Early Childhood Education Teacher

Early childhood education teacher, Nissas unit Vantaa City, Education and Learning, Early Childhood Education Hevoshaa daycare centre Hevoshaantie 17, 01200 Vantaa Employment duration: Permanent, starting 2 November 2026 or as agreed. Hello, enthusiastic early childhood education teacher—welcome to our unit! The Nissas unit includes Hepopuisto, Hevoshaa and Nissas daycare centres. The unit is managed using a shared leadership model in which one daycare centre director is responsible for personnel and finances and the other for customers and pedagogy. We are seeking an early childhood education teacher for a group of children aged 3–5 at Hevoshaa daycare centre. We offer a skilled, relaxed, humorous and supportive work community. We expect you to have a sensitive approach and interact with children respectfully. You are motivated and enthusiastic about early childhood education work, and your interpersonal skills help you contribute to an open, communicative and positive work community. The early childhood education teacher acts as the pedagogical leader of their team and plans and implements activities in accordance with the early childhood education plan together with the team. You have a genuine opportunity to develop and grow in your work. You will receive support from a broad multidisciplinary cooperation and support network. As a teacher, you are part of the daycare centre’s management team, and the skilled work community supports you in your role as the team’s pedagogical leader. As a member of the management team, you will help develop pedagogy throughout the unit. Welcome to our cheerful and skilled team! Interested? Call Ari Hopia at 043 825 4749 or submit your application, and we will be in touch. Interviews will begin during the application period, and the position may be filled as soon as a suitable person is found. Why choose Vantaa? Vantaa is a bold and relaxed employer that offers an open working atmosphere and the opportunity to try new ways of working. You will receive support through a broad multidisciplinary cooperation and support network. Information and experiences from Vantaa early childhood education professionals are available through the employer’s linked material. At Vantaa, you will receive peer mentoring during your first working year, good training opportunities to develop your work and professional skills, a safe and equitable working environment, and opportunities to influence matters, for example through the management team. Staff benefits include sports, wellbeing and culture benefits, a lunch benefit, and a public-transport commuting benefit. Vantaa supports staff wellbeing by enabling and encouraging an active lifestyle. City employees can use discounted services at swimming pools, gyms, group exercise classes and massage businesses. Discounted tickets to cultural events are also often available. Vantaa pays a relocation allowance of €1,500 to employees moving to Vantaa from outside the nearby municipalities, after the six-month probationary period. The nearby municipalities are Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Nurmijärvi, Tuusula, Kerava, Järvenpää, Sipoo and Kirkkonummi. The allowance applies to permanent positions and only to early childhood education teachers, special education teachers in early childhood education, and daycare centre directors. Submit your application today and become our colleague! Employment details Qualification requirement: eligibility as an early childhood education teacher in accordance with the Early Childhood Education Act. The terms of employment are determined by the collective agreement for municipal teaching personnel (OVTES). Salary: €3,129.71–€3,234 per month. An additional €15 per month is paid for a degree meeting the qualification requirements, and €37.88 per month for a Master of Education degree. A work-experience supplement of 3–8% is based on previous work experience. Required checks: The selected person must present a valid criminal-record extract. For selected employees working with children under school age, a respiratory tuberculosis examination is checked under section 55 of the Communicable Diseases Act. Number of positions: 1 Probationary period: 6 months Full-time/part-time: Full-time Employment type: Employment relationship Working hours: 38 hours 15 minutes per week Contact: Daycare centre director Ari Hopia, 043 825 4749, ari.hopia@vantaa.fi. Available from 9:00 to 15:00. Vantaa is a responsible employer. We support employee wellbeing and competence and a positive working atmosphere. We continually develop our supervisory work. Equality and equal treatment in the work community are important to the City of Vantaa. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, ages and genders, including people from different language, cultural and minority groups. Submit your application through our recruitment system. Vantaa application periods close at 16:00. Video interviews may be used in the recruitment process. Application period begins: 5 October 2026 at 12:00. Application period ends: 19 October 2026 at 16:00.

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