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The City of Vantaa currently offers meaningful employment as well as the competitive benefits of a large employer to more than 11,000 people. Half of our staff works in the teaching and education sector, a third in the health and health-care sector, the rest in the technical field and administration. Major occupational groups include child-care providers, teachers and social workers. Working for the City of Vantaa almost always requires a vocational degree. Please look through the required qualifications for the vacancies; they are often statutory. Our main working language is Finnish. However, the service sector for the Swedish-speaking population as well as work at the English School and the English Nursery form exceptions.
In order to ensure that the work is both physically and mentally suitable for the applicant, the applicant needs to have a physical examination before starting work. After this, the decision to hire and the subsequent contract of employment are made. Salaries and annual leave are subject to respective industry agreements. Working hours vary according to individual lines of work.
City of Vantaa employees are entitled to occupational health-care services that cover general-practice level health care. All City of Vantaa employees are insured against accidents. The City of Vantaa is smoke-free. The work places and their immediate surroundings are smoke-free zones. The City of Vantaa encourages the leisure activities of its employees. There are dozens of forms of exercise and exercise clubs. The culture scene is also vibrant.
The work communities in Vantaa are discussion-oriented. We examine the opinions of our staff every other year through our staff survey. The result of this survey has an impact on how we develop our work communities and our leadership. We regularly carry out questionnaires for newcomers as well as gather the experiences of our seasonal workers and all other staff. The cooperation is active, open and works towards developing our communities. At the City of Vantaa, each employee is entitled to have a performance appraisal and career-development discussion with their supervisor at least once a year. In some fields, there are group discussions in addition to a personal development discussion. The benefits of these discussions are monitored and assessed.
Vantaa is an exemplary service provider in many fields. To other municipalities, we serve as an example of progressive work in education, health care and social work as well as in cultural services and land-use planning. We are proud of our skilled people, the recognitions we have been afforded and the vast national, and even international, interest in us. Services evolve constantly, and our organisational structures evolve accordingly. In Vantaa, constant change is considered beneficial and it is seen as a chance for new opportunities. The work is satisfying and meaningful. The City of Vantaa supports the development of its employees through its generous training programmes. Our annual programme includes degree-level training, vocational courses as well as training to meet various needs. Vocational apprenticeship training has increased. We subsidise self-motivated training and education.
The City publishes all vacancies on the www.vantaa.fi website. The vacancies are also directly accessible through the www.tyonhaku.vantaa.fi link. Most of the vacancies can also be found on the www.mol.fi pages. We prefer to have all applications sent in through our application system. We hire short-term substitutes and replacements through Seure Personnel Services (www.seure.fi). Vacancies and applications are public, but we respect the privacy of the individual. The name of the applicant falls under the scope of public information.
