Job: Teacher Focusing on STEM Fields – Kanazawa Technical College (Kanazawa, Japan)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Teacher Focusing on STEM Fields
Posted by: Kanazawa Technical College
Location: Kanazawa, Japan
Contract: Full-time
Thanks to Rose Tanasugarn (Shimane-ken) for passing this along:
Opportunity for Canadian JET:
My name is Cael Husband; I look after the JET Programme at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo.
We received a request from Kanazawa Technical College (one of Japan’s select technical schools with programs from Grade 10 through 2nd year university focusing on STEM fields).
They’ve just built a brand new campus that will deliver courses in English, and had asked if we might be able to help them find some Canadian teachers for their high school students. (They have teachers from a few other countries already and would like to bring in some Canadians.)
Ideal candidates would have a teaching certificate with a focus on Math, Science, Physics, or Biology; an M.Ed would be preferred. No Japanese required.
It would be for a 3-year contract; compensation would be around $50-55K (plus subsidized housing). It’s a brand-new facility with an on-site hot spring nestled against the mountains, and sounds like it would be an incredible opportunity for someone with JET experience who would be looking at options for staying in Japan.
If you know of anyone who would fit this profile and might be interested, please feel free to have them contact me and I can put them in touch with the school.
Cael Husband Second Secretary (Public Affairs) | Deuxième Secrétaire (Affaires publiques)
Embassy of Canada | Ambassade du Canada
cael.husband@international.gc.ca
Job: Exchange Visitor Program Associate – American Immigration Council (Washington, D.C., USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Exchange Visitor Program Associate
Posted by: American Immigration Council
Location: Washington D.C., USA
Contract: Full-time
Here’s a job via Idealist:
Integral to fulfilling the daily work activities to facilitate a successful exchange visitor program in the intern/trainee category; the Exchange Visitor Program Associate is responsible for vetting and approving sponsorship applications to ensure exchange visitors and host organizations comply with the State Department regulations and the Council’s internal policies. The Exchange Visitor Program Associate serves as a support resource to exchange visitors and their active hosts (and/or legal representation) while participating in the American Immigration Council Exchange Visitor Program.
Our expectations for this position include but are not limited to:
- Serves as an Alternative Responsible Officer in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) for the Council’s J-1 Trainee and intern programs.
- Assesses and finalizes defensible decisions on the Council’s sponsorship applications via a web-based portal, within framework of J program and internal policies.
- Conduct one-on-one Skype interviews with potential exchange visitors.
- Maintain communications with host companies, attorneys and the Council’s ambassadors’ in general.
- Manage program evaluation process by securing regulatory compliance and collecting program evaluations.
- Represent J-1 visa issues to businesses and Chambers of Commerce, Congress, immigration lawyers and the greater exchange and education communities.
Job: Multi-lingual Museum Tour Guides – Museum of the City of New York (New York City, New York)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Multi-lingual Museum Tour Guides
Posted by: Museum of the City of New York
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-time
Here’s a job via Idealist:
The Museum of the City of New York is recruiting multi-lingual Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral researchers, and early-career academics interested in gaining experience in public history to provide tours as Museum Scholars to visiting groups including college/university students, foreign tourists, seniors, professional organizations, and alumni associations.
The Museum is pleased to offer a roster of interactive, guided tours as a key component in a new initiative in adult education. Tour offerings will include highlights of the Museum’s current exhibitions, as well as in-depth experiences of singular exhibitions including the New York at Its Core. Tours typically last between 60 and 90 minutes, and are primarily offered during regular museum hours: 10:00am – 6:00pm, seven days a week.
Ideal candidates will have excellent public speaking skills, an interest in understanding and relating history though artifacts and images, an ability to synthesize and communicate new information from the Museum’s rotating schedule of exhibitions, and fluency in one of the following languages: Spanish, Mandarin, French, Japanese, Italian, or Portuguese. Though an appreciation of New York City history is essential, candidates from a range of academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Read More
Who’s going to TESOL International 2017 in Seattle?
