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Borderlink, founded in February 2000, is an English education company headquartered in Omiya, Saitama City. Its main business is dispatching foreign-language instructors to schools as assistant language teachers (ALTs). It also provides English programs for kindergartens and nursery schools, training for teachers, online English conversation lessons, English conversation schools, international exchange events and contests.
The company has branches from Hokkaido to Fukuoka, including a Tokyo branch in Jingumae, Shibuya, and sales offices in Nakano and Nishi-Kokubunji. It joined the RareJob group in April 2023 and has an overseas subsidiary, Borderlink Educational Services, Inc.
Measured from the 13 listings Ranked has live for Borderlink. Japanese level, visa signal and skills are AI-graded from each posting and can be wrong — confirm against the employer's original posting before applying.
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Sell online English conversation services for children and junior high students to municipalities nationwide through calls, visits, proposals and selection presentations.
Run in-house online English lesson services for preschoolers to junior high students: coordinate with nurseries and schools, handle lesson issues and user inquiries.
HR and general affairs work in a department reporting to the president: mid-career and graduate hiring, staff training and interviews, manuals, events and social media.
Sell English-education services to local governments: hear their needs, then prepare proposals and presentations for ALT dispatch, teacher training and exchange events.
Link local governments, schools and ALTs: adjust ALT schedules, observe and evaluate lessons, support ALTs' life in Japan and present service proposals to municipalities.
Part-time back-office support for about 1,200 ALTs and foreign office staff: payroll, year-end adjustment, visa applications on their behalf, contracts, company cars and housing.
Back-office support for about 1,200 ALTs and foreign office staff: payroll, year-end adjustment, visa applications on their behalf, contracts, company cars, housing and insurance.
Recruit assistant language teachers (ALTs) in Japan and overseas: screen applications, run online interviews, attend recruiting events and follow hires into placement.
Run an English after-school and preschool program: look after children and parents, manage foreign instructors and their shifts, plan events and promote the school to new members.
Early-morning desk role arranging cover when ALTs are absent or late: take their calls and emails, find a substitute teacher and brief the school and board of education.
Support the ALT coordination team: introduce ALTs to schools, adjust their work schedules, translate lesson plans into English and follow up on ALTs' everyday needs.
Plan, launch and run new initiatives, from social media and article and teaching-material production to online English for nurseries, preschool operations and PR.
Create teacher-training sessions, ALT lesson plans and online/ICT materials, and run international exchange events and online classes linking Japanese schools with schools abroad.