Groundkeeper - summer extra

With a unique Småländsk history, Älmhult is the heart of IKEA, where we have our roots. It’s the home of functional, well-designed, and affordable Swedish home furnishing and a center for innovation. We call it Democratic design. 

IKEA Älmhult AB, including IKEA Museum, IKEA Hotell and IKEA Property, is on an exciting journey to make Älmhult an even better place for the next generation. Together we want Älmhult to grow, with both people and businesses and make this a unique and attractive place where the many people can experience IKEA yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We want to build the next generation of culture carriers and to strengthen the IKEA Brand.

Business Location and Property

The main assignment for Business unit Business Location is to develop our business location southern Sweden with sustainable, easy, affordable and fun IKEA places and spaces.

As a Groundkeeper at Business Location you will maintain outside areas such as clearing flower beds, grass cutting, watering and other tasks in the outdoor environment. IKEA outdoor area in Älmhult and Bölsö are high priority areas and sets high demands that its clean and tidy.

We are looking for you who are service minded, innovative, and self-driven with a passion for outdoor environment. For this position you need to have a driving license (B).

It is beneficial if you have experience of one or more of the following:

• Working with outdoor environment 
• General knowledge or interest in gardening
• General knowledge and interest in machinery

As a person, you have a solution-oriented way, which is reflected in your way of communicating with colleagues and partners. You like meeting people from all over the world and have the ability to build good relationships. You are driven by efficiency, dare to challenge and the opportunity to change for the better. You can work in a fast-changing and complex environment, with simplicity in focus.

We see that you are unpretentious, honest and enjoy working independently as well as in a team. You have a positive attitude and have a strong drive with a good ability to collaborate. Together with your colleagues, you work to develop and support in a service-oriented way and take your own initiatives to get things done.

For us at IKEA, it is always most important that you share our values. This means that you, just as we, believe in leadership through the good example, you have a high drive of your own to constantly develop and influence so that tomorrow we are somewhat better than we are today.

With us, the mix of people with different genders and backgrounds has led to better ideas, wise decisions, and a more fun work environment. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are offering temporary, full-time (40 hours per week) positions, starting in May or June and ends late August. You will be located in Älmhult and report to the Property Manager at IKEA Property AB.

We look forward to receiving your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English or Swedish, no later than 8 of March. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated, if we find the right candidates. Kindly note that due to GDPR and Data Privacy, we do not accept any applications via e-mail.

For questions about the position please contact Anna Bergstrand, Property Manager [email protected]

For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Elin Hedin, People & Culture Generalist at [email protected]