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Job Position: International Administrative Staff Organization: Tohoku University Salary/Hourly Rate: Annual salary: approx. 4 million yen Where: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Visa Sponsorship: Yes
Description: Affiliation: Graduate School/Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Key Responsibilities: • Acting as a main point of contact for international researchers in need of support with administrative procedures and sharing helpful information for daily life with them • Assisting with the preparation of English documents such as employment contracts for international researchers • Coordinating with job candidates and providing English support for post-employment procedures as needed • Assisting with international academic exchange agreements, including liaising with partner universities, reviewing the content of agreements, and other administrative tasks related to concluding agreements. • Creating and updating English content for the Graduate School and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences website • Translating Japanese into English (internal notifications, letters to external parties, bulletin board posts, various other print materials (volume of work varies depending on the time of year) • Providing general affairs-related administrative assistance (meetings, mail, various events, bulletin boards, joint seminars with overseas partner universities, etc.) • Undertaking additional responsibilities within the General Affairs Section as required, subject to discussion.
Tohoku University is one of Japan’s leading universities for education and research. It is continually increasing its international presence, partnering with top institutions worldwide and pushing for new discoveries and collaborations. Apply at: https://sites.google.com/tohoku.ac.jp/workwithus/home