Central Administration
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The central administration operates under the city board and is headed by the Mayor. The central administration guides, supervises and supports the entire city organization and is responsible for the corporate governance of subsidiaries and takes care of the decision preparation of the city council, city board and divisions.
The central administration consists of the division of finance, strategy and corporate governance, the division of human resources, the division of administration, promotion of interests, communication and events, the division of digi and ICT and the department of internal audit. The tasks and responsibilities are elaborated in the central administration directive (in Finnish) approved by the Mayor.
The regulations regarding the jurisdiction of the central administration are elaborated in the documents listed here (in Finnish).
Administration contact details
Mayor (sub.), Director Ari Alatossava
Contact the Mayor and Director
Division of Finance, Strategy and Corporate Governance
The division of finance, strategy and corporate governance is headed by Director Ari Alatossava.
The following teams operate within the division:
- Finance team, Finance Director Marja Kariniemi, tel. 050 597 4109
- Supervision and development of procurements team, Procurement Manager Johanna Lahdenperä, tel. 040 159 8153
- Development, knowledge management and customership team, Development Director Veli-Matti Keloneva, tel. 044 703 1261
- Strategy and corporate governance, Strategy Director Kari-Pekka Kronqvist, tel. 044 703 1257
Division of Human Resources
The division of human resources is headed by HR Director Tuomas Halonen.
Secratary Kaija Rahja tel. 044 703 1441
Division of Administration, Promotion of Interests, Communication and Events
The division of administration, promotion of interests, communication and events is headed by Administration Director Ari Heikkinen
The following teams and departments operate within the division:
- Administration team, Administration Director Ari Heikkinen, tel. 040 070 0507
- Decision preparation support department, Administration Manager Minna Parkkila, tel. 044 703 1201
- Legal services department, City Attorney Jukka Lampén, tel. 044 703 1149
- Document management, Document Management Manager Sanna-Leena Eskola, tel. 044 703 0671
- The Mayor's Office team, Administration Director Ari Heikkinen tel. 040 070 0507
- Communication and events team, Communications Director Mikko Salmi, tel. 040 482 3223
- Communications department, Communications Manager Sari Valppu tel. 044 703 1145
- Events department, Events Manager Jarkko Halunen tel. 044 703 8274
Division of Digi and ICT
The division of digi and ICT is headed by Information Management Director Tapio Matinmikko, tel. 040 506 3588
The following teams operate within the division:
- End user and information system services team, ICT Service Manager Jukka Kukkonen, tel. 040 673 2728
- ICT infrastructure services team, ICT Infrastructure Services Manager Päivi Kärki, tel. 044 703 1450
- Presentation technology, education and mobile operator services team, ICT Infrastructure Services Manager Petri Kaski, tel. 050 593 6936
- Information management and technologies team, Development Manager Ari Ylinärä, tel. 040 562 2684
- Digital security team, Information Security Manager Kari Nykänen, tel. 044 703 3555 (email: kari.j.nykanen@ouka.fi)
Internal Audit
Internal audit, Chief Audit Executive Susanna Piltonen
Email addresses are usually in the following form: firstname.lastname@ouka.fi
See also: Internal audit (in Finnish)
Administration works at the Environment Building
Address
90140 OULU
Oulu, Finland
Opening hours
Monday - Friday
8.00 - 16.00
Opening hours may vary. Please see exceptions to opening hours on the Finnish website or by contacting customer service.
Accessibility
The route to the main entrance
- 3 accessible parking spaces are located outdoors over 10 m from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is at least 3.6 m.
- The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance (max 5 meters), giving easy access to the main entrance.
- The route to the entrance is even, adequately wide and illuminated.
Main entrance
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated. There is a canopy above the entrance.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly and the glass doors have contrast markings. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens automatically with a button.
- There are thresholds over 2 cm high at the entrance.
In the facility
- The customer service point is on the entrance floor.
- The customer service point has directions to the different facilities.
- The doors in the customer service point stand out clearly. The glass doors have contrast markings.
- The waiting room of the customer service point does not have a queue number system. There are seats in the waiting room.
- The customer service point has a portable induction loop.
- The customer service point has a toilet marked as accessible on the same floor.
Some departments work at Oulu10
Address
Torikatu 10
90100 OULU
Oulu, Finland
Opening hours
Exceptions
Accessibility
The route to the main entrance
- The 4 accessible parking spaces are located outdoors over 10 m from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is less than 3.6 m.
- The route to the entrance is guided, rough and illuminated.
The main entrance
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated. There is a canopy above the entrance.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly and the glass doors have contrast markings. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens automatically with a button.
In the facility
- The customer service point is on the entrance floor.
- The customer service point has directions to the different facilities.
- The customer service point has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The doors in the customer service point stand out clearly. The glass doors have contrast markings.
- The waiting room of the customer service point has a queue number system and seats.
- The customer service point has a portable induction loop.
- The customer service point has a toilet marked as accessible on the same floor. The toilet door cannot be easily opened and closed.
