{"id":34271,"date":"2014-03-20T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T02:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34271"},"modified":"2014-03-25T22:28:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T02:28:47","slug":"job-education-associate-japan-society-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/20\/job-education-associate-japan-society-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Education Associate – Japan Society (NYC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to JETAANY’s Christy Jones<\/strong>, who works for Japan Society, for passing along this JET-relevant job listing.\u00a0Posted by\u00a0blogger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0podcaster<\/a>\u00a0Jon Dao (Toyama<\/a>-ken, 2009-12)<\/strong>.\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Position:\u00a0<\/strong>Education Associate
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>NYC<\/em>
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Overview:<\/b><\/p>\n

The Education Associate, working in cooperation with the Education Program team, helps organize, develop and administer programs and websites for families and K-12 teachers and students.<\/p>\n

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  1. Help with development, administration and promotion of materials on About Japan: A Teacher\u2019s Resource website for K-12 educators.<\/li>\n
  2. Contribute to the development and operation of the Going Global social networking project and Junior Fellows high school exchange program.<\/li>\n
  3. Assist with and participate in Education and Family Programs\u2019 on and off-site programs, including weekends<\/li>\n
  4. Maintain and produce reports on Program budgets and grants<\/li>\n
  5. Coordinate on-site program scheduling as well as logistical arrangements for speakers, presenters and conference participants<\/li>\n
  6. Work with New York City\u2019s Department of Education on professional development courses<\/li>\n
  7. Maintain database and mailing lists for promotional purposes<\/li>\n
  8. Duties as needed for the Programs success<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Bachelors degree and a minimum of one to two years related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.<\/li>\n
    • Knowledge of Japan and an interest in K-12 education are required.<\/li>\n
    • High level of ability to organize, control and report on budgets and grant reports.<\/li>\n
    • Effective communicator in both written and spoken English. Fluency in Japanese a plus.<\/li>\n
    • Proven organizational and administrative skills.<\/li>\n
    • Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of WordPress and HTML a plus.<\/li>\n
    • Ability to travel and work on weekends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Email your resume, and letter of interest indicating your current salary or salary expectations, to the Director of Human Resources, at – jobs @ japansociety.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Thanks to JETAANY’s Christy Jones, who works for Japan Society, for passing along this JET-relevant job listing.\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:\u00a0Education Associate Location:\u00a0NYC Overview: The Education Associate, working in cooperation with the Education Program team, helps organize, develop and administer […]<\/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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t