Senior Associate

at  KORNFERRY

Requisition ID
16595
Country 1
Canada
Location type 1
Onsite
State / Province 1
Alberta
City 1
Calgary
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 1
Currently we have developed deeper functional and industry-based expertise, particularly in
Technology & Digital, Supply Chain, Energy & Utilities, Consumer & Retail, Life Sciences,
Financial Services, Technology Officers, HR Officers, Financial Officers, Marketing Officers and
Risk and Compliance. These specializations allow us to better solve the diverse talent needs of our
marketplace.
The role of Associate/Senior/Managing Associate is critical for the identification and
development of candidates for executive search projects, as well as assisting with market
intelligence and development of presentations and documents for business development purposes.
We strongly believe in developing our own talent and often a vacant role is due to one of our
talented Senior Associate’s promotion to Principal.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:

• The successful candidate will have three to seven years of professional experience and ideally,will have had exposure to one or more industries.
• In addition to having excellent communication skills, (oral, written and listening), the candidatemust possess the ability to make presentations at the executive levels of client companies.The ability to manage multiple projects effectively and efficiently is most important.
• The ideal candidate must be self-confident and self-motivated, dynamic, accomplished, andviewed as an individual who can advance within Korn Ferry.
• Successful candidates will have good judgment and possess superior interpersonal andevaluative skills.
• They will take direction well, be detail oriented and able to work well to tight deadlines.They will have a relentless sense of ownership and urgency.
• The Associate/Senior Associate/Managing Associate will be as comfortable workingindependently as they are part of a team.

EDUCATION & SKILLS:

An undergraduate degree or equivalent is required; an MBA or other advanced degree or
equivalent is advantageous.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Working closely with engagement teams which can include Research Analysts, other
Associates/Senior Associates, Principals and Partners, the primary responsibilities of the

Associate/Senior Associate are to:

• Provide engagement execution support to the client and the team.
• Manage the various stages of the search process to always ensure the highest quality execution of client engagement.
• Lead the identification, qualification, and communication with candidates during the searchengagement and informing the partner of progress and issues.
• Capture and maintain accurate market, client, and candidate information in the company’ssystems so as to both facilitate the search process and help convert business developmentopportunities.
• Inform the engagement team of any potential business development opportunities identifiedthrough the execution of the search process and support the appropriate partner in itsconversion.

ROLE COMPETENCIES AND SUCCESS FACTORS:

The Associate/Senior/Managing Associate position at Korn Ferry is viewed as a critical position in
identifying, qualifying, attracting, and managing candidates through the search process. Successful
Associates/Senior/Managing Associates could advance within the firm to the Principal/Partner
level, where they will be responsible for generating new business and revenue. Associates/Senior
Associates/Managing Associates will develop skills and competencies through three “levels” before
being ready to progress within the firm.
These levels are:

elements of the process, supporting the consultant. The role broadens out to focus on:

• Research: Create the source list/research strategy, for agreement with the Partner/Client.
• Candidate Outreach and Development: Full responsibility for the generation of relevantcandidates for the project.
• Candidate Management: Support the Partner with communication and coordination with candidates (with the aid of PC logistical support).
• Participation in interviews and referencing.
• Use of KF Assessment products to devise competencies for a role and learn to benchmarkcandidates against them.
• Report Preparation: Assist/lead the creation of client facing documentation.
• Client Participation: Involvement in project kick off meetings as well as project update/progresscalls