Job Opening: Administrative Coordinator, Greenheart International

Posted on August 6, 2015 by LM

job opening - 5Employer: Greenheart International
Type: Full-time
Start Date: October 1, 2015
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Location: 712 N. Wells Street, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654
Education: BA

Greenheart International is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1985 with national headquarters in Chicago, IL. Greenheart International connects people and planet to create global leaders through cultural exchange, personal development, environmentalism, volunteer service and fair-trade. Greenheart International consists of four branches: CCI Greenheart, Greenheart Travel, Greenheart Shop and Greenheart Transforms.

What we’re looking for:

The Administrative Coordinator supports both the CEO and the International Relations Manager on a wide variety of projects. If you are selected for this position, you will join a dynamic and fast-paced team that is open and communicative. You will prepare articles, announcements, newsletters, presentations, reports, and travel arrangements for the CEO. You will perform extensive research on topics related to the organization’s focus and assist in the orchestration of events. You will also work with the International Relations Manager on a daily basis to initiate follow-up with international companies interested in partnering with CCI Greenheart and Greenheart Travel on cultural exchange programs. You must demonstrate a profound commitment to the organization’s mission and values and be eager to serve as an effective and valued member of our team.

Some things you might do for the CEO:

  • Organize cultural events and coordinate plans for guest speakers
  • Research topics for future organizational initiatives
  • Edit and draft letters and announcements
  • Prepare articles for company newsletters and blogs pertaining to CEO initiatives, advocacy, Washington D.C. updates, and PR efforts within the organization
  • Create PowerPoint presentations for company and industry events
  • Manage social media postings on Facebook and Twitter
  • Assist with human resources and special projects spearheaded by the CEO
  • Prepare for staff meetings, including creating agendas, reports, and minutes and coordinating between departments
  • Assist with travel arrangements, including booking flights, hotel reservations, and other transportation as needed
  • Familiarize yourself with student exchange regulatory requirements as stipulated by the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET) and the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Some things you might do for the International Relations Manager:

  • Initiate international partner screening procedures upon receipt of web-based inquires for CCI Greenheart and Greenheart Travel
  • Maintain international partner profiles in the company database
  • Create materials to enhance new international partner onboarding procedures in collaboration with the International Relations Manager
  • Assist the International Relations Manager in conducting follow-up after industry conferences
  • Pursue strategic partnerships for Greenheart International in collaboration with the CEO and International Relations Manager

 Some qualifications you should have:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Minimum of one to two years of professional working experience
  • Desire to work as a member of a dynamic, positive, and productive team
  • Excellent written, editorial, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Professional presence and composure while exhibiting sound judgment at all times
  • Exceptional ability to remain flexible, work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with groups of all ages, nationalities, ethnicities, and backgrounds at varying professional levels
  • Detail-oriented and organized personality
  • Advanced computer skills with proficiency in all components of Microsoft Office Suite

For full details and to apply, see original posting.

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The Job Hunt: Resources (5)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5In five previous articles, we introduced a number of sites that are helpful for finding Japan-related jobs.

The Job Hunt: Getting Started:
The Job Hunt: Resources
The Job Hunt: Resources (2)
The Job Hunt: Resources (3)
The Job Hunt: Resources (4)

This week we’re providing more resources we’ve found across the web, either from general searches or Japanese Studies university webpages. If you’re looking for new ideas about what kind of jobs are out there and where to search, some of these places may be good ones to start. There is some information about the sites at a glance, as well as brief comments from users who sent the links our way. For questions about the specifics of each company, please contact the site administrators directly.

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Wantedly (https://www.wantedly.com/)

Wantedly is a social recruiting tool that is widely used by startups and tech companies. In order to gain access, you must sign up through their website, and they have multilingual options available if you scroll to the bottom of the page.

Career Trek (https://www.careertrek.com/?utm_source=BizReach)

Career trek, which includes a Japanese-only site, is aimed largely at 20-somethings looking for career change. In order to gain access you must sign up for an account.

Leading Mark (http://www.leadingmark.jp/)

Another Japanese-only site, Leading Mark is aimed mostly at students, with options for recent graduates or those currently employed.

APowerJob (http://jobs.apower-job.net/)

APowerJob is also Japanese-only. The site is easy to navigate and search. They seem to update fairly regularly with new job postings and allow you to search not only for jobs that require English ability but many other languages too. They also have some useful articles on job searching and business manners in Japan.

Gaikokujin Kyuujin Net (http://staff.tsubasainc.net/navi-kyujin.html)

This site is all in Japanese. You can register to find out more information, but it appears to be useful, being aimed specifically at foreigners and including information on both full-time and part-time positions.

