People & Culture Administrator (Temporary position) - Country Operations (Sweden)

Your next role As a People & Culture Administrator, you will be supporting co-workers, managers, and local People & Culture. You will take responsibility for delivering high-quality People & Culture administration while ensuring compliance, data accuracy, and a positive service experience. This is a role where you combine operational expertise with a continuous improvement mindset. You enjoy working with systems, processes, and data, and you see digital tools as enablers for creating better experiences and more efficient ways of working. You will play an important role in maintaining and developing our People & Culture processes and systems while supporting the implementation of new solutions, automation opportunities, and digital improvements. On a typical working day, you will:

• Take end-to-end responsibility for People & Culture administration within your scope, ensuring compliance with local legislation, collective agreements, and IKEA policies.

• Provide timely, accurate, and service-minded support to co-workers, managers, and local People & Culture through our digital support channels.

• Maintain, develop and improve People & Culture processes and routines.

• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate ways of working to improve efficiency and co-worker experience.

What we'd like you to bring to the table The role as a People & Culture Administrator requires you to:

• Have education within Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Have experience working with operational People & Culture or HR administration.

• Have knowledge of and interest in HR systems such as Workday, ServiceNow, or similar platforms.

• Understand employment administration, payroll-related processes, time and absence management, and employee data.

• Have a good understanding of employment legislation, compliance requirements, and data privacy principles.

• Enjoy working with systems, processes, and digital tools while maintaining a strong service focus.

• Be structured, detail-oriented, and able to secure high quality even in a fast-paced environment.

• Be motivated by finding smarter, simpler, and more efficient ways of working.

• Have a continuous improvement mindset and enjoy challenging existing processes to create better solutions.

It's a plus if you are also:

• Passionate about automation, digitalization, and continuous improvement.

• Experienced in supporting system implementations, testing activities or digital transformation initiatives.

• Comfortable using data and reporting to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

• Secure high data quality and process reliability through established workflows, controls, reporting, and follow-up.

• Interested in acting as a digital ambassador and enabling self-service ways of working.