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The TESOL International 2017 Convention is coming up: March 21-24 in Seattle! I’ll be there presenting on a panel titled “Legal English: Strategies for Effective Communication in Law School” on Thursday morning at 9:30am.
Are any other JETs or JET alumni planning to attend? If so, please feel free to post in the comments section below or to email me directly at jetwit [at] jetwit [dot] com. It would be great to connect with other JETs there, and I’m sure there must be others.
Hope to see some of you there,
–Steven
Job: Exchange Vistor Sponsorship Advisor – Institute of International Education (New York, NY, USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Exchange Vistor Sponsorship Advisor
Posted by: Institute of International Education
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-time
Here’s a job via Idealist:
The Department of Exchange Visitor Sponsorship provides J-1 visa sponsorship to educational and research institutions, corporate partners, libraries, museums, not-for-profit and other similar organizations. The Exchange Visitor Sponsorship Advisor serves as an Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO) on multiple IIE sponsored programs, provides high-quality customer service to internal clients and reviews back-up documentation.
Essential Functions
- Serves as an ARO, subject to responsibilities set forth in the CFR [22 CFR Part 62] guiding the J Visa. Must be able to make independent decisions in line with the J regulations, IIE’s and best practices under the guidance of the Responsible Officer (RO) and/or lead ARO.
- Reviews back-up documentation and data entry associated with the issuances of the initial Certificate of Eligibility (DS2019).
- Reviews and approve requests from exchange visitors to determine eligibility of the requested activity within sponsorship category based on Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), determine eligibility and approve Academic Training requests, accomplish Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) Real-Time Interactive (RTI) data entry, and provide required Employment Authorization letters.
- Provides training to IIE team members on J regulations, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requirements, and IIE SEVIS systems; establish the standard for IIE’s J sponsorship; interpret regulations and disseminate Department of State regulatory and DHS SEVIS information to IIE team members.
- May be asked to work on special projects such as, but not limited to, process improvements, training and other IIE projects.
St. John’s Legal English: Comprehensible input for legal English students
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Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) is Director of Legal English at St. John’s University School of Law in Queens, NY and publisher of the St. John’s Legal English blog. He will be attending the upcoming TESOL International Conference in Seattle and will be on a panel titled “Legal Language: Strategies for Effective Communication in Law School” scheduled for March 23.
Comprehensible input for legal English students: Resources, approaches & ideas
International students in LLM and legal English programs at US law schools come to study law, not ESL. At the same time, law study requires deep engagement with texts and concepts that are complex and challenging even for native English speakers. But how do you have substantive class discussions or evaluate students’ legal writing when students are struggling to sufficiently comprehend the language of the reading?
In linguistics, the relevant term is “comprehensible input.”
Click here to read the full blog post on the St. John’s Legal English blog.
Event: TOMODACHI-Mitsui & Co. Leadership Program
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Here’s an exchange opportunity via JETAADC:
The U.S.-Japan Council/TOMODACHI Initiative is pleased to announce the fifth year of the TOMODACHI-Mitsui & Co. Leadership Program, a unique bicultural exchange program designed to motivate a new generation of leaders and creative thinkers who are interested in the future of U.S.-Japan relations. We are seeking qualified professionals from across America and Japan who are active in the public and private sectors.
Attached is a letter from Irene Hirano Inouye, President – U.S.-Japan Council, along with detailed information about this program. We would greatly appreciate your support in circulating the attached program announcement and encouraging qualified individuals to apply for this exciting opportunity.
