Thanks to JETAA NY treasurer Kelly Nixon for sharing this JET-relevant opening. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Executive Assistant
Posted by: Japan Center for International Exchange USA (JCIE/USA)
Type: Part-time
Location: New York, New York
Salary: Commensurate with experience; competitive in the nonprofit sector
Start Date: Immediately
Job description:
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) is a leading nonprofit organization in the field of US-Japan relations that conducts international political exchanges and fosters dialogue between policymakers and policy researchers on both sides of the Pacific. JCIE/USA is seeking a part-time executive assistant for its small New York office. The job requires considerable flexibility and organization, as the duties include assisting various aspects of office operation, providing administrative support to the executive director, and handling day-to-day office tasks. Read More
Job: Institute of International Education – Development Coordinator | PND | Foundation Center
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Via The Foundation Center. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Development Coordinator
Posted by: Institute of International Education
Type: N/A
Location: New York, New York
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
Purpose of Position: Provides development and administrative support to the Strategic Development, Communications, and Higher Education Services divisions in the Department of External Affairs & IIE Initiatives. Work is carried out under general supervision.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. IIE may add, change, or remove essential duties and other duties at any time.
Responsible for complying with applicable contract and sponsor requirements and following all IIE policies and procedures. Read More
Job: Charter Bus Operations Manager – Some Japanese Required (Seattle)
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Via Pacific Northwest JETAA email group. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Charter Bus Operations Manager
Posted by: Puget Sound Coachlines
Type: N/A
Location: Auburn, WA
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
Puget Sound Coach Lines located in Auburn, WA seeking a motivated charter bus operations Manager who can oversee charter bus dept. Responsible for daily dispatching, coordinating a fleet of buses, drivers, DOT regulations…
Qualifications
- some understanding Japanese language
- detail oriented, good for paper works
- self motivated, team player
- clean driving record, preferably with CDL
- refined customer service & problem solving skills
- willing to work flexible schedules including weekends and holidays.
Please respond directly back to Puget Sound Coachlines, please send a resume to:
Job: Asia Society – Grants Writer & Manager (NYC)
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Via Philanthropy News Digest.
Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Grants Writer and Manager
Posted by: Asia Society
Type: N/A
Location: New York, NY
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
Asia Society, a prestigious, global, educational and cultural non-profit seeks a Grant Writer and Manager – Education. This position is an integral member of the Asia Society’s External Affairs Office and works with the Director of Institutional Relations & Program Support on all fundraising activities regarding grants from foundations and government agencies for Asia Society’s education department. The Education department is a high-performing team whose mission is to graduate K-12 students college- ready and globally competent. For more information visit www.asiasociety.org/education. Read More
Job: Government Relations Representative for U.S. English, Inc. (DC)
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Thanks to former JETAA DC Newsletter Editor Gina Anderson for passing on this interesting opportunity. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Government Relations Representative
Posted by: U.S. English, Inc.
Type: N/A
Location: Washington D.C.
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
U.S. English, Inc. seeks a mid-level or senior Government Relations Representative to help develop and promote our agenda at the state and federal level. Responsibilities include interacting with legislators and grassroots groups to promote the organization’s agenda. The ideal candidate will be personable, organized, and capable of mastering details of public policy issues. College degree required; ability to speak a second language a plus. Salary negotiable. Excellent benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage in a convenient downtown location. Please submit a cover letter, resume and general salary history/requirements to info@usenglish.org with the position title in the subject line.
NHK TV feature on “Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story”
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NHK TV (English edition) recently aired a feature story on the premier screening of “Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story,” a documentary produced by filmmaker Regge Life.
Here’s the link to the video: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/movie/feature201211270915.html
I’ll Make It Myself: “Kitchen Library – 2012.11.26”
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L.M. Zoller (CIR Ishikawa-ken, Anamizu, 2009-11) is the editor of The Ishikawa JET Kitchen: Cooking in Japan Without a Fight. A writer and web administrator for The Art of Travel, ze also writes I’ll Make It Myself!, a blog about food culture in Japan, and curates The Rice Cooker Chronicles, a series of essays by JETs and JET alumni on the theme of cooking/eating and being alone in Japan.
