The City of Hämeenlinna as an employer

The City of Hämeenlinna is built by us—Team Hämeenlinna. Get to know us and apply to become a part of a meaningful story.

We take care of each other: Here in Hämeenlinna, we care about one another and help our colleagues succeed. It’s important to us that everyone can be themselves, and together we create a workplace we can recommend to our friends.

We build Hämeenlinna together: Our work directly impacts the daily lives of the residents of the city. The success and appeal of Hämeenlinna are created in collaboration with residents and communities. We are proud of the work we do together for the benefit of the city.

You can build your own career story with us: We offer diverse assignments and flexible working methods which allow you to grow and develop into a top expert in your field. Here you get the opportunity to try, learn, and develop—sometimes to fail, but always to move forward.

How to apply to become a part of Team Hämeenlinna

We are constantly looking for new professionals to serve our residents in various roles and to become part of Team Hämeenlinna. We have approximately 400 vacancies in public recruitment annually.

We have implemented anonymous recruitment to promote equality. In the first stage of the recruitment process, applications are processed without identifying information such as the name, photo, date of birth, gender, contact details or native language of the applicant. The anonymity of the application ends when the applicants to be interviewed are decided.

We use the modern and user-friendly application system of Jobilla, through which you can easily apply for the vacancies of the City of Hämeenlinna. The system ensures that your skills are clearly visible, and we guarantee equal treatment for all applicants.

Employee benefits

We invest in our employees through quality human resource management and by emphasizing well-being at work. Working for us, you gain access to extensive employee benefits and diverse training opportunities. Our employee benefits include:

• Training and developing your own skills: You have the opportunity to complete, for example, a vocational qualification in product development.
• Culture, exercise and well-being benefit as well as commuting benefit
• Extensive occupational health care
• A wide range of exercise, culture and recreation opportunities at discounted prices, such as gyms, swimming centres, theaters and museums.
• Holiday houses for rent
• Bicycle benefits
• Interest-free loan for purchasing a computer
• Benefits and discounts on partner events and services.
• We award our employees with, among other things, the Smart Work developer award.
• Opportunity to get Tawast Golf playing rights and use the box during HPK home games.

The people of Hämeenlinna in 2025