Job: Part-Time Bookkeeper/Office Manager – Nichi Bei Foundation (San Francisco, CA, USA)
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Job Title: Part-Time Bookkeeper/Office Manager
Posted by: Nichi Bei Foundation
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Contract: Part-Time (may be combined with another position for more hours)
Here are a couple of jobs received directly from the organization:
The Nichi Bei Foundation, a nonprofit educational and charitable foundation serving the Japanese American community, is seeking a part-time Bookkeeper/Office Manager, between 15-20 hours a week. The Nichi Bei Foundation publishes the Nichi Bei Weekly, a nonprofit Japanese American community newspaper, and presents educational programs.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who seeks part-time work, flexible hours and meets the following requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS
- Past Bookkeeping/Accounting experience 3+ years
- Person must be proficient in Quickbooks and Excel and CRM (customer relations management) software (DonorView preferred)
- Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
- Self-motivated, efficient and shows initiative
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to work in a small office environment
- Produce accurate work
- Ability to manage multiple tasks
- Knowledge/familiarity of Japanese American community preferred
Job: Multi-Cultural Executive Liaison – MonoSol (Merrillville, IN, USA)
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Job Title: Multi-Cultural Executive Liaison
Posted by: MonoSol
Location: Merrillville, IN, USA
Contract: Full-Time
Extremely exciting opportunity for the right candidate to utilize their extensive knowledge and experience in both the Japanese and US cultures and languages.
MonoSol (Chicagoland Area) is the most exciting, fast-growing Division of the widely known and respected Kuraray company in Japan. Seven years after a merger, MonoSol is becoming more involved in the global growth of Kuraray. This role will be the critical liaison between our President and Executive Leadership team and members the Kuraray Company in Japan and other parts of the world.
Responsibilities
- Translation and Communication
- Translate reports Japanese:English: Japanese
- Coordinate and attend meeting where translation is required in Japan and USA and Europe for CEO and other Executives in real time
- Coordinate and Plan logistics for Various Executive and Collaboration Meetings in Japan
- Coordinate and schedule meetings for the CEO in Japan with all stakeholders
- Participate in the preparation of slide decks in Powerpoint
- Draft white papers and investment review reports and send to Corporate Planning department
Job: Global Health Program Officer – Japan Center for International Exchange USA (New York, NY, USA)
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Job Title: Global Health Program Officer
Posted by: Japan Center for International Exchange USA
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-Time
Thanks to JET alum, Stephen Mchugh for the following job opening with his organization:
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) is currently looking for someone to fill the role of Program Officer for our global health programs. More Info here: http://jcie.org/201908-job-announcement
Some additional info about the job:
This would be a senior position for someone who already has some professional experience, especially in the field of global health or human security. We are looking for people who are excellent writers in English but are also comfortable working in a bicultural English/Japanese work environment. Since JCIE is a small office the Program Officer will be responsible for multiple aspects of global health programs at JCIE including; managing donor/grant relations, developing new proposals, and implementing existing programming.
Application Process: Interested applicants should send their resume and a cover letter to smchugh@jcie.org.
Job: Education Abroad Coordinator – California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
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Job Title: Education Abroad Coordinator
Posted by: California State University Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Contract: Full-Time
Here’s a JET-relevant job passed along to us:
JQ Magazine: Nippon in New York — Babymetal, ‘Promare,’ Joe Hisaishi
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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe–shi, 2001-02). Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here.
As the summer winds fade into fall colors, the weeks ahead are shaping up with these exciting events, ready to be enjoyed after Labor Day.
This month’s highlights include:
Courtesy of Babymetal
Sunday, Sept. 15, 8:00 p.m.
Terminal 5, 610 West 56th Street
$59.50
First NYC appearance in three and a half years! Su-metal and Moametal are a genre-smashing duo of teenage girls who perform a fusion of metal and idol music dubbed kawaii (cute) metal. After playing to a capacity crowds at Hammerstein Ballroom in 2014 and PlayStation Theater in 2016, the group returns to support its long-awaited third album Metal Galaxy, coming in October. After opening for bands like Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2017, Babymetal is one of the biggest (and widely known abroad) Japanese musical acts today. Featuring support from Swedish metal group Avatar, promoting their recent release The King Live in Paris.
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Monday, Sept. 16, 8:00 p.m.
Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street
$27.50
Returning to North America for the first time in five years, Man with a Mission are one of the most important and loved rock bands in Asia today, having collaborated with artists ranging from Patrick Stump to milet. Their newest single “Dark Crow” has been selected as the theme song for the second season of NHK’s TV anime series Vinland Saga, and the tour supports the release of their most recent album, Chasing the Horizon. The album is the wolf collective’s fifth in their native Japan but their first brand new album to be released worldwide and has received widespread critical acclaim.
GKIDS
Sept. 17 & 19, 7:00 p.m.
