Project Administrator

Requisition ID
- 14707
- Country- France- Location type- Hybrid- State / Province- Paris- City- Paris- 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 descriptionThe Project Coordinator will coordinate all operational aspects of small to medium size client projects and will support Project Managers in executing large global client projects.

Project Coordinators serve as a key resource for keeping project execution on track internally through project planning and monitoring.

As primary contacts for fielding client requests, they are also critical to the ability of Korn Ferry to provide excellent customer service.

**KEY responsibilities/ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Create and maintain basic project plans.
- Support Project Managers on larger engagements.
- Manage the project timeline execution to ensure KF commitments and client expectations.
- Coordinate project deliverables including: assessment tools, interactive learning, coaching, consulting and instructor led training.
- Be aware of project staffing needs and work with necessary stakeholders to fulfill those needs.
- Review and monitor project financials; track project expenses; trigger timely invoice requests.
- Compile budget and status reports as needed.
- Act as primary point of contact for owned projects to Operations and Revenue Manager for project related activities and inquiries.
- Serve as primary point of contact for direct communication with the participants, client, faculty, coaches, and/or third-party vendors.
- Support delivery of work: manage participants, platforms, instruments, results/output, logistics fulfillment).
- May participate in client-facing meetings: drive preparation, agenda, meeting notes.
- Coordinate materials production for client-focused meetings.
- Back office systems: includes entering project details into SAP and a variety of proprietary business systems.
- Delivery systems: enter and monitor key delivery information in proprietary delivery platforms.
- Other duties as assigned.

**PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS**
- Minimum of corporate internship experience required, 2-year corporate setting experience preferred
- Aptitude for financial and mathematical concepts
- Experience with SAP or another ERP systems a plus
- Languages requirements: French, English

**Preferred & Other Qualifications**
- Must be able to work with little supervision, be detail-oriented, flexible in terms of hours / responsibilities as work requires, and able to organize multiple priorities and work deadlines (in accordance with local employment laws).
- High level of professionalism and ability to work with senior level executives.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint with the ability to learn challenging internal software programs.
- Strong project coordination skills.
- Multi-tasking and Polyvalence.
- Strong team spirit.
- Good resistance to stress.

**Education**
- A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in business or on a related field is highly preferred.

**LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS**

Getting Organized
- Is well organized, resourceful, and planful; effective and efficient at marshalling multiple resources to get things done; is able to get things done with less and in less time; can work on multiple tasks at once without losing track; foresees and plans around obstacles.

Managing Work Processes
- Is an effective process, work flow, 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.

Making Complex Decisions
- Can solve even the toughest and most complex of problems; great at gleaning meaning from whatever data is available; is a quick study of the new and different; adds personal wisdom and experience to come to the best conclusion and solution, given the situation; uses multiple problem-solving tools and techniques.

Keeping on Point
- Can quickly separate the mission-critical from the nice-to-dos and the trivials; 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.

Focusing on Action and Outcomes
- Attacks everything with drive and energy with an eye on the bottom line; not afraid to initiate a