"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

• Location

  Vaughan

• Employment type

  Part Time Permanent

• Department

  Risk & Compliance

• Deadline

  2026-06-01

Candidate profile (title) What you'll need to have

Candidate profile (text) - Default language - You have previous experience in the Health and Safety and Security sector and/or Safety and Security experience within a Retail environment.

• You’re knowledgeable of relevant safety standards and regulations, security processes, tools and working methods.
• You’re energized by the implementation of safeguards that bring value to the business and protect the financial and moral position; you can ensure the integrity of safety and security systems, guidelines and documentation.
• You know how to conduct a risk assessment and implement the hierarchy of controls.
• You have good communication and documentation skills in dealings with various levels of management.
• You think and work in a risk-based way (i.e. Evaluate trade-offs between potential costs and benefits and acts accordingly).
• You have good analytical and numerical skills.

Key responsibilities (title) A day in your life with us

Key responsibilities (text) - Promote risk Management in the unit, informing and sharing expertise, in order to develop risk-aware decision taking in relation to unit goals and unit business plan.

• Support co-workers, by providing expertise in acting in accordance with Ingka Rules and Local (country and regional) legislation to secure a safe environment for customers and co-workers.
• Promote and ensure completion of trainings needed and facilitate for co-workers to meet IKEAs/ Ingka's risk appetite.
• Support Risk & Compliance culture by developing leadership and conscious approach in identifying, as well as implementing systems to detect, analyse and reduce business loss, financial impact, prevent incidents and accidents.
• Ensure the reporting of relevant figures for e.g. co-workers, customer and visitors incidents to establish progress and areas for improvement.

Team vision ( title) About this work area

Team vision (text) You could think that we have supernatural powers, but the truth is that our team is really great at putting our insights together to detect potential risks early on. We’re a diverse group of people who work together to protect and strengthen the IKEA brand through our laser focus on risk management, data protection, compliance, business operations, health and safety. Thanks to us our assets, co-workers, visitors and customers can feel safe. At least we think that’s pretty cool!

Local section (title) Why you will love us

Local section (text) Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)

• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)

• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options

• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan

• Flexible spending account

• Life insurance

• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)

• Parental leave

• Bereavement leave

• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Unit Business Risk & Compliance Co-worker.

The starting rate/ salary for this position is 20.15 CAD

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

• Living our values
• Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
• A passion for home furnishing
• Performing & delivering while learning & developing
• Having fun!

Your uniqueness makes Ikea better

We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion or any other dimension of their identity.

We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide appropriate accommodation which considers the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. If you require accommodation, please contact HR.Canada@ingka.ikea.com

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.