Job: Int’l Ed Employment Opportunities Available with IES Abroad (5 Openings)
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Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
IES Abroad, a global not-for-profit academic consortium with more than 120 study abroad programs worldwide, is currently in search of candidates for the following positions:
– Program Manager (Cape Town, South Africa)
– Consultant, Nice, France (Nice, France)
– Client Relations Manager – Customized Programs (Chicago, IL)
– Diversity Relations Manager (Chicago, IL)
– Internship Program Advisor, IES Internships (Chicago, IL)
For more information about these positions and to complete our online application process, please visit http://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/about/employment.
You can learn more about IES Abroad at www.IESabroad.org.
WIT Life #276: San Diego’s San-Kei-En garden
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WIT Life is a periodic series written by professional Writer/Interpreter/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei’s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends along with her own observations.
My interpreting gig continues westward, and I am currently with my interpreting clients in San Diego. It was my first time here in a while, and I was looking forward to seeing what Japanese connections awaited. As a result, I was happy to have some time in between appointments to visit the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park with my group. It’s official name is 三景園 (“San-Kei-En”), which means Water, Pastoral and Mountain. San Diego’s sister city in Japan is Yokohama, and the garden was designed to be an expression of the ties between the people of the two cities. Its gate is dedicated to Charles C. Dail, the former Mayor who began this sister city program in 1957.
Classes offered at San-Kei-En include ikebana, origami, bonsai and tea ceremony. The original Japanese tea house in Balboa Park had an interesting story. It was built for the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, and when the city couldn’t operate it post-exposition a Japanese couple managed it until 1941. Read More
JETwit Job Hunter Profile: Vanessa Yee
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JETwit Job Hunter is a feature started by Autumn Widdoes (Okinawa-ken 2010-14) where we share the profile of a JET or JET alum currently seeking work and invite JETwit readers to share any advice, suggestions, or perspectives. Autumn is a writer with a focus on performance and film who is actively on the job market. She’d like to put her four years of experience in Japan to good use in future employment.
Job Hunter: Vanessa Yee (Nagano-ken, 2010-14) just completed her JET tenure, having taught two years as an ALT in Shiojiri City and two years as a Prefectural Advisor in Nagano City. She is currently living in Los Angeles, where she is pursuing her MBA part-time at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
Objective: Vanessa is seeking a full-time position in the HR field as either an HR Generalist or HR Specialist in talent development and training or organizational management. On the JET program, she was a Prefectural Advisor and has leadership skills and experience in program management, event organization, administrative and personal counseling, workshop presentations, as well as training and hiring.
Areas of Interest:
- Human Resources
- Talent development and training
- Organizational management
- Entry level positions
Job Hunting Strategies:
- Undergraduate and graduate school career services offices
- Personal contacts in the Los Angeles area
- Japanese recruitment agencies such as PASONA, QuickUSA, and Teruko Weinberg, among others
Challenges: Vanessa is in the process of a career change. While she does not yet have direct experience within the HR field, she has prior work experience that has given her transferable skills aligned with her target industry. While looking for jobs via search engines and websites, she is finding it difficult to determine the level and class of job she wants that will not only match her interests but also her qualifications.
She has also been in contact with Japanese recruiting agencies. She began reaching out to them in May in preparation for her move home, but they required her to wait until August to begin actively searching for her. They did offer to set up Skype interviews for her while she was still located in Japan.
She has also actively reached out to her personal contacts who have helped her secure informational interviews, sent hiring notices to her, and have been very supportive of her job search.
Vanessa would like to continue conducting informational interviews and is seeking contacts with people who have careers in Human Resources. She is also looking for HR related job listings located in the LA/SoCal area. She is determined to find the right job for her and is seeking any leads that will help her reach her goal.
Web Presence:
- To contact Vanessa visit her LinkedIn.
To help this JETwit Job Hunter, post your comments below, or contact Vanessa Yee directly.
If you’d like to be profiled, click here to submit your information through the JETwit Job Hunter Google Form.
Reminder that there are a number of JET Alum professionally oriented LinkedIn groups set up to help you. By joining groups in fields that interest you, you can find and connect with other alums in that field.
Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
DePaul University in Chicago, IL, is currently accepting applications for the position of Program Manager within our Study Abroad Program Office.
Please visit https://jobs-depaul.icims.com/jobs/18278/program-manager/job for the full position description and application details.
Brief Position Summary: The Program Manager (PM) position manages a program portfolio of faculty-led programs and serves as the primary point of contact for faculty directors, students, vendors, providers, and other key stakeholders. The PM develops and implements regular program assessment procedures in collaboration with staff and faculty, and also evaluates the viability of new programs with the Associate Director Program Management. This position also participates in first level crisis response, led by the Associate Director Program Management, within the study abroad office. This position has both administrative and management responsibilities and plays a key role to ensure the success of program implementation for both students and faculty.
