatile personnel benefits, such as sports, wellbeing, and cultural benefits, lunch benefits, and commuting benefits for the use of public transport. We support staff wellbeing by enabling and supporting an active lifestyle. City employees can utilize, among other things, discounted services of swimming pools, gyms, group exercise, and massage companies. Additionally, discounted tickets to the city's cultural events are often available for employees. Employment details Eligibility requirement: Eligibility in accordance with the Decree on the Qualifications of Teaching Staff 986/1998. The terms of employment are determined according to the Municipal Education Staff Collective Agreement (OVTES). Salary: According to OVTES Required permits: The selected person must present a valid criminal record extract Number of positions: 1 Probationary period: A 5-month probationary period applies to the position Full-time/Part-time: Full-time Type of employment: Official relationship (Virkasuhde) Working hours: According to the applicable official and collective agreement Contact information: Principal Luuri Joni 0401904977 joni.luuri@vantaa.fi Available from 3.8.2026. Vantaa is a responsible employer. We support our employees' wellbeing and expertise as well as a good atmosphere in work communities. We continuously develop our supervisory work. For us at the City of Vantaa, equality and equity in the work community are important. We hope to receive applications from people of various backgrounds, such as different ages, genders, and different language, cultural, and minority groups. Submit your application through our recruitment system. The application period for Vantaa ends at 16:00. Video interviews may be used in the recruitment process.