Project Coordinator

at  KORNFERRY

Requisition ID
17653
Country
Canada
Location type
Hybrid
State / Province
Ontario
City
Toronto
About Us
Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.

Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than 50 countries. We offer five core solutions:

• Organizational Strategy
• Assessment and Succession
• Talent Acquisition
• Leadership Development
• Total Rewards

Job description

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 5 years of administrative / executive assistant experience, ideally working with one or more senior executives
• Prior experience in Executive Search, Consulting, or a broader Professional Services firm is preferred
• Superb English writing and grammar skills
• Excellent PowerPoint skills; High proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, Adobe, and Zoom
• Experience managing multiple and concurrent responsibilities and establishing and acting against relative priorities, independently but within prescribed guidelines
• Familiar with time zones and planning travel itineraries
• Experience with meeting planning and event coordinationGeneral understanding of accounting & finance cycles within a corporate, publicly traded company

RELATING SKILLS

• Warm, friendly, and interpersonally agile; easy to approach and talk to; relates well to all kinds of people; makes a pleasant first impression and builds solid relationships.

MANAGING WORK PROCESSES

Is an effective process, workflow, and systems designer; is good at figuring out what to measure to track progress; sets up systems that can almost manage themselves; is a master at the effectiveness and efficiency of work systems; can quickly diagnose and fix a work flow problem; always looking for incremental process improvement.

This role will support a minimum of one Partner in our Executive Search practice with administrative support, business development, and engagement related activities such as calendar and time management, interview scheduling, document production, database management, travel coordination, and other administrative duties as assigned.
With regularly shifting priorities, the incumbent must be adaptable and flexible and have a strong sense of urgency. Due to the nature of the business, an attention to detail and a high level of accuracy is required in this role. As a professional services firm, a client service orientation, maturity, and a calm, composed demeanour is a must.