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That’s it for now– more soon! Have any other sites you frequently use or have heard about that we didn’t list above or in previous articles? Please send us an email at shinpai.deshou@gmail.com and let us know so we can include it in a future post!

 

 

 

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Job Opening: Religious Studies (Japanese Buddhism), Stanford University

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution:       Stanford University, Religious Studies
Location:         California, United States
Position:           Assistant Professor, Japanese Buddhism

The Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of Japanese Buddhism.  The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses and advise students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, contributing to Buddhist Studies at Stanford as well as to the broader teaching mission of the Religious Studies Department.

Applicants should submit an application cover letter, a curriculum vitae (including a list of publications), and three letters of reference through Interfolio via the following URL: http://apply.interfolio.com/30450
For full consideration, materials must be received by October 1, 2015. The term of appointment will begin on September 1, 2016.

Stanford University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of, and applications from, women, members of minority groups, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, as well as others who would bring additional dimensions to the university’s research, teaching and clinical missions.

Contact:

Ai Tran
Faculty Search Coordinator
Religious Studies Department
E: aitran@stanford.edu
T: (650) 723-3322
F: (650) 725-1476

http://apply.interfolio.com/30450

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Call for Papers: Franco-Asian Connections and Intersections through Popular Culture

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]Date:

September 30, 2015

Asian pop music, comics, drama, film, graphic novels; these cultural products are increasingly present transnationally signaling new currents of popular culture and underscoring the interconnected nature of our globalizing world. Within the pan-Asian context, the concepts of “familiar difference” and of a collective Asian identity have catalyzed the fame of East/Southeast Asian singers and TV series (Iwabuchi, Recentering 15). In Western societies, the “culturally odorless” quality of mass-produced Japanese comics and animation film has facilitated their dissemination and reception (Iwabuchi, Recentering 27). Transnational media has therefore notably impacted both Asian and Western consumers. Yet modern technologies have siphoned Asian popular culture off to publics beyond the original targeted populations. Social and digital media in particular have facilitated access to these cultural products by minimizing potential economic and geographic divides. At the postcolonial Franco-Asian crossroads, where “Franco” encompasses the Hexagon yet also communities that self-identify as French-speaking, fans from non-Asian non-Western societies have been posting about and liking K-pop and Korean drama celebrities.

A(n) (re)examination of the origins and impact of popular culture will therefore unveil the unprecedented implications of soft (cultural) power. What forms of cross-cultural exoticism or familiarity have been attracting new viewership? How might these findings pertaining to media globalization push us to reassess the notion of cultural imperialism? And how could this new knowledge encourage (de)constructive dialogue and a self-(re)examination that calls for an inclusive de-centralized outlook on the implicated societies? This panel seeks to explore these significant yet minimally addressed questions in order to better understand the impetus behind and influence of the changing tides of cultural flows that are pervading the Franco-Asian world.

This panel welcomes papers that examine Franco-Asian connections and intersections through popular culture (e.g, pop music, TV series, film, comics, graphic novels). “Franco” can encompass the Hexagon and also comprise communities that self-identify as French-speaking. Possible themes can include but are not limited to: media globalization, cultural flows/imperialism, and soft (cultural) power.

Please submit abstracts via the NeMLA website: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15639

Contact Info:

Assistant Professor of French
Saint Anselm College
Contact Email:
wakabaf@gmail.com

URL:
https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15639

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Book Announcement: Sangaku Proofs: A Japanese Mathematician at Work

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Paula

sangakuJames Unger

Sangaku Proofs: A Japanese Mathematician at Work

During many decades of national isolation, a mathematical tradition called wasan flourished in Japan independently of the advances of Enlightenment mathematics and virtually unknown to Europeans before the Meiji Restoration. Yet the brilliance of its practitioners, the wasanka, would surely have been admired by Leibniz or Euler had they been able to read their solutions to often difficult geometry problems. This interpretive translation of a suite of twenty-six related problems analyzed by Aida Yasuaki (1747–1817) gives readers unfamiliar with the premodern Japanese language access to a real wasan text. Instead of presenting and solving problems using modern techniques, Unger presents Aida’s own solutions, transcribing his calculations into familiar mathematical notation, highlighting connections between Aida’s work and both the mathematics of today and aspects of Japanese cultural history. A specialist in the history of the Japanese language, he aims to bring fellow amateur mathematicians and interested professionals into contact with actual wasan methods, and to initiate a discussion of how wasan fits into the larger picture of premodern Japanese history. 

http://eap.einaudi.cornell.edu/175_SangakuProofs

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Job Opening: Office Administrator, Japan Society of Northern California [part time]

Posted on August 1, 2015 by LM

job opening - 5Employer: Japan Society of Northern California
Location: San Francisco, CA
Application deadline: August 31, 2015
Education requirements: 4-year degree
Employment type: Part time

Job description

The Japan Society of Northern California is a public affairs 501(c) 3 non-profit with a mission to strengthen cooperation and understanding between the peoples of the United States and Japan through programs that expand knowledge, increase personal interaction and facilitate discussion of important issues.

