{"id":41516,"date":"2017-06-14T10:31:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T14:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=41516"},"modified":"2017-06-14T10:31:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T14:31:01","slug":"job-international-program-coordinator-northwest-student-exchange-seattle-wa-usa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/14\/job-international-program-coordinator-northwest-student-exchange-seattle-wa-usa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: International Program Coordinator &#8211; NorthWest Student Exchange (Seattle, WA, USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Posted by\u00a0<strong>Sydney Sparrow.<\/strong><\/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>International Program Coordinator &#8211; Japan and International Programs<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Posted by: <\/strong>NorthWest Student Exchange<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Locati<\/strong><strong>on: <\/strong>Seattle, WA, USA<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Contract:<\/strong>\u00a0Full-Time<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to JET alumna Leah Zoller (Ishikawa-ken) for the following job listing:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join the NorthWest Student Exchange team in Seattle as International Program Coordinator. As a vital part of the NorthWest Student Exchange team, the International Program Coordinator will coordinate exchange programs of high school exchange students as well as other related duties.Responsibilities include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsibilities include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinate programs of Japanese students and students of other countries.<\/li>\n<li>Work with international partners, U.S. local coordinators, host families and students<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate program in compliance with CSIET and Department of State regulations<\/li>\n<li>Maintain excellent communication with local coordinators, students, host families, and partners<\/li>\n<li>Accurately collect, track, and record required programmatic documents and reports<\/li>\n<li>Prepare extensive student documentation for annual audit<\/li>\n<li>Screen students and host families and their applications<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate \u201cinbound programs\u201d of students to the U.S. as well as \u201coutbound\u201d American students abroad.<\/li>\n<li>Work with aspects of invoicing procedures for participants and partner organizations<\/li>\n<li>Work with aspects of the J-1 visa as well as student health insurance<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with NWSE team members on team projects, e.g. orientations, presentations, events, outreach, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commitment to the mission of international student exchange, understanding and client satisfaction<\/li>\n<li>Four-year university degree<\/li>\n<li>Business-level Japanese language skills (JLPT N2 certification or equivalent, or JLPT N1 certification)<\/li>\n<li>Two+ years experience in related activities, MS office, OR equivalent combination of education and experience<\/li>\n<li>Strong problem solving, decision-making, and writing skills<\/li>\n<li>Relevant experience working, studying in Japan<\/li>\n<li>Excellent customer service\/interpersonal communication skills both in Japanese and English<\/li>\n<li>Ability and desire to work in a dynamic, collaborative, open-office environment<\/li>\n<li>Strong planning and organizational skills; ability to complete projects to deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Self-motivated, upbeat\/positive, cooperative, detail-orientated, multi-tasker and team player with initiative<\/li>\n<li>Experience working with diverse groups of people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Desired (but not required):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience in program coordination in the educational field<\/li>\n<li>Other languages (besides English and Japanese)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HOW TO APPLY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jobs@nwse.com\">jobs@nwse.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>E-mail resume, cover letter, references and two writing samples (one in English and one in Japanese showing business level writing proficiency) in Microsoft Word or PDF to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jobs@nwse.com\">jobs@nwse.com<\/a>\u00a0with subject line \u201cJapan International Program Coordinator.\u201d Preference is given to applicants who reside in the greater Seattle area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BENEFITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Health Insurance; Travel; Matching IRA Contribution<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEVEL OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>English (fluency\/native) and business-level Japanese (JLPT N2 certification or equivalent, or JLPT N1 certification)<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROFESSIONAL LEVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professional<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4-year degree<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email. Position: International Program Coordinator &#8211; Japan and International Programs Posted by: NorthWest Student Exchange Location: Seattle, WA, USA Contract:\u00a0Full-Time Thanks to JET alumna Leah Zoller (Ishikawa-ken) for the following job listing: &nbsp; Join the NorthWest Student Exchange team in Seattle as 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-41516","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-aNC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41516","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=41516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41517,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41516\/revisions\/41517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}