Overview
Mapping Japanese market actors and their IT needs, and organizing matchmaking sessions between Palestinian freelancers and potential Japanese clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a mapping of Japanese market actors and define their IT needs, including creating a database of relevant actors and assessing needs for remote IT and digital talent.
- Create connections and build relations with relevant Japanese market actors.
- Assess the needs for remote IT and digital talent and integrate this in the database, including relevant segmentation by sector and service needs.
- Conduct targeted outreach to potential Japanese clients and platforms, promoting Palestinian freelancers and upcoming matchmaking opportunities.
- Organise and deliver 1 to 2 online webinars on working with Japanese clients.
- Organise and moderate online matchmaking sessions connecting freelancers with potential Japanese clients.
- Facilitate initial interactions between freelancers and clients.
- Conduct systematic follow-up and monitoring, including tracking clients engaged, meetings held, leads generated, and opportunities created.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience in managing and/or supporting entrepreneurship, freelancing and/or incubation in Japan is required.
- Experience working in the field of B2B/matchmaking between Japanese and international businesses is an asset.
- Knowledge about Japanese freelancing platforms or online employment solutions for foreigners is an asset.
- Familiarity with Japanese business culture is required.
- Strong communication and coordination skills are required.
- Substantial understanding of Japan’s digital and start-up ecosystem is required.
- Network within Japan’s incubation and innovation ecosystem is desirable.
- Ability to work with efficiency, competence and integrity and in harmony with people of different cultural and national backgrounds.
- Ability to plan own work and use time efficiently, manage conflicting priorities and work under pressure of tight and conflicting deadlines.
- Familiarity with Palestinian/Arab business culture would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of the UN system and procedures or experience of international development projects would be an asset.
Qualifications
Undergraduate degree (BA/BSC or other) in business administration, management, economics, or a related field. Extensive relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the university degree.