The Office Administrator will assist the Executive Director/COO and the Board of Directors to achieve this mission by providing administrative and logistical support to facilitate smooth office and financial management. The Office Administrator reports directly to the Executive Director/COO.

Responsibilities:

Office Administration:

  • Record & deposit checks, pay bills & expenses with close coordination with Accountant.
  • Process credit card orders and refunds, and manage merchant account connections.
  • Process payroll and maintain HR & 401(k) plan records.
  • Coordinate staff and intern hiring, including recruitment and interviewing, and new employee intake procedures. Manage the Society interns.
  • Work with all vendors of insurance, office supplies, and equipment maintenance and outside contractors.
  • Maintain and update operations and procedures manuals.
  • Distribute mail, answer telephones, and respond to inquiries about Japan Society programs or other Japan resources in the Bay Area.

Membership and Donor Data Management:

  • Maintain the Society’s database in Salesforce, including overseeing recording dues, giving records, and contact information for current, prospective and past members.
  • Generate reports on SalesForce data as needed.

IT:

  • Maintain office IT and conduct regular backups and work closely with IT contractors.
  • Assist with General IT support, e.g. computer problem solving, installing software, etc.

Website and Social Media:

  • Regularly update the Society’s website including maintaining a suitable background according to the season.

Administrative Support:

Assist Executive Director/COO with budget preparation and forecasting, and provide other support as needed.

  • Schedule, plan and prepare materials for Board elections, Board and committee meetings, and the Annual General Meeting, and take minutes as needed.
  • Maintain up-to-date Board contact information and all other Board-related documents.
  • Provide support for programs as needed.
  • Provide support to the annual Gala as needed.
  • Other projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

We seek an enthusiastic, highly organized, and positive team player, a quick learner who can work efficiently with precision and minimal supervision. Other valued qualities include professional attitude, an eye for detail and pleasant phone and interpersonal demeanor.

Minimum two years administrative experience, with bachelor’s degree or higher. A preference shall be given to those with an Accounting degree and/or Non-profit bookkeeping experience.

Required Skills:

  • Superior organizational skills. Must be comfortable with multitasking and juggling competing priorities on tight deadlines.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to deal with a diverse, international staff, Board and membership in the San Francisco Bay Area and Japan.
  • Native level English fluency.
  • Excellent command of MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) required.
  • Must be able to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends.

Desired skills:

  • QuickBooks experience
  • Experience with monthly financial reports and annual audit.
  • Experience working with WordPress, simple HTML, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop.
  • Comfortable with using social media platforms.
  • Experience with salesforce or similar database programs.
  • Familiarity with Google Drive, Calendar, and Docs.
  • Passionate and informed about Japan.

Full details on Idealist.org.

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Job Opening: Program Coordinator, Japan Society of Northern California

Posted on August 1, 2015 by LM

job opening - 5Program Coordinator
Employer: Japan Society of Northern California
Posted on July 24, 2015
Application deadline: August 31, 2015
Education requirements: 4-year degree
Type: full time

Job description

The Japan Society of Northern California (JSNC) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to strengthen cooperation and understanding between the peoples of the United States and Japan by providing programs that help to expand knowledge, increase personal interaction and facilitate discussion of important issues.