Should you have any questions, please email Noriko Litwin at nlitwin@wls2.com or Wes Stockstill at wstockstill@wls2.com
http://usjapantomodachi.org/2017/02/21323/
Thank you and warm regards,
The TOMODACHI Initiative
Job: Translator/Exchange Program Coordinator/Liaison – Chicago Futabakai Japanese School (Chicago, IL, USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Translator/Exchange Program Coordinator/Liaison
Posted by: Chicago Futabakai Japanese School
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Contract: Full-time
Thanks to JET alumni, Ben Picone (Shimane-ken) for the following job opening at his company. Just a heads up, they prefer to higher a former JET:
Position Summary
The Chicago Futabakai Japanese School is an all-Japanese language school in Arlington Heights, IL that serves Japanese children and provides them with the same education they would receive in Japan. We are looking for a translator/interpreter to support the principal and staff at the school, as well as run the exchange program with local schools. The position would begin in April. Read More
Job: Senior Corporate Giving Officer – Japan Society (New York City, New York)
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Position: Senior Corporate Giving Officer
Posted by: Japan Society
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-time
Here’s another job via Idealist:
Established in 1907, New York’s Japan Society is an internationally recognized nonprofit, nonpolitical organization that provides access to information on Japan, offers opportunities to experience Japanese culture, and fosters sustained and open dialogue on issues important to the U.S., Japan, and East Asia.
SENIOR CORPORATE GIVING OFFICER
The Senior Corporate Giving Officer works as part of the Development team to maintain and expand the corporate membership program while working closely with other Development Office staff members on Special Events and other projects as needed. Read More
Job: Director, Foundation and Government Relations – Japan Society (New York City, New York)
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Position: Director, Foundation and Government Relations
Posted by: Japan Society
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-time
Here’s another job via Idealist:
Established in 1907, New York’s Japan Society is an internationally recognized nonprofit, nonpolitical organization that provides access to information on Japan, offers opportunities to experience Japanese culture, and fosters sustained and open dialogue on issues important to the U.S., Japan, and East Asia.
DIRECTOR, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Japan Society seeks a Director, Foundation and Government Relations to lead fundraising efforts to obtain restricted program support, general operating funds, and funding for capital projects from foundations and city, state and federal government agencies. The Director is responsible for developing a fundraising strategy and annual fundraising calendar, identifying new funding sources, stewarding current and prospective funders, drafting and editing proposals and reports, and supervising the department’s staff. The Director must be a proactive, innovative leader with superior communication skills who can expand Japan Society’s funding sources by identifying and stewarding new funding prospects. This position works closely with Japan Society’s President, Chief Development Officer, senior management, and program directors as a key member of the organization’s development team. Read More
JETAA Chapter Beat for March 2017
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Ryan Hata (Tottori-ken, 2014-Present) AJET National Council Director of Alumni Relations: Ryan is in his second year on the AJET National Council and first as the Director of Alumni Relations. He works alongside Rachel Brisson (AJET National Council Director of Alumni Resources ) and members of JETAA International (JETAA-I) to strengthen the relationship between former JETs, current JETs, and Japan. Ryan helps to keep you up to date with JETAA events around the world. If you have a specific event that you would like promote, please do not hesitate to contact him by email at ryan.hata@ajet.net or his Linkedin profile.
Just got through with my 三年生 graduation. I’ve had them as students for the past two and a half years. I had a great time reminiscing with them during their slideshow. If you want to have some 懐かしい moments with fellow JET alumni, check out a JETAA event near you!
1. JETAANOLA
When: March 1st 7:30-9 pm CST
Where: Rivershack Tavern 3449 River Rd, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Join your JETAA NOLA friends and help ring in the crawfish season at Rivershack Tavern! Whether you’re a familiar face or new to the JETAA NOLA community we’d love to catch up while picking and peeling some mudbugs. As always, Friends of JET and anyone with an interest in Japan is welcome to join. Come for the whole evening or just pop in to say “Hi”. See you there!
Photo from JETAA Mid-South’s Facebook Event
2. JETAASC
When: March 2nd 5:30 pm PST
Where: 3rd Generation Sake Bar 808 W 7th St, Los Angeles, California 90017
Announcing Natsukashii Nomikai!
