Coordinators jobs in Mumbai at TISS

Advertisment No. TISS/PROJECT/SP.CELL/JAN 2019

TISS hereby issues this advertisement for 8 positions of Coordinators (Regional),as authorised by the Commissioner Women and Child Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, for selection of suitable candidates for the same

Qualifications: Minimum eligibility criteria (educational and work experience) that candidate must:

1 Possess a post-graduate qualification (M.A. in Social Work/MSW or Masters/Post-graduate degree in any subject of the Social Sciences, Helping professions or the Humanities).

2 Possess at least 5 years’ experience working full-time in the social-development sector, in/with (a) urban/rural women at the grassroots on their empowerment, or (b) rights-based intervention on issues of violence, or (c) programmes/services/interventions related to issues of women's rights/gender/sexuality/gender-in-governance in NGO/Governmental/quasi-academic/multi- or bi-lateral agency settings.

3 Posess some experience in/exposure to one/more of the following: Work with/on crisis-intervention/violence against women and/or work with State systems in particular, project management, intervention/actionresearch, networking & advocacy – at a district/regional-level;

4 Demonstrate willingness to travel (across allotted districts/ranges/region, and occasionally within Maharashtra and to other States as per programme requirements) & multi-task extensively, anchor specific units' & personnel's work, work in woman-centered workplace/team environment, beyond '9-to-5 office' setting with varied groups of individuals.

5 Must possess verbal & written fluency in Marathi & local languages/dialects, working knowledge of English and comfort with the use of computers & Internet

Consolidated honorarium: Rs. 25,000/- per month.

Selection Preferences:

1. Maharashtra-based women/female candidates, possessing Masters/M.A. In Social Work, and having prior experience in direct work with Police systems and/or in interventions with women survivors of violence, will be given first preference.

2. Those posessing any one of the above preferred criteria will be given next preference to those posessing all of the above criteria in descending order, as follows: Second preference – Those having prior experience in direct work with criminal justice system (Police/Prison/DLSA/Court etc.) and/or in interventions with women survivors of violence, but not posessing MSW/BSW degrees or not women/female, Third preference – Women candidates having MSW/BSW degree & experience of full-time work on women's rights/empowerment & work with State systems, but not having VAW response interventions'/criminal justice system-related work experience.

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) which was established in 1936 is a Deemed University fully funded by the University Grant Commission (UGC),Government of India. TISS offers Master Degree Programmes, M.phil. And PhD Programmes in the fielf of Social Work, Social Sciences, Health, Management, Labour Studies, Habitat Studies and Rural Development from its Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad Campuses.The institute is currently looking for bright candidates to work with Registrar's office and Computer Centre and thereby to strengthen the IT infrastructure.