Position Overview:
GLG is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join Greater China Platform Operations team as a Recruiting Coordinator. You are responsible for arranging connections between GLG’s clients and selected Council Members, global key opinion leaders and senior industry executives acting in a consultative capacity.
To facilitate these engagements, the Recruiting Coordinator will work closely with both client-facing GLG Research professionals and GLG’s sophisticated client base, which ranges from hedge fund managers to partners at private equity firms and project managers at top-tier consulting firms and Fortune 1000 companies.
As a Recruiting Coordinator, you will develop a deep understanding of GLG’s business model and end-client markets as well as acquire incredible client service experience in a dynamic, high-intensity environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate interactions between GLG clients and requested Council Members (experts)
- Navigate requests with complex compliance requirements and client-specific preferences
- Establish and build strong working relationships with Client Solutions partners
- Successfully execute against project objectives, seeing each project through to completion
- Align with and develop deep understanding of a specific end-client market
- Appreciate the urgency of competing projects and prioritize accordingly
- Demonstrate adaptability in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
Required Skills:
- Superior communication and interaction skills, including demonstrated oral, written and presentation abilities in a business-focused setting using a variety of communication channels (telephone, e-mail etc.)
- 0-2 years of work experience preferably working as executive assistant
- Bachelor’s degree
- Business level proficiency in Mandarin and fluency in English
The following factors will strengthen an applicant’s candidacy:
- Demonstrate adaptability in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
- Superior communication and interaction skills, including demonstrated
oral and written abilities. - Demonstrate commitment and attention to detail, ideally in a high-volume, fast-paced environment;
- Strong problem-solving skills;
- Passion for fast-paced learning, especially in a technology-enabled environment.
- Ability to communicate and manage relationships across the full professional spectrum including senior colleagues and extremely senior outside professionals;
We seek bright, positive and flexible people who also:
- Act with the highest integrity and professionalism in all their endeavours
- Think creatively and focus on opportunities for growth
- Express a strong desire to work in a team
- Demonstrate the ability and initiative to handle increasing
responsibility over time
About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group
GLG is the world’s insight network. Our clients rely on GLG’s global team to connect with powerful insight across fields from our network of approximately 1 million experts (and the hundreds of new experts we recruit every day).
We serve thousands of the world’s best businesses, from Fortune 500 corporations to leading technology companies to professional services firms and financial institutions. We connect our clients to the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise, including executives, scientists, academics, former public-sector leaders, and the foremost subject matter specialists.
GLG’s industry-leading compliance framework allows clients to learn in a structured, auditable, and transparent way, consistent with their own internal compliance obligations and the highest professional ethical standards. Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of the company’s culture.
To learn more, visit www.GLGinsights.com.
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