Starting March 2nd, this happy hour will focus on JET alumni gathering to wax nostalgic at a different Little Tokyo establishment, one Thursday, each month. Reminisce about the good times and reconnect with your fellow alums, while discovering new (old) Japanese bars in Little Tokyo, and help support these small businesses one drink at a time!
Don’t drink? Don’t worry! Whatever you put in your cup, all are welcome to join!
Photo via JETAASC’s Facebook event page
3. JETAAUK
JLGC Seminar 2017: Local Growth, Global Links
When: March 3rd 14:00-17:30 pm GMT
Where: Harvey Goodwin Suite Church House Conference Centre Westminster London SW1P 3NZ United Kingdom
Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR) London Event, Church House Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom, Friday, 3 March 2017 from 14:00 to 17:30
JETAA UK’s sponsors, Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR) London, will hold their annual seminar for UK-Japan links at the regional level and would like to invite JET Alumni to the seminar comparing international strategies for place and reception following the event. Details as follows:
- Embassy of Japan(TBC)
- Department for International Trade (UK)– Martin Phelan (International Director, Northern Powerhouse Investment)
- Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO)– Daisaku Yukita (Deputy Director General)
- City of Yokohama, Frankfurt Representative Office– Takashi Yanagisawa (Chief Representative)
- East Japan Railway Company– Kiyokata Kume (Deputy Director, London Office)
- London & Partners– Jeff Cao (Head of Asia Pacific)
- Toyota UK– Rob Gorton (Head of Corporate Planning)
- Stockton on Tees Borough Council– Richard McGuckin (Director of Economic Growth and Development)
Chair: Jane Dudman, editor Guardian Public Leaders network
In the post-Brexit landscape, ahead of the full localisation of business rates and the election of new Metro Mayors in 2017, UK local authorities will need to find new ways to curate economic growth in order to support their local economies, jobs and local services. This will depend increasingly on their global positioning and competitive advantage as part of place-based industrial strategies.
In Japan local authorities have long been enabled to internationalise their efforts and engage globally through international strategies and connections.
Following on from our 2014 London Seminar on ‘Local Growth, Global Links’ which focused on Japanese investment links in the North of England, the next JLGC Seminar will examine the role of place-based international strategies and what UK local authorities can learn from Japan in order to develop international skillsets across their organisations.
The Japan Local Government Centre Seminar is the annual event in the UK supporting the engagement of Anglo-Japanese local authorities through joint learning and partnership. This free event is aimed at local leaders to share strategies for building partnerships outside the UK to prioritise and secure local growth. Using Japan as the case study, speakers will also share the benefits that have been brought by working with global business in the UK and building links with regions abroad.
It hopes to provide a timely opportunity for UK and Japanese partners to reflect and recalibrate their efforts towards providing long term partnerships and solutions. The event will conclude with a reception for supporting international exchanges of local authorities.
4. JETAANY
When: March 5th 12:30-2:30 pm EST
Where: Carroll Place 157 Bleecker St, New York, New York 10012
So what that it’s already a few months into 2017??
It’s never too late to have a new years party so let’s get together and celebrate the “start” of 2017 in style!
Join our annual JETAANY Shinnenkai (New Year Gathering) brunch at Carroll Place on Sunday, March 5th at 12:30 pm.
Eat, drink, be merry, make new friends, and get back in touch with old ones. (And plus everyone knows that Brunch doesn’t start before noon on Sunday)
Price: $25 for everything!
Brunch Menu: Shared appetizers (2) and main dishes (3). Vegetarian options available. Specifics are TBD, but this menu reflects the type of food we will be served. Also, unlimited drinks (mimosa, rose sangria, bloody mary, coffee, tea, juice, soda) for 2 hours.
Secure your spot by selecting either “Vegetarian” or “Non Vegetarian” via the PayPal button on our website and completing payment.
http://jetaany.org/2017/
Photo from JETAANY’s Facebook event
When: March 5th 3-10 pm EST
Where: TBD
Let’s nabe! Let’s have a potluck and hope the weather is cold enough to make it extra-cozy. :)
(ALLERGY FYI: I have a cat. And let me know if you have any food allergies!)
