[KS] Position available at Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Annie Koh
anniekoh at gmail.com
Fri Mar 12 13:52:03 EST 2010
FYI a great job for budding Korean studies students
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*POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT *
*POSITION AVAILABLE*: Copy editor
*ORGANISATION*: Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
(ICHCAP)
*LOCATION*: Daejeon, Korea
*JOB DESCRIPTION*
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (ICHCAP) is
currently looking to hire a full-time English copy editor.
The main responsibility will be to copy edit English materials for ICHCAP
which include an internationally distributed quarterly professional
newsletter, website contents as well as various reports, presentations,
official documents, letters, etc.
ICHCAP’s fast-paced environment and diverse activities provide a great
opportunity to gain more specialised knowledge in the field of intangible
cultural heritage safeguarding in a number of contexts from community
practitioners to government policy, for which Korea is quite well-renowned
in the international arena.
*ABOUT ICHCAP*
Less than four years old, ICHCAP has already made significant
accomplishments in the field of intangible cultural heritage and is poised
for continued growth and achievements over the coming years.
ICHCAP’s mission is to promote the safeguarding of intangible cultural
heritage in the entire Asia-Pacific region. Within the field of intangible
cultural heritage, ICHCAP focuses on projects within the broad realm of
information and networking. In this context, ICHCAP works cooperatively with
countries throughout the region to promote intangible cultural heritage
safeguarding through various means that include providing support for the
development of national policy, inventories and documentation of cultural
heritage, conducting field surveys, publishing materials to promote
awareness and holding workshops and conferences.
ICHCAP is an interim institute under the Cultural Heritage Administration of
the Ministry of Culture that will become a category 2 centre under the
auspices of UNESCO during 2010. ICHCAP’s office is located in the modern
headquarters of the prestigious National Research Institute for Cultural
Heritage in Daejeon’s Daedeok Techno Valley, Korea’s Silicon Valley.
*QUALIFICATIONS*
Applicants should have extensive experience in copy editing and strong
writing skills. Applicants should also have a degree in anthropology, social
science, international relations, arts and literature or a related field and
should have interest and some familiarity with culture, both Korean
andwithin the
Asia-Pacific region. Experience working in the field of cultural
heritage or for
UNESCO is a plus though not required. Korean language proficiency is not
required.
*BENEFITS*
In addition to monthly salary, benefits include health insurance, national
insurance and onsite health club facility. For non-residents of Daejeon,
shared company housing will also be provided in addition to partial
transportation fees to cover the weekly commute to and from Daejeon.
*TO APPLY*
Please send your 1) resume, 2) proof of graduation from undergraduate or
graduate school (scan of diploma or transcript acceptable) and 3) cover
letter, specifying your expected salary amount to Maehee Kwon at <
kmh1204 at chf.or.kr>.
Applications will be accepted until 26 March 2010.
Interviews are tentatively scheduled for Friday morning, 2 April 2010.
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