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Project Coordinator
@ Korn Ferry
Toronto, Ontario
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Overview
Korn Ferry is hiring a Project Coordinator to support at least one Partner in its Executive Search practice. The role covers administrative support, business development and engagement activities such as calendar management, interview scheduling, document production, travel coordination and database management. The posting states a salary range of CAD 85,000 to 105,000 and lists Extended Health and Dental benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Manage partner calendar and interview scheduling across time zones
- Coordinate travel arrangements and candidate travel
- Produce presentations, proposals and status reports
- Maintain records in Salesforce and Searcher
- Review and verify expense submissions
Requirements summary:
- Minimum 5 years administrative or executive assistant experience
- Experience in executive search, consulting or professional services preferred
- Excellent attention to detail and English writing
- High proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, Adobe and Zoom
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- 2026-11-14
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- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Administrative |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: minimal · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Wellness |
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Korn Ferry
| Field | Value |
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Job description
Application Deadline
30 November 2026
About Us
Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm that powers performance. We unlock the potential in your people and unleash transformation across your business - synchronizing strategy, operations, and talent to accelerate performance, fuel growth, and inspire a legacy of change. That’s why the world’s most forward-thinking companies across every major industry turn to us - for a shared commitment to lasting impact and the bold ambition to Be More Than.
Headquartered In Los Angeles, Our Over 17,000 Colleagues Globally Serve Clients From More Than 130 Offices Across The Globe. We Offer Five Core Capabilities That Span The Full Talent Lifecycle
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.
Project Coordination
Relating Skills
CAD 85000.00 to 105000.00
Salary range represents the compensation Korn Ferry expects to pay to a candidate with the requirements for the job posted. Korn Ferry offers competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with experience.
Korn Ferry may use AI as part of its recruitment process, but all hiring decisions are made by humans.
Korn Ferry Benefits
Korn Ferry offers employee benefits that currently include an Extended Health and Dental program, and online Digital Medical, Mental Health and Pediatric support programs.
Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry
If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.
Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, or local law.
30 November 2026
About Us
Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm that powers performance. We unlock the potential in your people and unleash transformation across your business - synchronizing strategy, operations, and talent to accelerate performance, fuel growth, and inspire a legacy of change. That’s why the world’s most forward-thinking companies across every major industry turn to us - for a shared commitment to lasting impact and the bold ambition to Be More Than.
Headquartered In Los Angeles, Our Over 17,000 Colleagues Globally Serve Clients From More Than 130 Offices Across The Globe. We Offer Five Core Capabilities That Span The Full Talent Lifecycle
- Organizational Strategy
- Assessment and Succession
- Talent Acquisition
- Leadership and Professional Development
- Total Rewards
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.
Project Coordination
- Support the partner in the management of engagement work by ensuring information flow to/from clients, prospective clients, candidates, and between consultants by establishing and administering workflow
- Maintain engagements using PSA, our financial management system, which includes inputting information as per client contracts and managing client invoicing
- Managing the candidate and client experience through scheduling interviews and other meetings between candidates and clients
- Compose documents with a high level of accuracy using appropriate grammar, composition and speed, often under tight deadlines
- Produce PowerPoint presentations, proposals, status reports, marquee account plans, candidate assessments and documents; collate and bind presentation materials
- Prepare candidate profiles and related materials for clients in advance of scheduled client/candidate interviews, in-house or off-site
- Coordinate travel arrangements for the partner using the firm’s external travel agency while ensuring standard travel preferences are respected, options presented as appropriate, and the firm’s travel policy is followed
- Coordinate domestic and international engagement-related candidate travel arrangements
- Review and verify accuracy of candidate and partner expense submissions prior to approval, processing and reimbursement
- Coordinate with Administrative Office Manager and other Project Coordinators for all expected visitors to greet guests and ensure meeting room space is available
- Inform other Korn Ferry offices in advance of consultant visits to obtain security clearance (as required) and to reserve office and/or meeting room space
- Collaborate with peers and other colleagues to support the broader team; assist with standard administrative duties, such as preparing and proofreading documents and researching information
- Provide back-up support to other Project Coordinators during absences and busy periods
- Manage the partner’s calendar using Outlook to schedule external and internal meetings across multiple time zones and respond to queries on availability, ensuring that the time is used effectively
- Provide consultants with necessary briefing/preparatory material prior to meetings, interviews and travel
- Manage electronic filing systems
- Maintain and update consultants’ business development activities, tasks and contacts in Salesforce
- Maintain and update information in Searcher, Korn Ferry’s proprietary candidate database, ensuring contact notes and documents are included in the record and “Searchflow” information is updated in accordance with engagement activity
- Assisting consultants in tracking various business performance metrics through the consultants’ performance dashboards and reports
- 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 strongly preferred
- Superb attention to detail, 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 coordination
- General understanding of accounting & finance cycles within a corporate, publicly traded company
- Excellent interpersonal skills, diplomacy, tact, positive can-do attitude
- Very high attention to detail, accuracy, and quality
- Good judgment and capable of acting independently
- High level of comfort learning and using new technology
- Ability to adapt to evolving work processes and systems, including automated tools
- Client service orientation and good composure
- Comfortable dealing with senior leaders internally and externally
- Professional in demeanour, behaviour, and appearance as demonstrated through consistently polite, helpful, but concise interaction on the telephone and in person
- Outstanding time management and sense of urgency at appropriate times
- Systematic and methodical given the need to manage large amounts of information across multiple, simultaneous engagements
- Team-oriented and willing to pitch in as needed
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.
- Open to lifelong, continuous personal improvement; aware of self and impact on others; responsive to feedback; is very flexible; can act in ways that seem contradictory and is adaptable to different situations.
- Writes and presents effectively; adjusts to fit the audience and the message; strongly gets a message across.
- Is well organized, resourceful, and planful; effective and efficient at marshalling multiple resources to get things done; lays out tasks in sufficient detail; can work on multiple tasks at once without losing track; foresees and plans around obstacles.
- Can quickly separate the mission-critical from the nice to dos and the trivial; quickly senses what’s the next most useful thing to work on; focuses on the critical few tasks that really add value and puts aside or delays the rest.
- 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 workflow problem; always looking for incremental process improvement.
CAD 85000.00 to 105000.00
Salary range represents the compensation Korn Ferry expects to pay to a candidate with the requirements for the job posted. Korn Ferry offers competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with experience.
Korn Ferry may use AI as part of its recruitment process, but all hiring decisions are made by humans.
Korn Ferry Benefits
Korn Ferry offers employee benefits that currently include an Extended Health and Dental program, and online Digital Medical, Mental Health and Pediatric support programs.
Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry
If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.
Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, or local law.
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