At the heart of Pilke's early childhood education, childcare and after-school activities are the company's good day makers - more than 2,000 ECEC and childcare professionals. Their goal is to ensure that children have a good day, every day.

We value our competent early childhood education professionals and strive for being an excellent employer. In addition to our values, the activities of our work community are driven by a strong sense of quality, togetherness and encouragement.

We are looking for a teacher in early childhood education to Pilke daycare centre Pilke Playschool Espoonlahti in Espoo. The daycare centre has places for 162 children. The position requires a willingness to utilise your competence, to develop and innovate new ideas and to provide the children and colleagues with a good day through personal engagement.

Playschool Espoonlahti is a language kindergarten with five Finnish-speaking and four English-speaking children's groups. In our bilingual preschool, children receive instruction in both English and Finnish. In our Finnish-speaking groups, we emphasize English language enrichment, and in English-speaking groups, Finnish language enrichment. Our pedagogical activities adhere to the Finnish National Core Curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Care. We also have a strong emphasis on multiculturalism and diversity, celebrating various events throughout the year.

Pilke Playschool Espoonlahti is a new daycare center opened in August 2022 in the heart of Espoonlahti. We are located on the 3rd floor of the shopping center Lippulaiva, next to good transport connections. Our facilities are new and spacious, and we also have our own fenced yard. Playschool Espoonlahti has 162 childcare places for children aged 0-6. We also offer preschool education in our kindergarten.

We have Finnish-language groups in the kindergarten, where English is gradually introduced. We also have English-language groups, where Finnish is gradually introduced.

In language-rich early childhood education, children get to practice familiar songs, rhymes and concepts by singing and meditating together in the main language of the group, but Finnish or English is also used in everyday life.

As a teacher in early childhood education, your task is to support and foster the children's growth, development and learning. You are familiar with the content of the national core curricula for early childhood education and care and capable of putting them into practice. You plan, assess and develop the child group's pedagogical activities and, for your part, are responsible for the implementation of high-quality pedagogy at your unit. You base your working methods on pedagogical principles, a positive and active attitude, good interactive skills and the ability to encounter children genuinely. You enjoy working with children, see the future in them and value your work as a teacher in early childhood education, as a good day maker.

We offer our employees appealing and safe work, a positive working atmosphere and support in their duties. Our employees have the opportunity to develop their work and educate themselves further. We apply solution-based working practices and encourage our employees to try new things. At Pilke, you have the opportunity to step up the career ladder to various positions. This page provides further information about working at Pilke daycare centres. There you will also find the story of Anu who works as a teacher in early childhood education at Pilke.

To be qualified for the position, you must hold at least a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree including kindergarten teacher training or a Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care degree including studies in early childhood education and social pedagogy, 60 ETCS. The selected candidate shall present to the employer a criminal records extract within the meaning of Section 6 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Records Act (770/1993).

If this description sounds like you, don't hesitate to submit an application. We would be glad to welcome you among our good day makers!