People & Culture Specialist

At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs. At IKEA, we’re all on the same project.  
 
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As a People & Culture Specialist you work closely with People & Culture Operations team, managers and many other stakeholders. The main focus for this role is health & wellbeing for all co-workers based in the Netherlands. 

On a daily basis you will: 

• Continuously evaluate, adapt, and implement Health & Wellbeing processes at a local level while collaborating and aligning with Delft store and P&C operations for Sweden  

• Take proactive measures to consistently improve overall efficiency and effectiveness within Health & Wellbeing  

• Secure that we work efficiently with:  

• Prevention methods  

• Case management (hands-on management of sick leave cases, monitoring their progress, conducting regular discussions as a representative of the P&C team, and spearheading the re-integration process)  

• Mid-long term health strategy across Inter IKEA Systems B.V.  

• Aligned ways of working; using agreed data definitions, reports, supplier management, KPI’s and follow ups.  

• Lead different projects in Health & Wellbeing (Risk inventory & Evaluation, health checks, market research for the health-related insurances, integration of Workday etc.), policies and timely information flow  

• Continuously ensure local Health & Wellbeing standards, guidelines, and policies are in line with the Inter IKEA Group global policy house, code of conduct, IKEA People strategy and all other relevant global requirements.  

• Proactively steer efforts to continually elevate the organisation's proficiency in Health & Wellbeing, accomplished through a variety of means such as;  

• Training initiatives for both managers and co-workers, 

• Developing guidelines

• Analyzing and sharing of informative articles internally  

• Provide clear, actionable instructions  

• Contribute insights and share information to various management teams regarding the organisation's Health & Wellbeing status, showing developments within Health & Wellbeing, and outline their role in driving continuous improvements.  

About you 
You have strong motivation to contribute to an engaging, respectful and healthy working environment by supporting, developing and continually improve our health & wellbeing agenda for Retail Concept and Enabling Functions within The Netherlands and beyond.  

To be successful in this role, the following knowledge, skills and experiences would be valuable: 

• Able to work with a structured and systematic approach and perform with the highest level of integrity and confidentiality in an inclusive, multicultural and diverse environment. 

• You can lead yourself in uncertainty and are able to build trustful relationships with people, both internally as well as with external partners.  

• You are a resilient, self-confident, everyday learner who can work under pressure in a fast-paced environment, and you have the capability to implement creative solutions with speed and simplicity 

• Up-to-date knowledge of Working Conditions Act (ARBO) and other regulations related to the Dutch Labor Law 

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with various audiences both verbally and in writing (English and Dutch), transfer knowledge and proactively assess and develop the competence level in the organisation. 

• Preferred years of experience: at least 5 years of (relevant) experience 

• And, of course, you share and live the IKEA Culture & Values. 

Does this sound like your next challenge? IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global workplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us. We want to understand the why! Tell us, as part of your application, why you think you would be a good fit for this role. 

The position is interim (replacement for maternity leave) and requires approx. 24 hours per week, located in Delft, The Netherlands. You will report to the Co-worker Relations Manager at Inter IKEA Group, Carina Priesman (carina.priesman@inter.ikea.com). For questions about the role please contact Carina. 

Please upload your CV and motivation letter in English latest 21st of June. We will review the applications continuously and start interviewing as soon as we find suitable candidates.   

Please note that we only review applications that come in via SmartRecruiters – not via email.