Regal E-Walk 42nd Street 13, 247 West 43nd Street
AMC Empire 25, 234 West 42nd Street
AMC 34th Street 14, 312 West 34th Street
$12.50
The first feature-length film from the acclaimed Studio TRIGGER, creators of the hit series KILL la KILL and Little Witch Academia, and director Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, KILL la KILL), Promare uses a bold cel-shaded visual style to tell a blistering action-adventure story, and is the spiritual successor to many of director Imaishi’s former works. Thirty years has passed since the appearance of Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings, who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves “Mad Burnish” appears, the epic battle between Galo Thymos, a new member of the anti-Burnish rescue team “Burning Rescue,” and Lio Fotia, the leader of “Mad Burnish” begins. The Sept. 17 screening is presented in English. The Sept. 19 screening is presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Job: Corporate Relations Manager and Marketing Coordinator – Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
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Job Title: Corporate Relations Manager and Marketing Coordinator
Posted by: Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Contract: Full-Time
Here are listings for a Corporate Relations Manager and Marketing Coordinator at the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia that were passed along to us:
http://japanphilly.org/about/work-with-us/
Job: Global Health Program Officer – Japan Center for International Exchange (New York, NY, USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email
Job Title: Global Health Program Officer
Posted by: Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA)
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-Time
Thanks to JET alum, Stephen Mchugh for the following job opening with his organization:
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) is currently looking for someone to fill the role of Program Officer for our global health programs.
This would be a senior position for someone who already has some professional experience, especially in the field of global health or human security. We are looking for people who are excellent writers in English but are also comfortable working in a bicultural English/Japanese work environment. Since JCIE is a small office the Program Officer will be responsible for multiple aspects of global health programs at JCIE including; managing donor/grant relations, developing new proposals, and implementing existing programming. Interested applicants should send their resume and a cover letter to smchugh@jcie.org.
Application Process: http://jcie.org/201908-job-announcement
Job: Associate Director/Director of Graduate Admissions and Global Engagement School of Law – St. John’s University (New York City, NY)
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Job Title: Associate Director/Director of Graduate Admissions and Global Engagement School of Law
Posted by: St. John’s University
Location: New York City, NY
Contract: Full-Time
A great JET-relevant opportunity at St. John’s Law School, where I work along with two other JET alumni.
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We are hiring for a new Associate Director or Director of Graduate Admissions and Global Engagement at St. John’s Law. You can find the position description and application here:
This is a wonderful opportunity for someone passionate about international legal education who seeks to be a part of a warm, collaborative, and highly-productive team. It will involve significant international recruitment travel, as well as oversight of our LL.M. admissions operations.
Suzanne Kamata to speak at Japan Writers Conference
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Posted by Tom Baker.
JET alum Suzanne Kamata will be among nearly 50 published writers making presentations at this year’s Japan Writers Conference (Oct. 12-13 in Tokyo). Here’s the official description of her talk:
“Wheelchair User or Wheelchair-bound?: Representations of Persons with Disabilities in Children’s Books”
Short lecture with Q & A
In this session, I will discuss positive and problematic representations of persons with using examples from recently published Japanese textbooks, and literature featuring children in Japan and other countries, including my own work, with a view to developing better awareness. With the approach of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, people with disabilities in Japan have been given more attention than perhaps ever before. English textbooks for Japanese children now frequently include stories about or representations of people with disabilities. Worldwide, initiatives such as #weneeddiversebooks and the call for #ownvoices have led to an increase of children’s and young adult books featuring characters with disabilities. That said, some of these representations, and the way that they are discussed remain problematic. When do stories about disability become “inspiration porn”? What kind of language should we use when discussing disability? Who has the right to tell these stories?
Suzanne Kamata is the award-winning author or editor of twelve published books including “Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs” (Beacon Press, 2008), “Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible” (GemmaMedia, 2013), “A Girls’ Guide to the Islands” (Gemma Open Door, 2017), “Squeaky Wheels: Travels with My Daughter by Train, Plane, Metro, Tuk-tuk and Wheelchair” (Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing, 2019), and “Indigo Girl” (GemmaMedia, 2019). She is an Associate Professor at Naruto University of Education.
For more details, visit http://www.japanwritersconference.org/
Jennifer Hammer to speak at Japan Writers Conference
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Posted by Tom Baker.
JET alum Jennifer Hammer will be among nearly 50 published writers making presentations at this year’s Japan Writers Conference (Oct. 12-13 in Tokyo). Here’s the official description of her talk:
“NaNoWriMo: What Are These Syllables and Why Do Writers Care?”
This lecture will focus on what exactly NaNoWriMo is, the pros and cons of writing 50,000 words in thirty days, and how writers can benefit from this online (and real life) community during the official November event, in April and July for “Camp NaNo,” and with writers of varying levels from around the world. Why should a writer care about these four syllables? Because NaNo is a great resource for writers, can be adapted to schools (and/or clubs), and is a way to make friends for life (as well as connect with the 5AM writing club, whichever time zone you’re in).
