転職 : Senior Program Coordinator

職務経験

6年以上 

英語レベル

流暢 

日本語レベル

流暢 

最終学歴

大学卒： 学士号 

現在のビザ

日本での就労許可は必要ありません  

Senior Program Coordinator to work with Vice President/Executive Director of a new international science and technology research institute in Okinawa.

Duties:

Coordinate research and administrative programs in a dynamic new international research and graduate training institute. Includes assisting with the preparation of plans and reports with administrative and research staff, ministry officials, and public representatives.

Organize and manage meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes, and write reports in English and Japanese.

Carry out online and other research.

Some translation and interpretation required.

Flexibility with working hours and some domestic and international travel required.

Skills Required:
Articulate with strong communication and writing skills in Japanese and English. Able to interact smoothly with senior officials. Must be well-organized and discreet and have personal initiative.

Able to work independently with a minimum of supervision.

Experience with coordinating multiple activities across different groups.

Computer skills including experience with project management, MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and/or Lotus Notes or other collaboration software, and databases.

Experience with project or market research and fact checking an advantage.
Comfortable with change and innovation.

Background:
Six or more years of relevant experience desirable
Bachelors level education or higher desirable.
Familiarity with scientific, engineering, or technical program coordination desirable.

The project to establish the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology was first announced in June 2001 by the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs and the Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy. The Japanese Cabinet Office promotes the project with the following three objectives:

Firstly, to establish in Japan a leading center for research and education that will address new challenges in science and technology. Having achieved economic development through technological innovation, Japan is keen to make significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology. Today, many emerging fields of science and technology require multidisciplinary research. The Institute will focus on integrative approaches to high level research and education.

Secondly, to provide a successful model of a research university for Japanese academia. Existing universities with rigid departmental structures face difficulties in developing new systems to accommodate integrative research and education. An additional challenge is to establish a fully internationalized environment. Aside from the Institute holding lectures in English, the Institute will encourage the use of English as the working language of the graduate university. It is hoped that the infusion of differing cultural mindsets will develop a creative atmosphere that nurtures an original and questing spirit.

Thirdly, to stimulate the economic transformation of Okinawa. As Okinawa moves beyond the 30th anniversary of Reversion to Japan (2002), the need to develop a self-sustaining, private-sector-driven economy is clear. As an integral step in this process, the Institute aims jump start the development of an industrial and technological cluster.

Okinawa’s beautiful natural surroundings and geographical proximity to several East-Asian metropolis provide an ideal setting for a world-class university.