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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 Description

• Coordinate day-to-day research and fieldwork, surveys in the study areas.
• Facilitate field visits, meetings with community members, government officers and ensure quality in data collection and survey work.
• Allocate and oversee tasks of Field Investigators and support staff in the district.
• Maintain daily attendance and reporting from field investigators.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of collected data before it is sent to the senior program officers, and project leader.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Master's degree in Social Sciences, disaster studies or environmental or natural science/M.Tech
• Preferably experienced in research, monitoring and evaluation of policy, regulations
• Understanding coastal land and fishing community livelihood issues
• Proficiency in Hindi/English/Marathi.
• Ability to write and analyse field data
• Ability to do an independent field survey, and mentor the project staff
• Basic skills in the field of GIS for landscape mapping, and in SPSS, Excel for data analysis

Interested candidates who can join as per the timeline are requested to send their CV and an application to tissccssmumbai@gmail.com with the subject line “Application for the post that you are interested in applying for” by 15/06/2025.

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