Employment

Chinese Content Specialist

Company: Nan Hai
Department: iChineseEdu
Office Location: Santa Clara, CA
Professional Level: Young professionals/Experienced
Employment Type: Full-time

The department of iChineseEdu at Nan Hai Company, Inc. USA is looking for a full-time Chinese Content Specialist for its fast-growing digital reading platform. The selected candidate will join the iChineseEdu’s content team to develop new content for iChineseReader. iChineseReader is the best leveled Chinese reading platform tailored to meet varied reading needs of all K-12 Chinese programs. It offers more than 3000 fiction and nonfiction interactive e-books of different genres, topics, and content areas placed at 20 proficiency levels.

Main Responsibilities/Duties

• Participate in iChineseReader content development and product production;
• Develop and implement Standards-aligned materials that build and integrate rigorous, hands-on, inquiry-based and student-centered learning experiences in Mandarin Chinese;
• Coordinate with business partners including authors, publishers, and other contractors to assure program quality and meet deadlines;
• Collaborate with IT, Production, and Sales department for program planning, production and product marketing;
• Assistant with iChineseEdu’s other programs and events.

Qualifications

• Familiar with the latest education standards, including Common Core State Standard, ACTFL national standards for foreign language education, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.;
• Knowledge and/or working experience of selecting appropriate reading materials to integrate culture, content and language for Chinese language learners;
• Knowledge and/or working experience of publishing or digital publishing are helpful;
• Strong interest and knowledge of educational technology tools and applications;
• Excellent communication skills in both Mandarin Chinese and English;
• Self-motivated, independent problem solver and good teamwork player;
• Chinese language teaching experience preferred;
• Bachelor’s degree in education, teaching Chinese as a second language, linguistics, communications, educational technology or other related majors; Master’s degree preferred.
• Valid work permit in the United States

How to apply

To apply, please submit 1) a cover letter indicate your interest, qualifications and salary requirement; 2) your resume. Email your application to CLERC@iChineseEdu.com with subject line “Chinese Content Specialist -YOUR NAME”. Only finalists will be contacted for interview and/or reference letters. No phone calls please. For more info about our company, please check our website at www.iChineseEdu.com.

Software Engineer

Company: Nan Hai
Department: iChineseEdu
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Professional Level: Experienced
Employment Type: Full time

The department of iChineseEdu at Nan Hai Company, Inc. USA is looking for a full time Software Developer for its fast growing digital reading platform. The selected candidate will join the iChineseEdu’s IT team to design and create new content types adapt to our current system on iChineseReader. iChineseReader is the best leveled Chinese reading platform tailored to meet varied reading needs of all K-12 Chinese programs. It offers more than 3000 fiction and nonfiction interactive e-books of different genres, topics, and content areas placed at 20 proficiency levels.

Our IT team is currently looking for a motivated individual as a Software Engineer.

Main Responsibilities/Duties

• Develop new features for company products
• Manage company product on various platforms, and provide solution to any issue
• Work closely with production team and content team to provide professional opinions
• Develop and maintain internal production tools
• Provide technical supports to team members and customers

Qualifications

• Excellent HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript skills a must
• Experienced in one or more JS frameworks
• Developed mobile apps in one or more platforms
• Excellent with one or more programming languages – preferably Java/PHP/Python
• Motivated self-starter and be able to meet deadlines
• Ability to solve problem independently
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluent in English and Mandarin
• Ability to read Chinese character (Simplified and/or Traditional)
• Ability to present creative idea to team members
• Valid work permit in the United States

How to apply

To apply, please submit cover letter, resume and your salary requirements to CLERC@iChineseEdu.com Please mark the subject line of your email as “Software Engineer”. No phone calls please. Only finalists will be contacted. For more info about our company, please check our website at www.iChineseEdu.com.

Program Associate (CLOSED)

Department: iChineseEdu@Nan Hai
Office Location: 3000 Lakeside Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054
Employment Type: Full Time
Rate of Pay: TBD

iChineseReader is the best leveled Chinese reading platform tailored to meet varied reading needs of all K-12 Chinese programs. We offer more than 3000 fiction and nonfiction interactive e-books of different genres, topics, and content areas placed at 20 proficiency levels. Available on PC, Chromebook, iPad and Android Tablet, iChineseReader provides 24/7 availability anywhere and on any device.