Job: Trinity University (Texas), Assistant Director for International Student and Scholar Services.
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Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
The International Programs Office at Trinity University is pleased to announce the opening for the position of Assistant Director for International Student and Scholar Services.
SUMMARY:
The Assistant Director for International Student and Scholar Services is responsible for ensuring that international students and scholars remain in legal immigration status and that Trinity University is in compliance with US government regulations. The Assistant Director serves as the Principal Designated School Official (PDSO) overseeing the maintenance of immigration records in the student record system, the international student database, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). The Director works with the ISSS Advisor to assist international students and scholars on adjustment, immigration, personal, financial and employment issues and serves as a functional lead in organizing programs to promote strong international student retention and matriculation rates.
DUTIES: Liaises with the US Department of Homeland Security and prepares for SEVIS re-certification; Monitors developments in immigration policies, procedures and regulations on a daily basis as they relate to SEVIS/SEVP; Acts as a lead immigration advisor to international students and scholars; Provides a lead role in coordinating programming opportunities for international students; Provides a lead role in responding to inquiries and questionnaires relating to incoming exchange students; Maintains exchange students’ visa paperwork, follows up with transcript and enrollment verification requests, and advises the IPO Director and maintain exchange student balances; In coordination with the Director of the International Programs Office, oversees the recruitment and training of the International Student and Scholar Advisor; Serves as an instructor in one of the sections of the International Student Orientation Courses.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: Up-to-date knowledge of immigration regulations and SEVIS/SEVP approved procedural steps; Excellent organizational and analytical skills; Experience with web-based applications, and software, and database systems such as SEVIS, Google Docs and familiarity with Terra Dotta; High level interpersonal and communicational skills; Ability to work with internationally and culturally diverse populations; Professional manners and collaborative work style. Complies with all Trinity University policies and guidelines.
EDUCATION: B.A.
REQUIRED: US Citizenship or permanent resident status is required
PREFERRED: Experience living/working/volunteering abroad; Ability to speak a second language; Master’s degree in Student Affairs, Higher Education Administration, International Studies, International Business, Counseling or related fields; The application deadline is no later than October 6, 2014
To apply, please submit electronically a letter of application, resume, and the names and contact information of four professional references to the Office of Human Resources, email: humanresources@trinity.edu. An application will be considered incomplete unless all materials are received by the deadline. Trinity University is an EEO/Employer.
Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
San Diego State University’s College of Extended Studies is continuing the search for an advisor for faculty-led study abroad programs. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team and be directly responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating a full range of services and programs to meet the international objectives of the university and the needs of students seeking, engaged in, or who have returned from education abroad programs. Application review will begin on October 6th.
You can view this posting at:
https://cmsweb.cms.sdsu.edu/psp/HSDPRDF/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=5353&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1
Please direct questions to SDSU’s Center for Human Resources rather than to the hiring department.
Job: Cultural Vistas (NY) Assistant Program Officer, CBYX and Baden-Württemberg STIPENDIUM
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Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Cultural Vistas – New York Headquarters
Assistant Program Officer, CBYX and Baden-Württemberg STIPENDIUM
The Assistant Program Officer will assist in the administration of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) at Cultural Vistas. This program is sponsored by the US Congress and German Bundestag (Parliament) and provides a one-year exchange for young Americans and Germans to experience living with a host family, studying at a college or technical school, and working in an internship. This individual also supports the Baden-Württemberg STIPENDIUM-a 3-month language immersion and internship program in Germany.