THINGS WE NEED:
– nabe pots
– any non-veg ingredients
– if possible, dishware/silverware/
– feel free to bring board games or other fun stuff :)
FOOD:
– I’ll provide a number of different vegetarian things: likely kabocha croquets, onigiri, tenpura, and some kind of dessert.
– please bring whatever food/drink you want! (drink, particularly, as several of you are very discerning drinkers and I am very much not, hehe.)
Setting the start time very early so people can drift over and hang out at their leisure (did I mention that I have a kotatsu?), but nabe will be more dinner-ish. And +1s/family/friends are always welcome!
6. Texoma JETAA
JETAA Texoma Monthly Trivia – Houston
When: March 5th 5-6 pm CST
Where: Lowbrow Houston 1601 W Main St, Houston, Texas 77006
You thought it was over for good. You thought it was dead and buried. But next Sunday, 6 PM, at Lowbrow in Houston, JETAA monthly trivia is back from the dead.
Any and all are welcome. Bring your brain, bring a friend, bring your appetite for triv-victory!
Photo via Texoma JETAA’s Facebook event
7. JETAADC
JET Talks Presents: Library of Congress, Japanese Collection
When: March 9th 4-5:30 pm EST
Where: The Library of Congress | 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540
Join JETAADC at the Asian Reading Room in the Library of Congress on Thursday, March 9 to explore its Japanese Collection, one of the most extensive collections of original Japanese language texts and research materials outside Japan. Through the guidance of a Research Librarian at the Asian Reading Room, participants will be introduced to the history of the Japanese language collection and learn how to access and utilize original Japanese language resources as well as English translations housed in the collection for research purposes.
This event is free, but space is limited to 20 participants, so please register here to let us know you are coming!
If you have any questions, feel free to contact jettalks@jetaadc.org
From the collection’s website:
The Japanese language collection […] has grown to over 1.15 million books and serial volumes, 10,100 reels of microfilm, and 15,000 sheets of microfiche. The Japanese collection covers research materials in virtually all subjects except clinical medicine and technical agriculture. The collections are strong in the humanities and social sciences, central and local government publications, and academic journals including the areas of science and technology.
Date: Thursday, March 9
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: The Library of Congress | 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540 | Nearest Metro: Capitol South (Orange/Blue/Silver) | Union Station (Red)
Photo from JETAADC.org
JETAA Rocky Mountain Annual Meeting
When: March 11th 2-5 pm MST
Where: Gold Run Condominiums 2959 Shadow Creek Dr, Boulder, Colorado 80303
It’s time for the JETAARM annual meeting. We will be announcing the new board members for 2017-18 , and celebrating another year of JETAARM with a sukiyaki party. The meeting will be held at the current secretary’s apartment in Boulder, CO.
Please fill out the RSVP so that Adam can give you all his personal address and not put it out there for all the internet to see.
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12-2:
The board will conduct business from 12-2 pm, and we welcome all members to join and discuss plans for the year.
2 onward:
we will be cooking Nabe and waxing nostalgic for Japan. A $5 dollar contribution to cover the cost of ingredients will be greatly appreciated. The event is BYOD, and you can likely expect a njikai.
Grab a board game as well!
FYI – The condo complex is where I (Adam) live, but I’ll still need to hand out my precise address.
Photo via JETAA Rocky Mountain’s Facebook event
9. JETAA Manitoba/Saskatchewan
When: March 11th 6-9 pm CST
Where: KAZOKU restaurant 30 – 2583 Pembina Hwy, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2H5
Long overdue, it’s time for a ramen night! Join your fellow alumni for a evening to catch-up over a bowl of hot noodles at one of Winnipeg’s best ramen joinits.