New Rice Cooker Chronicles submissions always welcome. Just e-mail it to jetwit [at] jetwit.com.
Thanksgiving Part 2 (at a friend’s house) went smashingly! I made Naturally Ella‘s Twice-Baked Butternut Squash (with quinoa and Gorgonzola) as the vegetarian main dish. With the exception of the turkey, which was expertly cooked by the hosts, all the other dishes were vegetarian: mac & cheese made with Cougar Cheese, a sharp canned cheese from Washington State (glorious); vegetarian cranberry-mushroom stuffing; fresh green-bean casseroles; vegetarian bean gumbo (spicy!); root vegetable purée; bourbon cranberry sauce made with reconstituted dried cranberries (and arcane magicks); and lots of pie: pecan, pumpkin, and chocolate.
JETAA DC Newsletter seeks writers and submissions
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Via JETAA DC Newsletter Editor Sarah Howe:
I’ll Make It Myself!: “Cornbread”
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L.M. Zoller (CIR Ishikawa-ken, Anamizu, 2009-11) is the editor of The Ishikawa JET Kitchen: Cooking in Japan Without a Fight. A writer and web administrator for The Art of Travel, ze also writes I’ll Make It Myself!, a blog about food culture in Japan, and curates The Rice Cooker Chronicles, a series of essays by JETs and JET alumni on the theme of cooking/eating and being alone in Japan.
New Rice Cooker Chronicles submissions always welcome. Just e-mail it to jetwit [at] jetwit.com.
Are you guys sick of kabocha and kabocha purée yet? I never am*, but let’s change it up a bit today.
My first encounter with a vegetarian cookbook of any sort was my dad’s copy of Anna Thomas‘s The Vegetarian Epicure, a memento of a few months in the ’70s when he dabbled in meatless cooking. I have no recollection of my dad (or my mom) ever using VE for anything but the cornbread recipe that we brought with us to every Thanksgiving dinner. I find vintage (sorry, parents) cookbooks really fascinating from a social-history standpoint, so perhaps I’ll peruse the book again when I’m home next.
Job: Postings from Idealist.org 11.26.12
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Via Idealist.org. Posted by Geneva Marie (Niigata-ken 2008-09) Geneva is a contributor to both JETwit and JETAANY. Geneva is on a continuous (epic) search for Japanese-related jobs in the United States. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Program Coordinator
Posted by: Columbia University EALAC
Type: Part-time
Location: New York, NY
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Application Deadline: None Specified
Columbia University’s East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALAC) Department is seeking a part-time program coordinator. Incumbent will be responsible for planning, coordinating and managing conferences, symposia, special events, lectures, and all ongoing programs. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and two years of relevant experience required. A native-level speaker of English with fluency in Japanese preferred.
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/TdXWCzH3fnxd/
Grants Writer and Manager
Posted by: Asia Society
Type: Full-time
Location: New York, NY
Salary: Not Specified
Start Date: After November 21, 2012
New York’s Asia Society is seeing a Grant Writer and Manager for their education department. This position is an integral part of the Asia Society’s External Affairs Office and works with the Director of Institutional Relations & Program Support on all fundraising activities regarding grants from foundations and government agencies for Asia Society’s education department. Undergraduate degree required; graduate degree preferred. Knowledge of Asia, arts and culture, and international issues a plus.
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/BH5wMPSW52fP/
JapanLocal: Tottori JET Anthony Lieven’s latest Misasa video – November 2012
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Tottori JET Anthony Lieven has been creating new videos each month as part of a project that introduces his JET town of Misasa to the world. With Anthony’s permission, here is his latest video:
Misasa Monthly Video 08 (November 2012) – Mount Mitoku Sanbutsuji’s Fire Festival from Red T-Shirt Guy on Vimeo.
