People & Culture Generalist

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.


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 ​Temporary Full time 76 hours per fortnight.

Applications close ​Thursday 19 February 2026.​

This role requires you to be available to work Monday to Friday from 11am -7pm


Key responsibilities for this role include :
Execute all operational People tasks related to People &Culture at unit level to deliver an excellent co-worker experience (recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, holiday planning, training and development, performance management, workers compensation management and RTW) Experience with workers' compensation management preferred.
Support the building of local business competence & performance by setting and working on
relevant People goals.
Partner, support and Educate Unit leadership and co-workers in all People & Culture topics

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.

Enjoy working in a vibrant and changing multidimensional environment and have an appreciation of the mix in strategic, tactical and operational tasks.

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!