Work abroad programs?

I'm currently looking into the JET Programme to teach English in Japan. I am also trying to find some good backup plans in case I am not accepted. Can anyone recommend any similar programs? My language skills so far are probably fair, but by no means can I speak fluently. I'll probably need something that will allow me to use English in a professional setting, but to work on improving my Japanese in my free time. Thank you.

See if any university in your area has a similar exchange. As far as I know, there aren't any of these big ones like JET. Why would there be, since JET has 6000 ALTs here?

If you can't/won't come here for job hunting, you are limited to a few eikaiwas and dispatch agencies that hire from abroad. You pay expenses to attend any interviews wherever they may be in your country (couple of locations in the USA, I think).

You won't need Japanese in most classrooms. It's usually prohibited anyway. Learn it for daily survival more than anything. It'll take years of concentrated study to be fluent anyway.