Data protection intern

• Helsingin kaupungin Kasvatuksen toimialan tietosuojaharjoittelija on määräaikaisessa työsuhteessa 1.10.2026–31.12.2026.
• Tehtävät sisältävät koulutuksessa käytettävien sovellusten tietosuojadokumenttien tarkistusta, rekisteröidyn tietopyyntöjen käsittelyä, oikeudellista tapausanalyysiä ja tekoänohjeiden osioiden läpikäyntiä.
• Palkka on 1 880,37 € kuukaudessa ja siihen voi tulla enintään 8 % kokemukseen perustuva lisä (KVTES).
• Työhön hakeutuminen edellyttää maisteriopintoja yliopistossa tai ammattikorkeakoulussa ja perustason suomen kielen taitoa, ja työnantaja tukee suomen kielen kehittymistä.

Fixed-term contractual employment

Education Division, Administration and support services

Job code: KASKO-05-104-26
Application period ends: 22.09.2026 klo 16:00
Pay: Salary 1880,37 €/kk plus a possible addition based on your experience max. 8 % (KVTES)
Employment contract: 1.10.2026 - 31.12.2026
Address: Työpajankatu 8, 00580

Are you a Master's student in a university or university of applied sciences and want to learn more about data protection? Are you interested in themes such as law, data protection and privacy?

We are looking for a data protection intern to join our team for three months, from October 1st 2026, to December 31st, 2026.

This internship is designed for international students eager to learn Finnish while working. Our goal is to ensure that individuals from diverse language and cultural backgrounds can smoothly work in the city, and learn the language needed in their jobs.

As a data protection intern, you will be working in the data protection team of the Education Division. We support schools, daycare centers, and other education providers in the city with both data protection and privacy related matters.

In this role, you will be working with various tasks, among other things:

- Review of privacy documentation on educational software and applications used by the Education Division
- Date requests: Handling of data requests from data subjects
- Legal case analysis: Going through legal databases and libraries to update our data protection instructions and processes
- Review sections of AI instructions intended for schools

You should have basic Finnish language skills, as the main working language is Finnish, with English used to support your tasks. We will support your Finnish language development throughout the internship and expect you to actively engage in improving your skills in everyday work situations.

You will join a team that values collaboration and mutual support as our key strengths, and we hope you share the same mindset. Our team fosters a psychologically safe environment for learning. Your workplace will be in Kalasatama, situated in our new and modern workspaces next to the metro station.

The salary for this position is 1 880,37€ per month.

Hopefully you like what you've read so far. We would love to hear from you!

Eligibility criteria:

Please note that this data protection intern position is exclusively available to students pursuing their master's degree at a university or university of applied sciences during the employment contract. Relevant fields of study include (but are not limited to) Law and Administration Studies. Previous experience in data protection and knowledge of the education sector will be considered an advantage.

To promote equality and non-discrimination, the City of Helsinki encourages anonymous recruitment, and this recruitment process will be conducted anonymously. The purpose of anonymous recruitment is to focus attention on the applicant’s professional competence and work experience. Please complete the job application form as usual. When writing your application, ensure that it follows the principles of anonymity. The hiring manager will select candidates for interviews based on an anonymous summary, which does not display the applicant’s name, age, gender, or native language.

We make every day the most important day in the world!

High-quality education and training are the foundation of a well-functioning city and a good life. We are Finland's largest and most influential provider of early childhood education, pre-primary and basic education, general upper secondary education, vocational education and training and liberal adult education. With 15,000 professionals, we build lifelong learning paths for Helsinki residents. We want to be the capital of education and training and a trendsetter in pedagogy. We share our knowledge and boldly develop our work together. We value work-life balance. We let everyone be themselves!

Join us in educating the Helsinki of tomorrow!

Get to know us at hel.fi/educationdivision and on social media #helsinkioppii #helsinkilearns

Contract area
KVTES General collective agreement for municipal personnel

For more information on the job, please contact
Inquiries should preferably be directed to [email protected], which is monitored by members of the Data Protection Team.

Additional information
https://www.hel.fi/fi/paatoksenteko-ja-hallinto/kaupungin-organisaatio/toimialat/kasvatuksen-ja-koulutuksen-toimiala