Jari Rantala Email & Phone Number

66400, Laihia, Ostrobothnia, Finland

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Pomarkku, West And Inner Finland, Finland

In my job I led and managed the University’s Community and International relations, excluding the Finnish Defence Forces International Centre (FINCENT). I also led and managed the University’s public affairs and visits and contacts to partners. I was in charge of activities related to outside funding and was the owner of the University’s community.

Helsinki Area, Finland

As the full-time president (chairman), I was responsible for leading the overall activities of the union (6,000 members). The job had a manager/leader contract. The most important areas of the job were community relations, negotiation activities, organisational cooperation and external communications.I was also selected as a vice chair for JUKO.

My responsibilities included leading shop steward activities (6 regional and 55 local shop stewards), preparations for collective bargaining contract negotiations, dispute negotiations with the employer, preparing international affairs, shop steward training, contract negotiations together with the chairman and acting as a representative in various working.

In this job I was responsible for planning the Finnish Defence Forces’ operational expenditure (600 million €). Included in it was compiling the Defence Forces’ action plan (4 years), preparing and planning decisions relating to operational expenditures, acting as the presenter during presentations by the Chief of Planning to the Commander of the Finnish.

This task was directly subordinate to the Chief of Intelligence of the Finnish Defence Forces. In addition to Kosovo, the area of responsibility included, Albania, Macedonia and Serbia. My job was getting intelligence information on the area’s military, political and economic situation (incl. organised crime). My organisation included salaried personnel of.

As the Chief of Branch I was in charge of planning of activities and resources and budgeting (120 million €) for the Military Command. I was the steering group secretary and an assistant to the Chief of Staff during planning. An additional duty was a project officer handling the disbandment of the Southwest Finland Air Defence Regiment. The job included.

After graduating from the Military Academy (8/1990) I was in eight different increasingly demanding duties ranging from instructor and company commander to a senior staff officer. In all those duties I was also a superior, not including time spent on career courses.

After military service I served as a temporary instructor. I worked as a platoon leader and my subordinates included another reserve officer.

I was a foreman at the equipment section. This job provided an excellent grounds for future leadership duties. I gained experience in leading and managing grass-roots level industrial personnel with its difficulties and possibilities.

General Staff Officer'S Degree

The General Staff Officer's degree is a post-graduate degree for officers. The primary task is to train general staff officers for the.

Education record

Officer's degree

Faculty Of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Studies before military career