Reporting to the Executive Director/COO, the Program Coordinator is responsible for creating, organizing and executing Japan Society programs and special events including the Innovation Awards Symposium and annual fundraising gala and auction. The Program Coordinator is also responsible for initiating and managing relationships with co-sponsoring organizations and corporate sponsors, preparing the Society’s bimonthly e-newsletter, maintaining historical program records, maintaining the program calendar and ensuring that programming is compatible with the Society’s mission and programming goals as mandated by the Society Executive Director/COO and Program Committee.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Work with Executive Director/COO and the Program Committee to develop long-range programming goals and implement strategies and processes for achieving those goals.
  • Develop and implement programs and special events on a full range of business, political, economic and cultural topics. Responsibilities include: researching and securing guest speakers, developing program themes and content and arranging for sponsorship and/or underwriting, preparing corporate grant requests and reports.
  • Facilitate all logistical and related needs for programs, including: securing venues, negotiating vendor contracts, making travel arrangements for speakers, managing volunteer staff, arranging catering and managing on-site logistics.
  • Initiate and manage relationships with a range of nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and businesses that can serve as program co-sponsors and venue hosts.
  • Manage and facilitate the Society’s annual gala including: organizing gala committee meetings and taking meeting minutes; selecting and directing those involved (e.g. hotel staff, caterers, photographer, designer, printer, volunteers, interns, etc…); tracking sponsorship activities and coordinating on-site logistics; managing the silent and live auctions; securing event volunteers, etc.
  • Prepare e-newsletter twice a month to promote upcoming Japan Society and community events.
  • Update website content and post new event information.
  • Oversee social media keeping content up-to-date
  • Create, analyze and present monthly program reports and present to Executive Director/COO, Executive Committee and Board of Officers as needed.
  • Work with the Executive Director/CO and Office Administrator on formulating the annual programming budget.
  • Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director/COO.

Qualifications:

  • Personable, proactive, detail-oriented individual with outstanding organizational and multitasking skills
  • Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision as well as part of a small team
  • Excellent interpersonal, writing, and proofreading skills required
  • 1-2+ years of professional event planning/coordination experience required; nonprofit experience and/or experience working with nonprofit boards preferred
  • BA/BS degree required
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Salesforce; knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, HTML5 strongly preferred. Web experience and print design and/or layout experience is a plus.
  • Strong editing and writing skills
  • English fluency is required
  • Knowledge of Japan and Japan-related issues is a plus
  • Able to work a flexible schedule including some nights and weekends
  • Able to lift 30 lbs

Full details on Idealist.org.

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Fun Link Friday: 8-bit Japan nostalgia

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Paula

Feeling nostalgic for Japan and its daily life? Design Made in Japan recently posted an article highlighting the gifs created at the 1041uuu Tumblr, which, if you’ve ever lived in Japan, hit you right in the sweet spot. Check out the DMIJ post or the actual tumblr for summer scenes, Tokyo nightscapes, and other neat gifs of daily life in Japan and more!

train

Made by 1041uuu

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Happy birthday, Shinpai Deshou!

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Paula
Photo by Ishikawa Ken

Photo by Ishikawa Ken

We’ve made it 5 years! Hooray! We’ve had a lot of great guest articles and resources this past year, and we continue to grow as we move forward thanks to everyone’s support! Thanks for reading and being a part of Shinpai Deshou! 🙂

If you want to spread the word, you can follow and share our posts on Facebook or our Twitter page!

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Job Openings: Journal Coordinator, Positions: Asia Critique, Rice University [Part Time]

Posted on July 30, 2015 by LM

job opening - 5Institution: Rice University
Location: Houston, TX
Posted: 07/22/2015
Type: Part-Time

Position Summary
Based in the Department of History, this position oversees all internal and external communications activities for the journal “Positions: Asia Critique”. The Journal Coordinator serves as the liaison with the journal publisher, Duke University Press, and duties include interacting with persons submitting and reviewing articles, editing, fact-checking, proofreading, and copy-editing of manuscripts. This person also facilitates the manuscript submission process and manages production schedules. This position is responsible for all record-keeping and reporting for the journal as well as routine administrative and financial tasks.

Education Required
HS Diploma or equivalent

Education Preferred
Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, women and gender studies or related field preferred.

Experience Required
5 years

Type of Experience
Related experience in professional writing, editing and media management.

Substitution for Experience Requirement
Education may not be substituted for the experience requirement.

Experience Preferred
Experience editing and working on a scholarly journal publication.

Skills Required

  • Demonstrated proficiency in writing.
  • Outstanding communication skills; excellent and detailed command of grammar, spelling, punctuation and editing skills.
  • Ability to work independently with shifting priorities; excellent organizational skills and follow through on projects; ability to adhere to strict deadlines.
  • Detail oriented in ability to track documents and their progress towards completion.
  • Strong capacity to manage a business office.
  • Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated computer, Internet, and web design and/or management skills as in ability to update websites, edit HTML and manage on-line databases.
  • Advanced training and experience using standard office software packages.
  • Employee must be willing to learn new technologies and improve existing resources such as websites, blogsites, and twitter feeds.

Skills Preferred

  • Strong interest in East Asian and Asian American studies.
  • Familiarity with Humanities scholarship in Asia studies helpful but not required.
  • Familiarity with publishing protocols or experience in publishing.

Posting on HigherEdJobs.com.

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