{"id":30265,"date":"2013-05-18T23:20:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T03:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=30265"},"modified":"2013-05-18T23:21:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T03:21:25","slug":"job-the-japan-society-membership-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/18\/job-the-japan-society-membership-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: The Japan Society – Membership Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via <\/em>JETAA UK<\/strong>.<\/i> 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>Membership Officer<\/i>
\nPosted by<\/b>: <\/em>Japan Society<\/i>
\nType<\/i><\/strong>: <\/em>Full- time<\/i>
\nLocation<\/i><\/strong>: London <\/em>
\nSalary<\/i><\/strong>: <\/em>\u00a320 – \u00a323k depending on experience<\/i>
\nStart Date<\/i><\/strong>: N\/A<\/em><\/p>\n

Company Information:<\/b><\/i>
\nThe Japan 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 Membership Officer is the first point of call for the Society\u2019s membership of some 700 individual and 200 corporate members and is responsible for keeping our records up to date and coordinating recruitment efforts. The post provides support to the Membership and Development committees and plays an active role in the management of the programme of business events.<\/p>\n

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

Duties and responsibilities:<\/b>
\n\u2022 Handling membership enquiries and playing an active role in recruitment
\n\u2022 Processing membership applications and renewals, managing payments
\n\u2022 Maintaining the membership databases and producing regular updates, collating statistics. Helping the education team manage its database of schools and teachers.
\n\u2022 Drafting materials for print and website and preparing information packs for members and donors
\n\u2022 Sending regular postal information and events updates to members
\n\u2022 Assisting with the planning and organization of business and donor events, both daytime and evening
\n\u2022 Supporting the work of the Membership and Development committees, producing minutes and related documents<\/p>\n

Skills required:<\/b>
\n\u2022 Excellent English language skills with experience of business communication (ability to write business letters, draft information packs, handle telephone calls, participate in meetings, respond to email communications)
\n\u2022 Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, ability to spot errors and self-correct
\n\u2022 Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc)
\n\u2022 Experience of databases (SQL and Access) is a great advantage but not essential. Training will be provided if necessary, but evidence of strong general IT skills is important.
\n\u2022 Flexibility and a willingness to get involved, when necessary, in any aspect of the Society\u2019s activity with others in our 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>
\nContact Name: Heidi PotterContact Address: Swire House, 59 Buckingham Gate, LondonContact
\nEmail: 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: Membership Officer Posted by: Japan Society Type: Full- time Location: London Salary: \u00a320 – \u00a323k depending on experience Start Date: N\/A Company Information: The Japan […]<\/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-30265","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-7S9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30265","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=30265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30267,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30265\/revisions\/30267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}