An Emperor’s Visit
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Posted by Benjamin Martin, a 5th year JET in Okinawa, publisher of the blog MoreThingsJapanese.com and author of the YA fantasy novel Samurai Awakening (Tuttle).
On November 20, 2012 The Emperor of Japan Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Kumejima as part of a four-day visit to Okinawa. Preparations were long in the making, but it was still extraordinary to see the spectacle of a visit lasting less than 5 hours. Luckily, I was asked to help photograph on behalf of Kumejima Town and was able to stand with television and newspaper camera people in designated media areas.
The Emperor and his wife arrived around 10:30 JST on a plane from Okinawa-honto. Since Kume Island has only a small airport, they used a JAL Express plane instead of the usual flying fortress. There they greeted a group of students and dignitaries and then drove to the Deep Sea Water Research Institute to tour its grounds. One of the major reasons for the visit is the proposed OTEC power plant. Along the way Kumejima Townspeople greeted the Emperor by waving Japanese flags (a rarity in Okinawa), shouting “Thank you for coming” and “banzai!” After the tour, the motorcade arrived at the Town Hall just before 13:00 to rest and talk with Mayor Taira. There they discussed Kumejima’s many natural resources such as Kuruma-ebi, Umi-budo, and Deep Sea Water while eating lunch. They talked so much they didn’t have time to finish!
For more on the Emperor’s visit and plenty of pictures visit More Thing Japanese!
Rikuzentakata now a hit on Facebook
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Thanks to Vancouver-based JET alum Alison Dacia Brown (Iwate-ken, Rikuzentakata-shi, 2005-08) for posting about this to Facebook. From a JET perspective, it seems to offer a communications model for Japanese local governments in which perhaps JETs and JET alumni could play a helpful role:
Update: Here’s the Rikuzentakata Facebook Page
Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012
Tsunami-hit city a hit on Facebook
Kyodo
MORIOKA, Iwate Pref. — The coastal city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, devastated by last year’s earthquake and tsunami, has gotten global attention thanks to its use of Facebook.
In July, the city set up an official page in both Japanese and English on Facebook, the first municipality to do so among those on the northeast coast that bore the full brunt of the March 2011 catastrophe.
Since then, officials have been updating the page to display and keep the world updated on the reconstruction process, an unusual move for a municipal government. The posts, mostly written in Japanese, include articles on Rikuzentakata from Japan and around the world, advisories on earthquakes and floods, and the mayor’s participation at a local festival.
When Rikuzentakata’s officials made a fundraising page in English to help preserve the city’s famed “miracle pine tree,” donations came in from around the world. Read More
JET alum Asia Security Expert Michael Auslin in the Wall Street Journal
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Here’s a recent article in the Wall Street Journal by JET alum Michael Auslin, Director of Japan Studies at the American Enterprise Institute:
Michael Auslin: Asian Pivot, Take Two
President Barack Obama is celebrating his re-election by trying to make good on his promised pivot to Asia. Not only is the President in the region for the East Asian Summit in Cambodia—he has also dispatched his Secretaries of State and Defense on extended visits as well.
Showing up may constitute 90% of diplomacy. But at a time of numerous territorial disputes and leadership upheavals, Mr. Obama may have bitten off more than he can chew over the next four years.
The Administration’s agenda this month is an unusual start. Unlike traditional trips that include old allies like Japan or …
Click here to read the article (subscription required).
“Privy to Mysterious Loos” by New Zealand JET Tania Butterfield
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A recent blog article by current JET Tania Butterfield that recently appeared in New Zealand publication Marlborough Express. (Thanks to Jessica Tisch for posting on the JETAA South Island Facebook group):
Last weekend I discovered something I should have known since I arrived here – toilets are not my friend.
If you know anything about Japan, you know it has some unusual toilets.
No, I am not referring to the squat toilets, which I quite happily use at school.
I am referring to the insanely automated toilets with a billion buttons that do everything under the sun so you never have to touch that part of your body again.
Some of the buttons make sense – like the button to ….
Click here to read the full article.