Photo from JETAAMBSK’s Facebook event
When: March 12th 3:30 pm EDT
Where: Cherry Hill Lanes North 6697 Dixie Hwy, Clarkston, Michigan 48346
Come and bowl with us!
Photo from GLJETAA’s Facebook Event
11. JETAA Singapore
When: March 19th 9:30-11:45 am SGT
Where: Meet at Pasir Ris MRT, move to Pasir Ris Park
JETAA Sg will be holding a Beach Clean-Up activity! Join us for to do your part for the environment. Friends and family are welcomed too!
Date: 19 Mar, Sunday
Meeting time: 9:30am at Pasir Ris MRT (TBC – Pending NEA approval)
For more details & registration, please go to: https://goo.gl/forms/572WfB3ITAYGpXYk1
Please note that there is a limit on the number of participants, so do sign up early! Thank you and see yaaa!
JETAA Sg will be holding a Beach Clean-Up activity! Join us for to do your part for the environment. Friends and family are welcomed too!
Date: 19 Mar, Sunday
Meeting time: 9:30am at Pasir Ris MRT (TBC – Pending NEA approval)
For more details & registration, please go to: https://goo.gl/forms/572WfB3ITAYGpXYk1
Please note that there is a limit on the number of participants, so do sign up early! Thank you and see yaaa!
Photo from JETAA Singapore’s Facebook Page
12. JETAA Ottawa
When: March 25th 3-5 PM EDT
Where: 14 Waller St, Ottawa, ON K1N 9C4, Canada
Come join us for a fun afternoon of games, food and drink. Last year’s event was a blast and we’re hoping to have just as much fun this year. Don’t worry if you don’t know any games, as the staff are great at explaining everything. Just show up at 3pm at 14 Waller Street and head upstairs.
Date: March 25, 2017
Time: 3pm-5pm with possibility of a nijikai to follow
Location: The Loft Board Game Lounge, 14 Waller St, 2nd floor
Cost: $5.50/person ‘Stay and Play’ fee
You can also order food and drinks. Check out the The Loft website ‘http://
This event is open to everyone, please RSVP to give us an idea of numbers.
Photo via JETAA Ottawa’s Facebook event
13. JETAAUK
JETAA London Chapter Book Club
When: March 26th TBA
Where: TBD
London Chapter of JETAA will be holding its second Book Club meeting. More details to follow next month.
When: Sun 26th Mar
Cost: FREE
Photo from JETAAUK’s website
Justin’s Japan: ‘Your Name’ Premieres at NYICFF
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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Shukan NY Seikatsu. Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here.
Now celebrating its 20th year, the New York International Children’s Film Festival returns this month, continuing its mission to cultivate an appreciation for the arts for moviegoers of all ages.
Anime films are a staple of NYICFF, and this year’s citywide selections are “Rudolf the Black Cat” (Feb. 25, March 4-5, 19), a modern-day CGI-animated tale of two kitties that celebrates the wonder of discovery; “Panda! Go Panda!” (Feb. 26, March 5, 11, 18), a retro classic from 1972 directed by Isao Takahata and featuring original concepts and character designs by Hayao Miyazaki; and “Ancien and the Magic Tablet” (March 18-19), a fender- and genre-bending film set in the not-too-distant future whose second screening also hosts director Kenji Kamiyama as part of the closing ceremonies.
By far, the most anticipated film is the East Coast premiere of “Your Name” (Feb. 25). Released in Japan last August, it smashed all box office records for the year and is currently the highest-grossing anime film worldwide (beating out Miyazaki’s own Oscar-winning “Spirited Away” by over $40 million at press time).
Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai (“5 Centimeters per Second”), “Your Name” tells the story of a young man living in Tokyo and a young woman living in the countryside who suddenly start switching bodies on a regular basis. It has been widely praised for both its animation style and emotional impact.
For more on this year’s festival, visit http://nyicff.org. Tickets are available at www.ticketweb.com.
