Job Description
Mercor is seeking **native Japanese speakers** who are also **education professionals** based in Japan. This role combines your **teaching and education expertise** across a wide variety of different subjects with **language mastery**, helping train cutting-edge AI models in the education domain.
- You will leverage your background in education, alongside your bilingual communication skills, to create accurate, culturally nuanced, and technically precise content that reflects real-world education usage in Japanese.
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## **Role Responsibilities**
- **Education Content Development:** Translate, adapt, and synthesize complex nuances in education workflows and processes in Japan, reflecting curriculum standards and pedagogy across different educational domains.
- **Bilingual Communication:** Write fluently in both Japanese and English, ensuring precise education terminology and nuanced expression across languages.
- **Domain Expertise:** Provide cultural insights specific to the Japanese education system, including assessment, classes, norms at school, and more.
- **Collaboration:** Work closely with reviewers and peers to refine content, validate accuracy, and align outputs with educational standard practices in Japan.
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## **Ideal Candidates Should Have:**
- **Language Skills:** Native-level fluency in Japanese with strong written and spoken English.
- **Education:** Advanced degree in Teaching, Pedagogy, or a related field.
- **Experience:** 2–6+ years of professional experience teaching in Japan.
- **Analytical Abilities:** Excellent writing, analytical, and communication skills. Experience delivering and creating assessments to students is highly desired.
- **Nice to Haves**
- Experience with rubric development is a plus.
- Familiarity with generative AI models or machine learning concepts is a bonus, but not required.
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## **More Details About This Role:**
- Expect to contribute at least **20 hours per week**.
- Expect a commitment of around 2 months.
- You’ll be working in a structured project environment with clear goals and tools.
- *Application and Onboarding Process:**
- Submit your resume.
- Complete an AI-led interview to assess language ability and professional experience. This should take around 15 minutes.
- If selected, you’ll take a follow-up AI-led interview to assess your professional background.
- You’ll then complete a paid work trial to determine if this type of work is suited for you.
- After that, you’ll receive feedback and be onboarded to the project.
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