Director of Facilities for Education and Culture

Director of Facilities for Education and Culture

Do you want to be in a key role in developing Helsinki's education and culture facilities, join us as a Director of Facilities!

Are you excited about leading and taking responsibility for large entities? We are looking for a Director to be responsible for the overall facilities services of the sector.

Key Responsibilities

As the Director of Facilities, you will be responsible for the strategic planning, development, and management of the facilities used by the education and culture sector. In this role, you will lead the expert organization of facilities services and ensure that the operational and financial facility solutions are suitable for learners of all ages and for resident use. As a leader, you will collaborate extensively with facility users and various city organizations and stakeholders in, among other things, facility projects and rentals, project management, service network planning, and regional development projects. In addition, your tasks will include preparing presentations and statements for decision-making by top management, and acting as a presenter in management groups and as an expert in the meetings of the education and culture committee.

You will lead the learning environments planning services for approximately 30 experts, which is divided into three sub-units: service network, facility projects, and safety services units. As the head of the service, you will lead operations, personnel, and finances, be responsible for achieving results and goals, and for developing operations.

Learning environments planning services are responsible for defining the sector's service facility needs, developing the service network, and renting and contract management of resident use facilities. In addition, learning environments planning services are responsible for the guidance, development, and support of the functionality and loose furnishings of facility project planning. The service is partly responsible for promoting and coordinating the sector's safety matters. In addition, guiding preparedness and continuity in the sector also belongs to learning environments planning services.

Your work will clearly reflect the cornerstones of Helsinki City's leadership: vision, coherence, enthusiasm, and execution capability. Your work is guided by our sector's leadership promise, which is built around community-driven leadership, responsibility, and locality.

What We Offer

• You will get to develop Helsinki's learning environments far into the future and work in a competent and enthusiastic expert community.
• By working together, we will find the best solutions for our customers.
• You will be part of the active and collaborative management group of the sector's common services, composed of top professionals.
• We offer comprehensive employment benefits, such as commuting, sports, and lunch benefits.
• You have access to great workspaces in Kalasatama.

Prerequisites for Success

We require experience in facility planning and construction. In addition, you have the ability to manage a broad facility network and investments cost-effectively in the long term and to connect facility solutions to the core task of the sector - supporting learning and upbringing. You have good leadership and supervisory skills, the ability for independent decision-making, and goal-oriented action, taking into account even large entities. We require excellent cooperation and negotiation skills and the ability to function smoothly in a municipal organization.

The eligibility requirement for the position is a suitable higher education degree, management experience, and excellent oral and written skills in Finnish, good skills in English, and satisfactory skills in Swedish. If the higher education degree was completed abroad, a decision on the equivalence of the degree is required.

The position has a six-month probationary period. Before taking up the position, the selected candidate must present an acceptable statement of their health condition. In addition, a personal security clearance (Security Clearance Act 726/2014) will be carried out for the person selected for the position with the applicant's consent. More detailed information about the procedure can be found at https://supo.fi/turvallisuusselvitykset (link leads to an external service).

For management positions in the City, a total remuneration system applies. The amount of salary is significantly influenced by the demands of the task and the individual's leadership skills and performance.

Recruitment Process

We will implement the first stage as a video interview, with selections made during week 19. Based on the video interviews, we will select applicants for the first round of live interviews, which will take place on May 12 and June 1. The final stage of the process is the second round of live interviews on June 15, where candidates proceeding will also undergo a personal assessment. We will keep applicants informed about the progress of the recruitment throughout the process. Submit your application via the "Apply for the position" link by April 29 at 3:00 PM.

To promote equality and non-discrimination, the City of Helsinki encourages anonymous recruitment, and this recruitment will be conducted anonymously. The aim of anonymous recruitment is to focus attention on the applicant's professional competence and work experience. Fill out the application form as usual. When writing your application, please note that it follows the principles of anonymity. The supervisor selects the interviewed individuals based on an anonymous summary, and the applicant's name, age, gender, or native language is not visible.

Key skills/competency

• Director of Facilities
• Facilities Management
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Budget Management
• Leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Urban Development
• Facility Design
• Public Sector Operations