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Come to work For Earth and for Us

At GTK, you do meaningful work for Finland, nature and the entire planet. With us, you can work flexibly, influence your own work and develop your competence every day. You are part of a community of the best experts in their field.​

There are more than 400 of us at GTK. Among us, you will find experts with a wide range of backgrounds.

Our geo and environmental experts specialise in mineral economy, circular economy, energy, water and environmental issues as well as digital solutions. Top-level laboratory experts, information management experts and research assistants enable our research work. In addition, you will find experts in communications, HR and financial administration, ICT, records management and legal matters. 91% of GTK’s employees are Finns and the rest are non-Finnish citizens.

Why work at GTK?

Your work is meaningful. You will do important work for Finland and the whole world, for example related to the environment and climate change. You are involved in building a sustainable, carbon-neutral future.

We are not a dull office. We constantly develop and evolve. We are a pioneer of central government in modern ways of working (read more).

We offer competence and career development opportunities. With us, you can develop your skills in many ways. We offer a wide range of career path options.

We provide modern and location independent work settings. We have flexible remote work opportunities and working hours. Our activity-based work environments support open interaction. We invest in well-being at work, good management and supervisor work, community spirit and modern working methods.

Benefits for our personnel

  • Comprehensive occupational health care
  • Annual sports and cultural benefit
  • Good vacation benefits
  • Flexible working opportunities

Internships

We offer summer intern positions for students in geology and environmental science. The application for the summer 2025 internship is open from January 27 to February 17. See all intern positions.

Personnel Survey 2025 Results

86 % of GTK people answered the personnel survey. The results are displayed on a scale 1-4.

Overall job satisfaction 3,20

Overall job satisfaction is formed as the average of the individual question-specific results of the survey.

Own work 3,37

Meaningfulness of work
Sufficiency of encouraging feedback
Influencing work
Clarity of the objectives of the work

Management 3,26

Fairness of the supervisor
The supervisor's ability to boldly tackle problems
Clarity and comprehensibility of the strategy
People-oriented approach of top management

Work community 3,05

Perceived safety to share thoughts and ideas in the work community
Cooperation between work communities
Organisation of activities
Development of operations

Organisation 3,12

Promotion of well-being at work
Successful implementation of changes made during the year
Values worth pursuing
Fair and equal treatment

Responsibility 3,01

People-oriented approach of top management
Promotion of well-being at work
Fair and equal treatment
Consultation of personnel in decision-making
Sustainable operations

Psychological safety 3,34

Sufficiency of encouraging feedback
Perceived appreciation
Being accepted as oneself
Perceived safety to share thoughts and ideas in the work community
Arvostava vuorovaikutus

Muutoskyvykkyys 3,17

Influencing one's own work
Work-life balance
Positive and inspiring team spirit in the work community
Solving challenging situations in the work community
The organisation's ability to adapt flexibly to changes in the operating environment

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