{"id":31652,"date":"2013-08-27T01:39:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T05:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=31652"},"modified":"2013-08-27T01:42:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T05:42:39","slug":"job-program-assistant-for-the-kakehashi-project-at-the-laurasian-institution-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/27\/job-program-assistant-for-the-kakehashi-project-at-the-laurasian-institution-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Program Assistant for the Kakehashi Project at The Laurasian Institution (Seattle)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jaymetsutsuse.com\/\"><strong>Jayme Tsutsuse<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<em><strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/Kyoto-JET-Alumni-3755092\/about\">Kyoto<\/a>-fu, 2013-Present)<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\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<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Position<\/i><\/strong><em>: Program Assistant<\/em><i><\/i><br \/>\n<em><b>Posted by<\/b>:\u00a0<\/em><i>The Kakehashi Project<\/i><br \/>\n<strong><i>Type<\/i><\/strong><em>: Full-time<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><i>Location<\/i><\/strong><em>:\u00a0<\/em><i>Seattle, WA<\/i><br \/>\n<strong><i>Salary<\/i><\/strong><em>:\u00a0$28,000-$29,000<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><i>Start Date<\/i><\/strong><em>:\u00a0to start October 1, 2013 and end on March 31, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Kakehashi Project is\u00a0a large-scale youth exchange program between Japan and the United States. As part of an international team, the Program Assistant supports planning and implementation of study tours for a variety of ages. Groups of students from schools throughout the U.S. travel to Japan for two weeks, and Japanese students visit the U.S. in a reciprocal program. \u00a0The Program Assistant will be responsible for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serving as a liaison between U.S. schools and partner organizations in Japan<\/li>\n<li>Working with a team to develop educational itineraries for incoming tours of Japanese students and travel with groups as needed<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining content on website and in print materials<\/li>\n<li>Responding to inquiries, organizing receipts, writing reports, and other duties as assigned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Requirements: \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Highly functional English and Japanese abilities (minimum JLPT Level 2\/N2 or equivalent)<\/li>\n<li>Work experience in any or all of the following fields: Japanese educational system, youth exchange, grassroots internationalization, event planning, and non-profit organizations<\/li>\n<li>Ability to handle emergencies and work under pressure<\/li>\n<li>Strong communication skills, both oral and written<\/li>\n<li>Tech-savvy highly preferred; familiarity with FileMaker, Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite, FileZilla, Word, Excel, a strong plus<\/li>\n<li>Flexible schedule; ability to travel up to two weeks at a time and work overtime as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Application Instructions:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Send your resume and cover letter to Megan Bernard at <b>mbernard@laurasian.org<\/b>\u00a0. (No phone calls)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>For more information please visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurasian.org\/kakehashi\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurasian.org\/kakehashi\/ProgramAsst.php\">Job Listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by\u00a0Jayme Tsutsuse\u00a0(Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present).\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and 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: Program Assistant Posted by:\u00a0The Kakehashi Project Type: Full-time Location:\u00a0Seattle, WA Salary:\u00a0$28,000-$29,000 Start Date:\u00a0to start October 1, 2013 and end on March 31, 2015 Overview: The Kakehashi Project is\u00a0a large-scale youth exchange program between Japan and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-8ew","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31652","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\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31652"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31674,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31652\/revisions\/31674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}