Senior Associate

at  KORNFERRY

Requisition ID
18505
Country
Netherlands
Location type
Hybrid
State / Province
Amsterdam
City
Amsterdam
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
The role of Associate/Senior 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.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:

 The successful candidate will have relevant Executive Search experience.
 In addition to having excellent communication skills, oral, written and listening, the candidate
must possess the ability to make presentations at the executive levels of client companies.
 The ability to manage multiple projects effectively is most important.
 The ideal candidate must be self-confident and self-motivated, dynamic, accomplished, and
viewed as an individual who can advance within Korn Ferry.
 Successful candidates will be highly motivated, have good judgment and possess superior
interpersonal and evaluative skills.
 They will take direction well, be detail oriented and able to work well to tight deadlines.
 The Associate/Senior Associate will be as comfortable working independently 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.

ROLE SPECIFICS:

This Associate/Senior Associate role sits within the Executive Search Team based in the Amsterdam office.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Working closely with engagement teams which will include Research Associates, other Associates/Senior Associates and Consultants, 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 (at “level two” onward) communication with candidates
during the search engagement and informing the consultant of progress and issues.
 Capture and maintain accurate market, client and candidate information on the company’s
knowledge systems so as to both facilitate the search process and help convert business
development opportunities.
 Inform the engagement team of any potential business development opportunities identified
through the execution of the search process and support the appropriate consultant in its
conversion.

ROLE COMPETENCIES AND SUCCESS FACTORS:

The Associate/Senior 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 Associates have the opportunity to advance within the firm to the consultant level, where they will be responsible for generating new business and revenue. Associates/Senior
Associates will develop skills and competencies through three “levels” before being ready to progress within the firm.
These levels are: