Research Officer

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About the Organization

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was declared Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act (UGC), 1956.

Job Responsibilities

• Designing Tools of data Collections/Questionnaire/FGD
• Engage/Facilitate data collection through a household survey/focus Group Discussion/Case studies/Secondary sources
• Field visits to required districts of Maharashtra
• Basic Analysis, tabulation and interpretation of large survey
• Report writing and documentation of data
• Identification of key informants from various stakeholders and conduct of qualitative interviews
• To help Project Director for preparation of initial draft report

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• MA in Sociology, Social Work, DNT/NT / Tribal Studies in Maharashtra. Published research papers on DNTs
• Preference will be given to Ph.D in Sociology or qualified NET/SET or similar examination.
• Preference will be given who have completed research on DNTs, capable to coordinate research team, review of literature, develop tools of data collection, well versed in data management and reporting writing.
• Have good knowledge of basic statistical techniques qualitative analysis and statistical software like SPSS/Kobo Collect/Excel.

Salary

Consolidated payment of Rs.35,000/ per month + Traveling expenses during data collection by public transport

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