Teaching Assistants, Fixed-term, Järvenpää Community School - Järvenpään kaupunki - Järvenpää, Finland

Join us in shaping the future of Järvenpää! We build a smooth everyday life with 1,600 professionals. Everyone has the opportunity to learn and develop their work. At Järvenpää, we value a coaching approach, community-driven work, learning opportunities, and a flexible work culture. We are looking for part-time (82.35%) teaching assistants at Järvenpää Community School. The weekly working time is 31 hours and 30 minutes. There are four available positions, all located in primary school, including afternoon club supervision. Two positions are personal guidance roles. One involves working both at the main school and Kyrölä unit. Please specify which role you are interested in in your application. As a teaching assistant, you play an important role in students' daily life and well-being. You guide and support students with various learning and school support needs, helping to create a safe, encouraging, and inclusive school day. You work closely with teachers and the multidisciplinary team, supported by an active and caring community. Järvenpää Community School is a growing, unified basic education school near the city center, with excellent transport links. The school emphasizes community, teamwork, and self-governance. The school has about 840 students in the 2026–2027 school year, including 18 groups for students with special support needs. Collaboration between general and special education is close. Teaching takes place in four different buildings, three located at the intersection of Urheilukatu and Kansakoulukatu, and the fourth is Kyrölä unit for early primary students. Why come to us in Järvenpää? We offer meaningful work where you can influence students' daily life and well-being, a community that values humor, cooperation, and mutual support, opportunities to develop your skills as part of a learning and self-directed community, good health services, and new methods to support self-governance. Learn about our culture in Järvenpää at https://www.jarvenpaa.fi/itseohjautuvuus. What do we expect from you? Good communication and teamwork skills, a positive, solution-oriented, and calm attitude, a desire to develop and learn new things, and experience in similar work is a plus but not required. You meet students positively, encouragingly, and respectfully, applying the same principles in the community. Want to hear more? Contact deputy principal Liisamaria Thil at 040 315 3903 or liisamaria.thil@jarvenpaa.fi. The application deadline is June 4, 2026, at 15:00. Interviews will be held in June by agreement. Submit your application electronically via Järvenpää city recruitment system. We look forward to your application! Qualifications include education in basic education, morning and afternoon activities, practical nurse, youth and leisure leader, or other relevant training. Employment is temporary from August 10, 2026, to June 5, 2027, under KVTES agreement. The salary is based on the job's complexity and experience, with a basic salary of €2403.43/month (part-time 82.35%, approx. €1979/month). Additional experience-based pay up to 8% of the base salary is paid if applicable. Probation period is half the employment duration. The selected candidate must provide a criminal record extract as per law 504/2002. Järvenpää uses annual working hours. Join us in Järvenpää!