Fixed-term contractual employment, Practical training

Education Division

Job code: KANSLIA-03-26-24
Application period ends: 28.10.2024 klo 16:00
Pay: 2204,64 eur/kk
Employment contract: 3.2.2025 - 8.8.2025
Address: Työpajankatu 8, 00580 Helsinki, 00580

Are you interested in recruitment, employee diversity, equitable HR practices and staff availability? How does the idea of working with 25 warm-welcoming HR professionals within Finland's largest employer sound to you?

We are looking for an HR Trainee to join our team for a six-mont position! This Trainee position is designed for international future professionals eager to learn Finnish during their employment. You are studying for a relevant higher education degree (e.g., at the Master's level or a higher vocational degree) and are either nearing the completion of your studies or have graduated within the past year. As English will be the primary working language, fluency in both oral and written English is essential. Fluency in Finnish is not required, but basic knowledge of the language is beneficial.

The first interview round will be carried out as video interviews at week 45, after which we will invite applicants to personal interviews at week 48.

Helsinki Trainee, HR, Education Division

As an HR Trainee, you will be working in the HR services of the Education Division which oversees strategic personnel planning, recruitment, and HR reporting of the division. Our team is also responsible for international recruitment of education professionals and the development of recruitment strategies for individuals whose first language is not Finnish or Swedish.

In this role, you will be working with various tasks, including:

- Planning, evaluating, developing and coordinating the implementation of our international recruitment projects aiming towards excellent candidate experience.
- Identifying better ways to attract education professionals already residing in Finland, to boost their interest in employment within the City of Helsinki. You will, for example, build connections with other European public sector employers to learn about their best practices in international recruitment and recruitment of foreign-language speaking professionals.
- Working in collaboration with educational institutions and NGO's to reach out to people interested in working in the field of education.
- Organising and participating in recruitment events.

Additionally, your tasks may include:

- Proofreading English documents and verifying numerical data.
- Creating presentations, recruitment reports and writing documents in English.
- Contributing to the enhancement of our team's onboarding content and practices.

We value strong collaboration and teamwork skills, as well as your ability and willingness to take an initiative.

You will join a team where cooperation and mutual support are our key strengths. Our team fosters a psychologically safe environment for learning. Our new and modern workspaces are situated in Kalasatama next to the metro station. We also offer flexible remote work opportunities. We provide you with a comprehensive orientation on your responsibilities and continuous learning support throughout your employment.

Adress of the office: Työpajankatu 8, 00580 Helsinki

What do we offer you?

We will provide you with a front-row seat in Finland’s largest employer organisation in which you will have extensive opportunities to develop your know-how, learn and create a career. We also want to support your balance between work and leisure time. The City of Helsinki is a responsible employer that wants to promote equality and non-discrimination.

To promote equality and non-discrimination, the City of Helsinki encourages anonymous recruitment processes, and the recruitment of trainees will also be carried out anonymously. The aim of anonymous recruitment is to focus solely on the applicant’s professional competence and work experience.

Positive action may be applied in this recruitment.

The position is part of the Helsinki Trainee Program, under which we have a total of 12 Trainee positions open in various roles. See all openings at: https://www.hel.fi/fi/avoimet-tyopaikat

The City of Helsinki Education Division is Finland’s largest and most versatile provider of early childhood education, pre-primary and basic education, general upper secondary and vocational education as well as liberal adult education. Each year, we serve 136,000 Helsinki residents in over 700 locations with the expertise of 14,000 employees. We offer you the diverse employee benefits of a large and responsible employer!

We learn and experiment together. Join us to provide education for the future!

Contract area
KVTES General collective agreement for municipal personnel

For more information on the job, please contact
If you would like to chat before applying, feel free to call or drop an email to HR Intern Katia Willma (tel. 0406482031, e-mail: katia.willma@hel.fi) any of the following times:

Friday 18 October between 9:00- 10:00 and 14:00-15:00

Monday 21 October between 10.00-11.00

Wednesday 23 October between 12.00-13.00