Research Assistant (Qualitative/Quantitative Research) – Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) 

Last Date of Application 14th Dec 2022, 5:00 pm IST

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. Since its inception, the Vision of the TISS has been to be an institution of excellence in higher education that continually responds to changing social realities through the development and application of knowledge, towards creating a people-centred, ecologically sustainable and just society that promotes and protects dignity, equality, social justice and human rights for all

Name of the Post: Research Assistant (Qualitative/Quantitative Research)

Number of Positions and Location: One Positions located in each of the state of Assam

Name of the projects: “Migrants’ emerging mobility patterns, high- risk behaviours, HIV vulnerabilities and responses during COVID-19 in India”.

Duration: 4 months (contractual) Remuneration: INR 30,000- 35,000 per month

Job Description: The individual shall be responsible to assist in research tasks, administrative and logistic operations of the pan India project surveys. The responsibilities shall mainly include assisting senior Project Investigators in hiring, training the field investigators, data collection, daily fieldwork monitoring, data management, analysis, documentation, travel for data collection and supervision in different districts/states, on ground logistic management along with any other task required for the successful completion of the projects.

Required Technical Skills (Qualitative Research): Knowledge and hands on experience with NVivo/ AtlasTi packages for qualitative data analysis.

Required Technical Skills (Quantitative Research): Knowledge and hands on experience with Excel/SPSS packages and quantitative data analyses techniques

Essential Qualifications:

1. Master’s degree in social sciences or associated disciplines.

2. Conversant with the required research methods, tools, and techniques.

3. Good communication and writing skills.

4. Ability to coordinate and perform in team environment and willing to travel to multiple districts in one or more states.

5. Ability to communicate effectively in state’s specific local language and Hindi/English.

Desirable: Work experience of 1-2 years in social sciences research. Other Conditions: · The Institute reserves the right to relax qualification of the candidate based on the work experience. The Institute reserves the right to cancel the recruitment without assigning any reason. · The institute reserves the right to invite persons for interview who may not have applied for as per the above procedure and not fill up the vacancy advertised. · Applications received will be short listed, therefore merely possessing the prescribed qualifications and the requisite experience would not entitle a person to be called for interview.

No queries or correspondence regarding issue of call letter for online interview / selection of candidates for the post will be entertained at any stage and canvassing in any form is strictly prohibited and will lead to the candidate being debarred from consideration for the post. · The positions are purely contractual, and the appointment contract will be subject to: (1) satisfactory appraisal every month; (2) continuation of the projects. Application Procedure Please send your updated resume by email to shssprojects.tiss@gmail.com with the Subject Line: “Application for Research Assistant (Quantitative/Qualitative)”. Also, indicate your preference of state for this position in the covering mail. Only shortlisted candidates will be informed and invited for the interview