{"id":32621,"date":"2013-11-06T20:59:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T00:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=32621"},"modified":"2013-11-06T20:59:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T00:59:28","slug":"job-admin-assistant-at-embassy-of-japan-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/06\/job-admin-assistant-at-embassy-of-japan-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Admin Assistant at Embassy of Japan (DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Here&#8217;s a position at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.us.emb-japan.go.jp\/jicc\/\">Embassy of Japan in DC<\/a> that just opened up. \u00a0Via <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaadc.org\/\">JETAA<\/a> DC Google Group.\u00a0Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commdao.com\/2013\/11\/04\/the-strength-of-denial\/\">blogger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/discussionswithdao.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/04\/the-low-dao-flashback-audi\/\">podcaster<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Jon Dao (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755165&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Toyama<\/a>-ken, 2009-12)<\/strong>.\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><i>Position<\/i><em>:\u00a0<\/em><\/i><\/strong><i>Administrative Assistant, Public Affairs Section<\/i><i><br \/>\n<strong><i>Type<\/i><\/strong><em><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Full-Time<br \/>\n<strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Washington DC<br \/>\n<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Embassy of Japan is seeking an individual for the position of Administrative Assistant at the Public Affairs Section. The Embassy offers group health insurance coverage, paid vacation, a number of paid U.S.\/Japanese holidays, and sick leave. Salary is commensurate with experience.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Work Hours:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday-Friday 9:00am &#8211; 12:30pm, 2:00pm &#8211; 5:30pm<br \/>\nLunch Break: 12:30pm &#8211; 2 pm<br \/>\nLunch time receptionist duty: About once a month<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principal Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Administrative work including managing the schedule of diplomats, answering phone calls, arranging appointments, and other assistant work<\/li>\n<li>Assisting diplomats in the development and implementation of receptions, cultural events, meetings, and seminars<\/li>\n<li>Developing itineraries and coordinating transportation for diplomats and guests<\/li>\n<li>Drafting and proofreading letters, documents, and remarks for diplomats in English<\/li>\n<li>Other responsibilities as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be a U.S. Citizen or green card holder<\/li>\n<li>Fluent in English<\/li>\n<li>Japanese language skills preferred<\/li>\n<li>Computer skills such as the use of Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint<\/li>\n<li>Experience living or working in Japan preferred<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please send your resume\/CV with a cover letter to the address or email below.<\/p>\n<p><em>By mail:<\/em><br \/>\nAttn: Mr. Shinji Kikuchi<br \/>\nEmbassy of Japan<br \/>\n2520 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008<\/p>\n<p><em>By e-mail:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>shinji.kikuchi @ mofa.go.jp<\/p>\n<p><em>*The application will be closed when we decide on a qualified canidate. Inquiries will not be answered by phone or in person. Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a position at the Embassy of Japan in DC that just opened up. \u00a0Via JETAA DC Google Group.\u00a0Posted by\u00a0blogger\u00a0and\u00a0podcaster\u00a0Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12).\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:\u00a0Administrative Assistant, Public Affairs Section Type:\u00a0Full-Time Location:\u00a0Washington DC Overview: The Embassy of Japan is seeking an individual for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"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":[223,191],"class_list":["post-32621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","tag-dc","tag-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-8u9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32621","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\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32623,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32621\/revisions\/32623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}