Data protection intern

Helsingin Kaupunki; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Helsinki seeks a data protection intern for three months in the Education Division, starting October 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2026. The role is designed for international students eager to learn Finnish while working.

The intern will assist in protecting privacy across schools, daycare centers, and other education providers, reviewing privacy docs, handling data requests, and updating procedures. Kalasatama workspace offers modern facilities beside the metro.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a master's degree in a relevant field (Law or Administration).
• Basic Finnish language skills; main working language is Finnish.
• Interest in data protection and privacy; prior data protection exposure is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Review privacy documentation on educational software and applications used by the Education Division
• Date requests: Handling of data requests from data subjects
• Legal case analysis: Update data protection instructions and processes
• Review sections of AI instructions intended for schools

Skills

Finnish language (basic)

English language

Education

Master's student in Law or Administration Studies

Job description

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.

• - 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.

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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.