Associate

Korn Ferry Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry is seeking an Associate to join the Professional Search team in Sydney, working alongside experienced search professionals to deliver high-quality senior leadership and professional search assignments across a diverse client portfolio.

This hands-on role covers the full search lifecycle, from developing search strategy to successful placement, with opportunities to engage with senior executives and clients and contribute to client relationships, knowledge sharing and continuous

Qualifications

• Experience in executive or professional search, recruitment, talent acquisition or a closely related environment.
• Ability to engage professionally with senior candidates and clients.
• Strong research, sourcing and candidate management capability.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Exceptional client service and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute search assignments, including market research, sourcing, candidate identification and assessment.
• Partner with clients to understand their requirements and help shape position specifications and search strategies.
• Interview candidates and prepare high-quality confidential candidate reports.
• Manage candidates throughout the process, ensuring an excellent candidate experience.
• Participate in client progress meetings, providing market insights and recommendations.
• Support compensation discussions and manage communication between clients and candidates.
• Conduct thorough reference checks to ensure high-quality assignments.
• Contribute to client relationships, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across Professional Search.

Skills

Executive search

Candidate management

Stakeholder engagement

Research and sourcing

Relationship building

Job description

Build your career in search. Work with senior leaders. Help organisations find the talent that drives performance.

We're looking for an Associate to join our Professional Search team in Sydney, working alongside experienced search professionals to deliver high-quality senior leadership and professional search assignments across a diverse client portfolio.

At Korn Ferry, Professional Search brings together industry expertise, market intelligence, assessment science and global talent networks to identify and attract high-impact professionals and leaders. Our work spans industries including financial services, consumer, healthcare and life sciences, technology and industrials.

What you'll do

This is a hands-on role with exposure across the full search lifecycle, from developing the search strategy through to successful placement. You'll:

• Manage and execute search assignments, including market research, sourcing, candidate identification and assessment.
• Partner with clients to understand their requirements and help shape position specifications and search strategies.
• Interview candidates and prepare high-quality confidential candidate reports.
• Manage candidates throughout the process, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience regardless of outcome.
• Participate in client progress meetings, providing market insights, advice and recommendations.
• Manage communication between clients and candidates, including supporting compensation discussions.
• Conduct thorough reference checks and help ensure assignments are delivered to a consistently high standard.
• Contribute to client relationships, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the Professional Search practice.

What we're looking for

You'll bring experience in executive or professional search, recruitment, talent acquisition or a closely related environment, together with the confidence to engage professionally with senior candidates and clients.

Ideally, you'll have:

• Strong search execution skills and an understanding of the end-to-end search process.
• Excellent research, sourcing and candidate management capability.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Exceptional client service and relationship-building skills.
• Confidence working with senior corporate executives.

Why Korn Ferry?

Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm with more than 16,000 colleagues across 50+ countries, helping organisations align their strategy, operations and talent to accelerate performance. Our capabilities span Organizational Strategy, Assessment and Succession, Talent Acquisition, Leadership Development, and Rewards and Benefits.

You'll join an environment that values Inclusion, Honesty, Knowledge and Performance, with access to outstanding learning and development opportunities and the chance to build your career within a global organisation.

If you're passionate about search, enjoy working with clients and candidates, and want to build your career within a global talent advisory business, we'd love to hear from you.