{"id":30262,"date":"2013-05-18T23:07:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T03:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=30262"},"modified":"2013-05-18T23:07:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T03:07:30","slug":"job-the-japan-society-information-and-education-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/18\/job-the-japan-society-information-and-education-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: The Japan Society – Information and Education Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via<\/em> JETAA UK. <\/i><\/b>Posted by <\/em>Kim \u2018Kay\u2019\u00a0 Monroe<\/a> (Miyazaki<\/a>-shi, 1995 -97)<\/i><\/strong>. Click here<\/a> to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a> and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em>
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Position<\/i><\/strong>: <\/em>Information and Education Assistant<\/i>
\nPosted by<\/b>: <\/em>The <\/i>Japan Society<\/i>
\nType<\/i><\/strong>: Full-time <\/em>
\nLocation<\/i><\/strong>: <\/em>London<\/i>
\nSalary<\/i><\/strong>: <\/em>\u00a318 – \u00a319k depending on experience<\/i>
\nStart Date<\/i><\/strong>: N\/A<\/em><\/p>\n

Company Information:<\/b>
\nJapan Society is the leading independent body in the United Kingdom dedicated to the enhancement of the British-Japanese relationship in all its facets. It is a membership organization and UK charity with a strong educational remit. Its core programmes include approximately 80 academic, business and cultural events each year, support for schools teaching about Japan, provision of small grants, publication of periodicals and books, and maintenance of a small historic library.<\/p>\n

The Information and Education Assistant has a central role supporting all areas of the Society\u2019s activity. He\/she is the first point of contact for general enquiries and will have a general overview of current projects. This post also provides administrative support for management of the Japan Society office, the Small Grants scheme and for aspects of the Schools Education programme.<\/p>\n

He\/she will report to the Head of Education, though will work directly with other members of the Society\u2019s management team on particular areas of activity.<\/p>\n

Main duties and responsibilities:<\/b>
\n\u2022 Dealing with enquiries from callers, by phone, email and in person, and directing them to the relevant member of staff when appropriate
\n\u2022 Managing applications for Japan Society Small Grants, communicating with applicants and the Grants committee, keeping accurate records and administering payments
\n\u2022 Providing administrative support to the education team, for example with management of loan resources and education events, and the maintenance of schools database information
\n\u2022 Managing the office environment, including equipment and supplies, handling incoming and outgoing post
\n\u2022 Occasionally assisting with events, which may require evening work<\/p>\n

Skills required:<\/b>
\n\u2022 Excellent English language skills (ability to handle telephone calls, write letters\/emails, participate in meetings)
\n\u2022 Knowledge of Japanese language and culture is useful.
\n\u2022 Excellent organizational abilities and attention to detail
\n\u2022 Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc) is essential. Experience of databases is useful.
\n\u2022 Flexibility and a willingness to get involved, when necessary, in any aspect of the Society\u2019s activity as part of a small team.
\n\u2022 Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.<\/p>\n

Application Requirements: Please send a CV and covering letter by email to Heidi Potter at heidi.potter@japansociety.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact Name: Heidi Potter
\nContact Address: Swire House, 59 Buckingham Gate, London
\nContact Email: heidi.potter@japansociety.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Via JETAA UK. Posted by Kim \u2018Kay\u2019\u00a0 Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Position: Information and Education Assistant Posted by: The Japan Society Type: Full-time Location: London Salary: \u00a318 – \u00a319k depending on experience Start Date: N\/A Company Information: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"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":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-7S6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30262","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\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30264,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30262\/revisions\/30264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}