Principal in comprehensive school education

Turku International School is a vibrant and innovative community. It is the only school in the Turku region whose curriculum is provided fully in English.
The successful performance of the task requires experience-based competence in pedagogical, HR and financial management. The ability to use administrative software and versatile ICT skills are considered advantageous.

Applicants are also expected to have:

Good command of English (the working language) and Finnish (stakeholder cooperation)
Understanding of international and multicultural operating environments
Experience of working in an international school in Finland and/or abroad
Willingness and readiness to promote changes (change management)
A vision for the need to grow and develop the international school according to the city strategy
Stakeholder cooperation skills

The International School is a comprehensive school of 250 pupils. It will operate in Varissuo in the autumn semester 2025 but will then move to a new school building in Kupittaa in January 2026.

The necessary qualification requirements are determined by the Decree on Qualification Requirements for Teaching Staff (986/98).
The person chosen for the position must provide their employer with an account of their state of health (Laki kunnan ja hyvinvointialueen viranhaltijasta 304/2003, section 7) and an extract from the criminal records referred to in section 6, subsection 2 of the Criminal Records Act (Act on Checking the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children, 504/2002). This public-service employment relationship is subject to a six-month trial period.

The City of Turku offers the following benefits:
– Versatile training opportunities
– Föli commuter tickets for more affordable bus trips
– Workplace health promotion (Tyky) bracelets for sports and cultural services in the City of Turku (e.g. Turku City Theatre)
– Employee bicycle benefits

To promote equality and non-discrimination, the City of Turku prefers anonymous recruitment. In practice, this means that in the first phase of the recruitment process, open-ended questions in the job application should not include information such as age, native language, or gender. Although some of this information is asked in the background details, it will not be visible to the hiring manager in the anonymous applicant report. The goal of anonymous recruitment is to focus attention on the applicant’s professional skills and work experience.

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