To learn more, please visit the link: https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=10835501
Job: Legal Manager – CMIC (Tokyo)
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Thanks to JET alum Nicole Mignone (a lawyer herself) for sharing this listing she found on LinkedIn. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-2014), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Legal Manager
Posted by: CMIC
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Type: Full-time
Overview:
The CMIC Group consists of seventeen companies, including CMIC HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. and consolidated affiliates. The Group’s businesses mainly involve support for the pharmaceutical industry. Instead of making drugs, we offer comprehensive services related to drug, all the processes of a pharmaceuticals company from research and development to manufacturing and sales. Leveraging our experience and expertise as a pioneer CRO, our business has expanded to create added value in such fields as drugs, medical devices, specific functional foods, and so on. Moreover, we are tackling the service which is useful to “the medical treatment for a patient” also in the field of medical treatment and healthcare, strengthening customer service as “PVC (Pharmaceutical Value Creator)” which contributes for value maximization of a pharmaceuticals company. Read More
Job: Research Associate – United Nations University (Tokyo)
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Via Idealist. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-2014), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Research Associate
Posted by: United Nations University
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Type: Full-time
Overview:
The Fukushima Global Communication (FGC) Programme is an initiative developed by the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) with financial support from the Government of Japan. The FGC programme applies a human security approach to examine impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident of March 11, 2011, on people and society, and the challenges of the recovery process in Fukushima. It also focuses on issues of risk and information provision, aiming to improve understanding of how the threat of radiation is perceived, and the specific challenges of risk communication related to nuclear energy. (For more information please visit the FGC website.) Read More
Job: Programme Support Assistant – United Nations University (Tokyo)
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Via Idealist. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-2014), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Programme Support Assistant
Posted by: United Nations University
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Type: Full-time
Overview:
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) is a new UNU institute, created in January 2014 by consolidating the former UNU Institute of Advanced Studies and UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP). It is based at UNU Headquarters in Tokyo. The mission of UNU-IAS is to serve the international community through policy relevant research and capacity development focused on sustainability, including its social, economic and environmental dimensions. UNU-IAS builds on a strong tradition of UNU research and capacity development in Japan, undertaken in collaboration with a global network of professionals and scholars, particularly in Africa and Asia. (For more information please visit http://ias.unu.edu.) Read More
Job: Instructor of Japanese – USF (Tampa)
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Thanks to JET alum Autumn Widdoes for forwarding this. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-2014), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Instructor of Japanese
Posted by: University of South Florida
Location: Tampa, FL
Type: Full-time
Duties: Responsibilities include teaching elementary to advanced level Japanese language courses.
Qualifications (Education & Experience): Applicants should have teaching experience at the university level and must demonstrate excellence in teaching a proficiency-based curriculum. Read More
Daily Yomiuri: Japanese government announces increase for JET Programme
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According to a Daily Yomiuri article, the Japanese government plans to increase JET Programme participants by 2,300 between 2015 and 2019 with an eye towards eventually increasing the program to 20,000. This seems to be in line with LDP policies announced back in April.
Update 1:32 pm Sep. 22: Here’s an English version of the article:
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001586882
ALTs to be placed in all primary schools
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe government has decided to increase the number of Assistant Language Teachers considerably over a five-year period, starting from the next school year, to strengthen English education at primary schools.
Aiming to create a system in which ALTs will be assigned to all public primary schools by the 2019 school year, the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry and the Foreign Ministry plan to increase the number of ALTs by about 2,300 over five years as a national project. Combined with ALTs who are hired independently by municipalities, the ministries intend to expand the total number of ALTs to 20,000, or 1.5 times the current level, by the 2019 school year.
The education ministry has decided to lower the starting age for English education from the current fifth year of primary school to the third year by the 2020 school year, and make it an official subject from the fifth year.
Experts have said it is important to secure a sufficient number of native English speakers, and utilize them to enhance the learning environments for students.
About 800 ALTs first came to Japan in 1987 when the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program was launched as a state international exchange project. As of 2002, the number of ALTs had increased to about 5,600, but it began to decrease after that due to financial problems. The current number is about 4,100.
Besides ALTs on the JET Program, about 8,000 ALTs hired independently by municipalities and other organizations have been dispatched to local primary and middle schools across the nation. In some cases, an ALT teaches at several schools.
According to experts, considerable disparity exists among the nation’s 21,000 public primary schools. While some schools have resident ALTs, some schools are visited by an ALT once about every six months.
The government therefore plans to increase the number of ALTs in the JET Program in stages. From the 2020 school year onward, English lessons will increase from the current once a week to three times a week for fifth-grade and sixth-grade students. Third-grade and fourth-grade students will have English lessons once or twice a week, and the education ministry plans to have ALTs frequently instruct students in English classes.
The budget for English education utilizing ALTs is expected to increase from about ¥30 billion this school year to about ¥50 billion a year eventually. The government also plans to launch a subsidy system for supporting municipalities that independently hire ALTs.
ALT
An ALT assists Japanese teachers in teaching foreign languages such as English at primary, middle and high schools. In addition to ALTs who come to Japan on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, a state international exchange project, others are directly hired by municipalities or private organizations contracted to dispatch ALTs.
From the 2011 school year, foreign language studies became compulsory for fifth-grade and sixth-grade primary school students. The role of ALTs has expanded to include assisting with pronunciation and listening comprehension.