Job: Director of Investor Initiatives – CDP North America (New York, NY, USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Director of Investor Initiatives
Posted by: CDP North America
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-time
Here’s another job via Idealist:
CDP is a leading international charity founded 16 years ago to address the dangerous threat of climate change. It has since grown to become the world’s foremost system for companies and cities to report on carbon emissions, water stewardship, and deforestation. We operate key hubs in London, New York, and Berlin with other representation in the rest of Europe, Brazil, Australia, Japan, India, and China.
CDP North America (CDP NA) is an independent 501(c)3 charity, based in New York, which works in close association with other members of the CDP operation throughout the world. Our office is growing and we are seeking a highly motivated individual with a financial background to assist in managing CDP NA’s relationships with investors and signatory entities. The position is based in CDP NA’s New York office. CDP administers an annual disclosure process on behalf institutional investors with combined assets in excess of $92 trillion. Disclosing companies provide quantitative and qualitative information about their greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency programs, water management, exposure to deforestation and strategic business approach to environmental risk. The Director of Investor Initiatives in North America will report to the CDP NA President and Global Head of Investor Initiatives.
Job: Program Coordinator, Takeda Innovators in Science Award – New York Academy of Sciences (New York, NY, USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Program Coordinator, Takeda Innovators in Science Award
Posted by: New York Academy of Sciences
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-time
The Takeda Innovators in Science Award is a landmark new global award that recognizes and celebrates disruptive and transformative research conducted by promising early-career scientists and outstanding senior scientists across the globe in one of the designated areas of Neuroscience, Gastroenterology, Regenerative Medicine, and Oncology. The award was jointly established in November 2016 by the New York Academy of Sciences and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a global, R&D-driven pharmaceutical company committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients by translating science into life-changing medicines.
The Takeda Innovators in Science Award is a limited submission competition in which top research universities and academic institutions around the globe with a well-established record of scientific excellence are invited to nominate their most promising young faculty and their most extraordinary senior faculty working in the designated fields. Prize winners and finalists are selected by a panel of independently selected judges with expertise in these disciplines. The winners are honored at an annual Awards Ceremony and Symposium at the New York Academy of Sciences or in Japan. We are seeking a Program Manager to join the team responsible for the stewardship of this very important award.
For more information about the Takeda Innovators in Science Award, visit www.nyas.org/TakedaInnovators.
JOB TITLE: Program Coordinator, Takeda Innovators in Science Award
DEPARTMENT: Awards
REPORTS TO: Director, Takeda Innovators in Science Award,
SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES
The Program Coordinator will be responsible for customer service, data management, events coordination, and administrative duties for the Takeda Innovators in Science Award program. Independently and in support of other members of the Takeda Innovators in Science Award staff (1 PhD scientist) and with the guidance of the Director, the Program Coordinator will play an important role in the planning and execution of the entire awards program. Some travel to Japan may be required.
Career Fair: U.S. Positions Using Japanese at Over 30 Companies (New York, NY, USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Event: Career Fair – U.S. Positions Using Japanese at Over 30 Companies
Location: New York, NY, USA
Date: March 25, 2017
Thanks to Katie Yokota from DISCO International, Inc (which organizes job fairs for Japanese-English bilinguals) for the following career fair taking place next month:
JET alumni with at least conversational Japanese language ability are invited to the U.S. Career Forum 2017 on March 25. Companies will be holding information sessions, accepting resumes, and conducting interviews during the one-day event.
—– U.S. Career Forum 2017 —–
March 25 (Sat.), 10:00am – 6:00pm
Javits Center, Hall 1E
655 W 34th Street, New York, NY 10001
http://www.careerforum.net/event/us/?ref=2017JETwit&lang=E
Register and begin applying to companies here: http://www.careerforum.net/event/us/comlist.asp?ref=2017JETwit&lang=E
*There is no cost to register for or attend Career Forums.
*No cancellation is required if you later become unable to attend.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Katie Yokota, at katie@discointer.com.
We hope to see you in New York!
