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Humak
Senior Lecturer, Adventure and Outdoor Education (Helsinki)
Helsinki
December 2, 2024
In this role, you will teach and guide future adventure and outdoor education professionals. You will also be involved in the national and international networks within the field. You will develop Humak’s Adventure education programme together with other professionals, ensuring that our education maintains top-notch quality and stays in line with the field’s latest trends.
In addition to our contact teaching on campus, lecturer’s work includes supervising internships and theses, online teaching and teaching assignments on field trips to places like the Finnish Archipelago Sea and Lapland, among others.
We expect you to have
- work experience in the field of teaching, youth work or education.
- practical work experience or an understanding of how adventure education can be used to support the growth, development and well-being of individuals, groups and communities.
- a wide range of pedagogical skills and knowledge of outdoor adventure education, activity-based methods and outdoor learning.
- knowledge of the theoretical basis of experiential learning
- experience of teaching and applying adventure education, and outdoor skills with a variety of groups.
- fluency in digital skills and ability to deliver teaching and student guidance also online.
- fluency in written and oral English and A2.2 level Finnish or willingness to acquire it if selected for the position.
- readiness to travel both within Finland and abroad, with an estimated number of travel days of 20-30 days per year.
The terms and conditions of your employment and remuneration will be in accordance with the collective agreement of the Sivista and a 6-month probationary period. The position requires a suitable master’s degree, a teacher’s pedagogical qualification or a readiness to obtain it, and at least three years of suitable practical working experience (Regulation 1129/2014) in the field of teaching, youth work or education.
The position will start on 3 February 2025 or according to the agreement. The location for this position is Ilkantie 4, Helsinki, Finland.
What’s it like to work with us?
Our culture is based on a common value base that supports openness, equality and mutual trust. On this foundation, we have built a communal workplace, which has received recognition in the 2024 Karvi quality audit for, among other things, a culture that encourages experimentation and an inclusivity. We support the innovation and interaction of our personnel and encourage bold experimentation.We have a dynamic community of 160 experts working for us. As a Humak employee, you will have colleagues all over Finland. Together we gather at both remote and live settings to develop new things for Humak.
We want to take care of the well-being and development of our employees. Our employee benefits include, among other things, comprehensive occupational health care, sports and cultural benefits, lunch benefits and the opportunity for a bicycle benefit.
How to apply
Don’t wait! Please submit your application and CV soon – the adventure awaits, but no later than December 15, 2024. We will only consider applications received through the system. We process applications during the application period, so you should apply as soon as possible. Interviews will be held on December 19, 2024. Application link Senior Lecturer, Adventure and Outdoor EducationWant to know more?
For more information about the position, please contact Tero Lämsä, the team leader for adventure and outdoor education. You can best reach Tero on December 4th from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM and December 10th from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (UTC/GMT +2 hours) at +358 400 349363.Humak in a nutshell
Humak is a national university of applied sciences that builds a more humane world and operates almost everywhere in Finland. We create a more equal society by developing expertise that connects people. We educate community educators, cultural producers and interpreters on both Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. We train experts who have the courage to defend people and humanity. We want to produce expertise that enables a sustainable lifestyle for current and future generations.For more than 20 years, Humak has offered adventure and outdoor education as part of the Finnish-language degree in Community Education, as well as vocational education and open UAS courses. In autumn 2018, a new, English-language degree (Bachelor in Adventure and Outdoor Education, Community Educator), was launched. The degree graduates are international adventure education professionals who work in, for example, youth and education guidance and expert positions, in organisations and in companies providing nature and experience services.
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