People & Culture Generalist

**Job ID**: 293572
- **Date posted**: 31/05/2025

**Our team within IKEA**At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We believe that everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society and the planet. We are passionate about home furnishing, creating a positive life at home and sharing our tasty responsibly sourced food with the many people across the world.We are guided by our cultures & values, creating a great place to work. We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion.We care about people & planet and promote health & wellbeing.We nurture your development and provide career opportunities to unlock your potential. **What you need to know**Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:

- 5 weeks’ Paid Annual Leave, Paid Parental Leave, Family & Community Leave and much more
- 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support
- 15% Co-worker discount
- Low-cost nutritious meals including complimentary drinks in our Co-worker restaurant
- Co-worker uniform provided
- Free Co-worker parking
- Free benefits membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers).
- Bonus programme (where eligible)
- Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)

Additional information:

- This role is a Temporary Full-time contract, available until August 2027
- The internal job title for this role is People & Culture Generalist
- Applications close Friday 13 June 2025
- As our store operates 7 days per week, there will be a requirement to work some late shifts and weekend shifts on a rotating roster

**About this work area**As People & Culture Generalist your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Business partnering with the leadership team within the store and your portfolio to develop and drive the People agenda to support the Country business objectives
- Executing all operational People tasks related to human resources at unit level to deliver an excellent co-worker experience, including Workers Compensation
- Supporting the building of local business competence & performance by setting and working on relevant People goals
- Ensuring and executing delivery of learning & training at the unit level, unless provided by the national support office team
- Implementing a co-worker relations plan that effectively manages all local interactions with co-workers, including performance management, and ensures that all areas in the unit work with the labour relations principles and uphold local policies, procedures and laws

As People & Culture Generalist you are or have:

- Passionate about people and unlocking their potential to contribute to business results.
- Able to take initiative and confidently work independently, while also supporting your team
- Enjoy working in a vibrant and changing multidimensional environment and have an appreciation of the mix in strategic, tactical and operational tasks.
- Goal-oriented with a drive to meet store and department KPIs
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to lead and develop others; strong coaching and mentoring techniques that support your genuine interest in people.
- Proven ability to be able to build and strengthen key relationships to compliment and support our collaborative and inclusive store culture.
- An advocate of change, with an ability to compliment communication channels through the development of tailored People plans with a down-to-earth yet strategic approach to growing the business.
- A degree in human resources and/or proven experience as a human resource generalist, you are looking to take your next step to grow your career

**We need people like you**At IKEA, work is so much more than a job. Come join us