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Here’s the article in Japanese. Attempted translations or paraphrases are welcome in the comments section:
全公立小に英語指導助手、５年間で２万人に
2014年09月22日 17時27分
小学校の英語教育を強化するため、文部科学、総務、外務３省は、学校で英語指導などにあたる外国語指導助手（ＡＬＴ）を来年度から５年間で、国の事業だけで約２３００人増員し、６４００人以上とする方針を決めた。
自治体が独自に採用しているＡＬＴなどと合わせ、２０１９年度までに総数を現在の１・５倍の２万人に拡充し、すべての公立小学校に配置できる体制を目指す。
小学校の英語教育では、文科省が２０年度をめどに、開始時期を現在の５年生から３年生に引き下げ、５年生からは正式な教科にする方針を固めている。質の高い学習環境を整える上で、英語を母国語とするＡＬＴの確保や活用が課題として指摘されていた。
ＡＬＴは、国の国際交流事業（ＪＥＴプログラム）が始まった１９８７年に約８００人が来日し、２００２年に約５６００人となったが、その後財政難で減り、現在は約４１００人。ほかに、自治体の独自採用などで、約８０００人が各地の小中学校などに派遣されている。全国の公立小学校（約２万１０００校）では常駐する学校もあるが、１人で数校を受け持つケースもあり、半年に１回程度しか派遣を受けられない学校もあるという。
JQ Magazine: Book Review — ‘WA: The Essence of Japanese Design’
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“WA is an excellent reminder that the analysis of everyday objects in our lives can be more insightful than we might first think, examining the roles of myriad mediums in Japanese daily life in ancient times to today including practical uses, religious ones, and political statements.” (Phaidon)
By Julio Perez Jr. (Kyoto-shi, 2011-13) for JQ magazine. A bibliophile, writer, translator and graduate from Columbia University, Julio is currently working at Ishikawa Prefecture’s New York office while seeking opportunities with publications in New York. Follow his enthusiasm for Japan, literature, and board gaming on his blog and Twitter @brittlejules.
Whether you like looking at furniture, crafts, art, and everything in between, in museums, magazines, or even Pinterest, you’re sure to appreciate the awe of a magical table, that from some angles is almost invisible, not to mention the rustic austerity of handmade materials for the Japanese tea ceremony and many other fascinating objects featured in WA: The Essence of Japanese Design. Throughout history, design and craftsmanship have had important roles in everyday life and practical uses, as well as in the arts and even in the political arena. WA explores the changing faces and development of Japanese design through the mediums themselves.
The book is divided into sections that include: Wood, Bamboo and Lacquer, Paper, Metal, Fabric and Textiles, Ceramic, and Synthetic/New Materials. Each section features a few dozen stunning photographs of objects, crafts, or even furniture, and a short essay that highlights pieces made from a particular material that, along with the photos, support its discussion about the development of that medium in Japan in a manner approachable for all readers. The contents of the book are written and selected by Rossella Menegazzo and Stefania Piotti, who are both scholars of East Asian arts and crafts, and they have successfully created a beautiful, approachable book on the subject.
WA explores the Japaneseness of Japanese design that has evolved throughout its history of ancient influences, from continental Asia and the Silk Road, through Japan’s periods of isolation, and continuing through today with its integration and innovation of Western design and cultural needs. WA is a very approachable book; the essays are not heavy with jargon and relate more to the pictures, which provides a very special and immediate connection to Japanese arts that would only be rivaled by holding the items themselves featured in the photos.
Job: Development Director – Japanese American Citizens League National (SF)
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Position: Development Director
Posted by: Japanese American Citizens League National
Location: San Francisco, CA
Type: Full-time
Overview:
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is seeking to fill the position of Program Director (Membership & Fund Development). The position is located in the national office of JACL in San Francisco, CA. The person will be responsible for articulating, developing and managing annual and long range objectives for fund development and investments; managing an effective planned giving program; coordinating foundation and corporate grants; ensuring that the membership database is current and accurate; supervising all aspects of membership such as renewals, rebates, and reports; and working with the national board and committees regarding membership marketing and fundraising. Read More
Job: JET Ambassadors – volunteer basis (DC, MD, VA, WV, DE)
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Via JETAADC. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-2014), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: JET Ambassador
Posted by: JETAA
Location: DC, MD, VA, WV, DE
Type: Volunteer
Overview:
We are pleased to announce a call for volunteers for the JET Ambassadors Program!
As the brainchild of Ambassador Fujisaki, the JET Ambassadors Program is a volunteer-based program allowing participants to visit local DC and surrounding area schools and share their experiences from Japan through interactive self-designed presentations. The program aims to educate newer generations about Japan and raise international awareness throughout the community, as well as giving former JETs the chance to reconnect with their own experiences. Read More
