{"id":41074,"date":"2017-03-01T04:55:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T08:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=41074"},"modified":"2017-03-01T04:55:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T08:55:42","slug":"job-translatorexchange-program-coordinatorliaison-chicago-futabakai-japanese-school-chicago-il-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/01\/job-translatorexchange-program-coordinatorliaison-chicago-futabakai-japanese-school-chicago-il-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Translator\/Exchange Program Coordinator\/Liaison &#8211; Chicago Futabakai Japanese School (Chicago, IL, USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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\">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\">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>P<\/b><b>osition: <\/b>Translator\/Exchange Program Coordinator\/Liaison\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Posted by: <\/strong>Chicago Futabakai Japanese School<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Locati<\/strong><strong>on:\u00a0<\/strong>Chicago, IL, USA<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Contract: <\/strong>Full-time<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Thanks to JET alumni, Ben Picone (Shimane-ken) for the following job opening at his company. Just a heads up, they prefer to higher a former JET:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Position Summary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Chicago Futabakai Japanese School is an all-Japanese language school in Arlington Heights, IL that serves Japanese children and provides them with the same education they would receive in Japan.\u00a0We are looking for a translator\/interpreter to support the principal and staff at the school, as well as run the exchange program with local schools. The position would begin in April.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Primary Responsibilities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Communication with teachers and local schools to organize and execute the yearly exchange program<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aid Japanese teachers with language, day-to-day support, and problems with life in America.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Act as an assistant to the principal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Translate documents and interpret live both from Japanese to English and English to Japanese.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Plan and execute daily English lessons for first grade<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assist on field trips, recess, and other school duties as a teacher<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Knowledge, Skills, and Experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Written and spoken fluency in both Japanese and English<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience with both the Japanese and American school systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Excellent project coordination skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Appropriate, professional attitude towards work<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Strong interpersonal skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ability to work independently and be flexible<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Bachelor\u2019s degree is required.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Teaching experience desired.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Interested parties please email<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"mailto:BPicone@chicagojs.net\">BPicone@chicagojs.net<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">for more information.<\/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: Translator\/Exchange Program Coordinator\/Liaison\u00a0 Posted by: Chicago Futabakai Japanese School Location:\u00a0Chicago, IL, USA Contract: Full-time Thanks to JET alumni, Ben Picone (Shimane-ken) for the following job opening at his company. Just a heads up, they [&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-41074","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-aGu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41074","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=41074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41075,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41074\/revisions\/41075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}