{"id":33575,"date":"2014-01-24T11:24:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=33575"},"modified":"2014-01-24T11:24:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:24:12","slug":"job-native-english-advisor-for-pharmaceuticals-and-medical-device-agency-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/24\/job-native-english-advisor-for-pharmaceuticals-and-medical-device-agency-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Native English Advisor for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency (Tokyo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><em>Thanks to JET alum translator <strong>Joel Dechant<\/strong> for passing on this JET-relevant listing. \u00a0See link below and full job description further below.\u00a0Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"www.tofugu.com\/2014\/01\/21\/japanese-girls-are-the-best\/\">blogger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/discussionswithdao.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/20\/the-low-dao-35-cori-smith\/\">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<\/div>\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><em>Position:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>Native English Advisor<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Posted<\/strong><strong>\u00a0By:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em>Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Type:<\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Freelance<br \/>\n<strong>Salary:\u00a0<\/strong>3,000 yen\/hour as the advisory fee<\/em><\/p>\n<p>* Transportation fee will be provided according to PMDA&#8217;s regulations.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><b>Overview:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) has focuses on enhancing active and smooth dissemination of information to the world by enriching and improving its English web content. To this end, PMDA is looking to recruit for a qualified native English advisor(s) who can proofread and edit English documents, produced by PMDA, so as to make them read naturally. The documents include translated review reports for drugs and medical devices that will be uploaded to the PMDA website. The successful applicant(s) will work on site at PMDA, upon the request of PMDA, to perform the assigned tasks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Proofread and edit English translations of review reports (for drugs and medical devices) and guidance documents, and other English documents produced by PMDA.<\/li>\n<li>Give appropriate advice on any English-related inquiries consulted by PMDA staff members.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have been born and\/or raised in an English-speaking country, and use English as his\/her first language.<\/li>\n<li>Hold a bachelor&#8217;s degree or higher from an accredited university.<\/li>\n<li>Have good Japanese communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Have abilities to perform the activities stated in &#8220;1. Job Descriptions&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Preferred Qualifications<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of writing, proofreading, and\/or editing documents regarding medical and\/or pharmaceutical sciences may be advantageous.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gather and complete the necessary documents listed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmda.go.jp\/saiyoh\/130604-jimuho_sonota_kokusai-native_en.html\"><strong>here<\/strong> and mail them to the corresponding address.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to JET alum translator Joel Dechant for passing on this JET-relevant listing. \u00a0See link below and full job description further below.\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:\u00a0Native English Advisor Posted\u00a0By:\u00a0Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency Type:\u00a0Freelance Salary:\u00a03,000 yen\/hour as the advisory fee [&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":[],"class_list":["post-33575","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-8Jx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33575","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=33575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33576,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33575\/revisions\/33576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}