Jennifer Hammer is the Tokyo Municipal Leader (ML) for NaNoWriMo and a four-year NaNo winner. She writes whatever pretty idea catches her attention, all the way from super hero romance (White Knight) to creepy-crawly horror (JA Hammer) to fantasy video games (Coffee Quills).
For more details, visit http://www.japanwritersconference.org/
Todd Jay Leonard to speak at Japan Writers Conference
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Posted by Tom Baker.
JET alum Todd Jay Leonard will be among nearly 50 published writers making presentations at this year’s Japan Writers Conference (Oct. 12-13 in Tokyo). Here’s the official description of his talk:
“Publishing in the EFL Market in Japan: Four Perspectives on How to Make your Proposal Count”
Short lecture with Q & A
This presentation will outline the current publishing market in Japan for EFL/ESL textbooks by reviewing the various points of views of the publishing industry. The presenter has published extensively within the ESL/EFL field in Japan and will offer helpful advice to budding authors who wish to pursue projects geared to Japan’s domestic market. What are publishers looking for in the current market? What appeals to editors who ultimately decide? What are the salespeople on the front lines hearing from their market? What must an author do in order to get his/her book published? This presentation focuses on these very questions.
Todd Jay Leonard has been actively involved in book publishing for thirty years and has published twenty books. He lives, writes, and teaches on the southern island of Kyushu, where he is a university professor at University of Teacher Education Fukuoka. He has published extensively in academic journals, magazines, and newspapers on cross-cultural, historical, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) themes.
For more details, visit http://www.japanwritersconference.org/
Job: Program Coordinator – Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles (San Francisco, CA, USA)
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Job Title: Program Coordinator – Cultural Diplomacy
Posted by: Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Contract: Full-Time
Here’s a job sent to us directly from the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles:
https://www.la.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/program_coordinator.html
The deadline is Wednesday, September 4th. Additionally, they don’t cover any travel costs to come interview. Best of luck!
Job: Bookkeeper/Office Manager – Nichi Bei Foundation (San Francisco, CA, USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email
Job Title: Bookkeeper/Office Manager
Posted by: Nichi Bei Foundation
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Contract: Part-Time
Here’s a job received directly from the organization:
The Nichi Bei Foundation, a nonprofit educational and charitable foundation serving the Japanese American community, is seeking a part-time Bookkeeper/Office Manager, between 15-20 hours a week. The Nichi Bei Foundation publishes the Nichi Bei Weekly, a nonprofit Japanese American community newspaper, and presents educational programs.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who seeks part-time work, flexible hours and meets the following requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS
- Past Bookkeeping/Accounting experience 3+ years
- Person must be proficient in Quickbooks and Excel and CRM (customer relations management) software (DonorView preferred)
- Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
- Self-motivated, efficient and shows initiative
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to work in a small office environment
- Produce accurate work
- Ability to manage multiple tasks
- Knowledge/familiarity of Japanese American community preferred
Job: Full-stack Developer – Tofugu (Remote)
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Job Title: Full-stack Developer
Posted by: Tofugu
Location: Remote
Contract: Full-time
Here’s a JET-relevant job passed along to us:
Tofugu is looking for a full-time full-stack developer to help maintain and build features for WaniKani (our kanji learning application) and Tofugu (our blog). “Full Stack” can mean a lot of things, but we are looking to hire someone who leans slightly towards the “front-end” spectrum of “full-stack,” has a high level of proficiency in Ruby and Ruby on Rails, and loves working in a team environment.
As a generalist, you have deep-but-not-as-deep experience with various front-end technologies and languages, and a working knowledge of how to make it appear as a working website on the internet. Your experience and abilities should be at a level where you can immediately make contributions and take ownership of projects.
Application Process: https://www.tofugu.com/jobs/full-stack-developer/
Job: Customer Support Specialist – Tofugu (Remote)
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Job Title: Customer Support Specialist
Posted by: Tofugu
Location: Remote
Contract: Part-time
Thanks to JET alum, Jennifer Kim (Nara-ken) for passing along this job opportunity:
Tofugu is seeking a remote part-time Customer Support Specialist to provide customer support for its Japanese language learning properties – Tofugu and Wanikani. In this role, you will be responsible for helping people to learn how to learn Japanese, whether that’s helping them learn how to use WaniKani, suggesting a Tofugu article that solves their problem, or even just giving some of your own advice.
The role will be 20-25 hrs a week, and there may be a weekend shift. The customer support team is very small and works in different timezones. During onboarding, the specialist will be working closely with the lead on the west coast. The role is remote, but you must be based in a North American timezone. Nice-to-have: WaniKani user experience and higher than JLPT N5
Application Process: https://www.tofugu.com/jobs/customer-support-specialist/