Our content team is looking for a motivated individual to develop educational content and materials for iChineseReader and other digital product/program.

Main Responsibilities/Duties

• Be responsible for program’s logistics, including program publicity, student recruitment; liaison with Peking University’s International College for Chinese Language Studies and Office of International Relations; pre-tour orientation; working with Peking University’s counterpart to determine class schedule
• Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for the education division
• Be responsible for conference logistics, working with conference chairs to initiate call for proposals and determine conference program; liaison with keynote speakers; keeping records with conference registration; editing conference workbook; coordinate CLERC onsite workshops; organize and present CLEF conferences; use both Chinese and English languages fluently to introduce the content, cultural background and top-related Chinese educational content to the audience
• Manage the program cooperation between the Petitioner and Ji Nan University in China, which includes program publicity, daily program management, and student recruitment. Students will be awarded a Master’s degree of Arts in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language by Ji Nan University
• Manage the cultural events organized by the Petitioner for the families with adopted children from China (“FCC”); organize root-seeking tours to China for FCC; host educational events including lectures, seminars, symposiums, and artist and curator talks, to facilitate academic discourse and raise public awareness for Chinese art artists
• Plan and organize seminars in which professors of Chinese language education from Stanford University, UC-Berkeley, CSU-Long Beach, Harvard University, Peking University, Ji Nan University and Beijing Language University in China give lectures to Chinese language teachers at the Petitioner’s Chinese Language Education and Research Center (CLERC)

Qualifications

• To perform as a Program Associate in a highly professional and competent manner, the incumbent must have minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Curriculum and Teaching Methodology, Education, Chinese Language and Literature or a foreign education equivalent, as well as cross-cultural communication skills.

How to apply

All applications should include 1) a cover letter indicate your interest and qualifications; 2) your resume. Only finalists will be contacted for interview and/or reference letters. Email your application to CLERC@iChineseEdu.com with subject line “Chinese Content Specialist application -YOUR NAME”. No phone calls please.

IT Engineer/Developer (CLOSED)

Department: iChineseEdu
Office Location: Santa Clara, CA
Professional Level: Entry or young professionals
Employment Type: 3 months contract, extendible (with an option of a full-time job)
Current openings: 1

iChineseReader is the best leveled Chinese reading platform tailored to meet varied reading needs of all K-12 Chinese programs. We offer more than 3000 fiction and nonfiction interactive e-books of different genres, topics, and content areas placed at 20 proficiency levels. Available on PC, Chromebook, iPad and Android Tablet, iChineseReader provides 24/7 availability anywhere and on any device.

Our IT team is looking for a motivated individual to join us as an IT Support Technician. Your main responsibilities are to provide technical support for the whole company, assist our digital production, and manage/update our existing websites.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage and set up office electronic equipment
• Manage AWS servers and develop/update WordPress websites when necessary
• Occasionally help production team to do publication layout

Qualifications

• Motivated, Self-starter
• Can meet deadlines for assigned jobs
• Major in computer science, information technology or computer information systems
• Understanding how to set up basic office equipment
• Fluent in HTML5 and CSS3
• Ability to read Simplified Chinese characters
• Fluent in both Mandarin and English
• Knowledge of one or more kind of programming languages (preferably PHP and/or JavaScript) a big plus
• Knowledge of one or more kind of JS framework/library a big plus
• Experience on managing *nix system from CLI will be a plus
• Knowledge of graphic design tools – Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. will be a plus
• Experience on WordPress will be a plus
• Must be willing to relocate to Bay area

How to apply

All applications should include 1) a cover letter indicate your interest, qualifications, and salary expectation; 2) your resume. Only finalists will be contacted for interview and/or reference letters. Email your application to CLERC@iChineseEdu.com with subject line “IT Engineer application -YOUR NAME”. No phone calls please.