{"id":39851,"date":"2016-05-27T07:13:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T11:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=39851"},"modified":"2016-05-27T07:14:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T11:14:39","slug":"job-program-assistant-japan-center-for-international-exchange-usa-new-york-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/27\/job-program-assistant-japan-center-for-international-exchange-usa-new-york-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Program Assistant &#8211; Japan Center for International Exchange USA (New York, USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Posted by\u00a0<strong>Sydney Sparrow<\/strong>, an ALT currently living in Toyota City<\/em><em>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><b style=\"color: #000000\">P<\/b><b style=\"color: #000000\">osition: <\/b>Program Assistant<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong style=\"color: #000000\">Posted by:<\/strong>\u00a0Japan Center for International Exchange USA<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong style=\"color: #000000\">Locati<\/strong><strong style=\"color: #000000\">on:<\/strong>\u00a0New York, USA<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Contract:\u00a0<\/strong>Full-Time<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE\/USA) is a leading nonprofit organization in the field of US-Japan relations that conducts international political exchanges and fosters dialogue between policymakers and policy researchers on both sides of the Pacific. JCIE\/USA is seeking a full-time program assistant for its small New York office to assist in program management and support office administration. The job requires considerable flexibility and organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Program Support (approx. 40% of time)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assist with coordinating exchange programs, study projects, and conferences related to international affairs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assist with ad hoc background research on US-Japan relations and other topics relevant to JCIE programs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Correspond with donors, participants, partner organizations, vendors, and other parties necessary for program management<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Help keep track of grant budgets<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Make necessary travel and logistical arrangements<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Help write grant proposals, reports, and other program-related communications<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">IT &amp; Website (approx. 30% of time)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Manage internal IT system (server, office network, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Work with IT providers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Maintain office database systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Help to oversee and implement website updates (basic html coding skills a plus)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Office Administration &amp; Communications (approx. 30% of time)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assist with email newsletters, website content writing, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Handle incoming calls, oversee office circulations, and light filing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Preferred Candidate Attributes and Qualifications:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Strong writing and communications skills needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Detail oriented, yet flexible, and curious to learn about US-Japan relations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Comfortable handling IT-related issues, including working on websites, database management, and internal and web servers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Team player who is willing to work in a small office environment with a can-do attitude<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Interest in the nonprofit sector, international affairs, and US-Asia relations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">English fluency required, proficiency in Japanese strongly preferred<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Compensation:<\/strong> Commensurate with experience, competitive in the nonprofit sector, includes health &amp; dental benefits<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Application Process:\u00a0<\/strong>Please email cover letter and resume to Ms. Yuki Poudyal at <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"mailto:ypoudyal@jcie.org\" target=\"_blank\">ypoudyal@jcie.org<\/a><\/span>. This position is to be filled immediately. Apply as soon as possible for better chances of consideration. No phone calls please.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email. Position: Program Assistant Posted by:\u00a0Japan Center for International Exchange USA Location:\u00a0New York, USA Contract:\u00a0Full-Time The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE\/USA) is a leading nonprofit organization in the field of US-Japan relations that conducts international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39851","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-amL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39851","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\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39853,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39851\/revisions\/39853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}