{"id":1062,"date":"2008-10-25T14:27:25","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T14:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2008-10-28T19:35:27","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T19:35:27","slug":"job-japanese-embassys-dc-japan-information-culture-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/25\/job-japanese-embassys-dc-japan-information-culture-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Job:  Japanese Embassy&#8217;s (DC) Japan Information &#038; Culture Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/japaninfcultctr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1063 alignright\" title=\"japaninfcultctr\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/japaninfcultctr-300x41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/japaninfcultctr-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/japaninfcultctr.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Job opening for <strong>School Program Coordinator\/ Office Manager<\/strong> in DC at the Japanese Embassy\\&#8217;s Japan Information and Culture Center, posted to the JETAA DC grouplist by <strong>Melissa Chasse<\/strong> (Gifu-ken, 2003-07), the Press Relations Officer at the Japan Information and Culture Center(JICC) , Embassy of Japan.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For those of you sincerely interested promoting and awareness, appreciation and understanding of Japan and Japanese culture among our fellow Americans, I would urge you to conisder applying for the School Program Coordinator\/ Officer Manager vacany that has recently<br \/>\nopened a the JICC.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the attached vacancy announcement, or visit our website at http:\/\/www.us. emb-japan. go.jp\/jicc\/ index.htm to learn more about this position.<\/p>\n<p>VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Japan Information &amp; Culture Center, Embassy of Japan<\/p>\n<p>School Program Coordinator\/ Office Manager<\/p>\n<p>The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan, is seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented individual for the position of School Program Coordinator and Office Manager. Among various responsibilities that this person will hold are coordinating and presenting an educational program on Japan and Japanese culture and overseeing JICC\ufffdfs office affairs. Please see below for a complete listing of responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy offers group health insurance coverage, 15 days of paid<br \/>\nvacation per year, a number of paid U.S.\/Japanese holidays, and sick<br \/>\nleave. Working hours are from 9 a.m. &#8211; 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday with weeknight and\/or weekend events several times a month (paid overtime). Salary is commensurate with experience.<\/p>\n<p>Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S. green card holder. Only<br \/>\nsuccessful candidates will be contacted. Screening will begin<br \/>\nimmediately and will continue until the position is filled.<\/p>\n<p>Responsibilities:<\/p>\n<p>-Coordinating and presenting an educational program on Japan and<br \/>\nJapanese culture (3rd grade and up)<\/p>\n<p>-Promoting the school program and maintaining a reservation schedule<\/p>\n<p>-Writing reports for each program (Japanese) and compiling data<br \/>\nquarterly<\/p>\n<p>-Heading JICC\ufffdfs participation in culture events held at off-site<br \/>\nlocations, including the Embassy Adoption Program<\/p>\n<p>-Serving as the liaison between JICC and building management<br \/>\n(maintenance, billing, scheduling)<\/p>\n<p>-Disseminating information on Japan to the public; responding to public<br \/>\ninquiries on Japan<\/p>\n<p>-Assisting other JICC staff in the preparation of cultural events<\/p>\n<p>Requirements and Preferred Qualifications:<\/p>\n<p>-Experience working with and\/or teaching children<\/p>\n<p>-Experience living or working in Japan<\/p>\n<p>-Understanding of Japanese culture<\/p>\n<p>-Strong public speaking skills<\/p>\n<p>-Proficiency in Japanese and English preferred<\/p>\n<p>-Strong computer skills (Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Power Point)<br \/>\npreferred<\/p>\n<p>-Superior communication skills<\/p>\n<p>-Flexibility and resourcefulness<\/p>\n<p>-Bachelor\ufffdfs degree in related field<\/p>\n<p>To apply:<\/p>\n<p>Please e-mail or mail your cover letter, resume (as Word attachments<br \/>\nonly),<\/p>\n<p>and a copy of university transcript to:<\/p>\n<p>(university transcripts need not be official)<\/p>\n<p>Kazuo Fukuda<\/p>\n<p>Japan Information &amp; Culture Center, Embassy of Japan<\/p>\n<p>1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036<\/p>\n<p>jicchr@embjapan. org<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.us. emb-japan. go.jp\/jicc\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job opening for School Program Coordinator\/ Office Manager in DC at the Japanese Embassy\\&#8217;s Japan Information and Culture Center, posted to the JETAA DC grouplist by Melissa Chasse (Gifu-ken, 2003-07), the Press Relations Officer at the Japan Information and Culture Center(JICC) , Embassy of Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-h8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}