TISS jobs for Social Workers in Mumbai. Last Date to apply: 04 Mar 2018

Social Workers job recruitment in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

No. of Post : 07

Education and Experience criteria: Candidate should have (a) knowledge of issues of gender and violence against women in the district and State, and of direct interventions, and (b) prior experience in direct casework and/or intervention work on women's issues at the grassroot level.  The candidate should have (a) a post-graduate qualification in social work (M.A. in Social Work/MSW) from Central/Deemed/State-Recognised University, and 2 years' work experience in socialdevelopment sector, and must also demonstrate commitment to working on issues of violence against women vide direct work with both survivors and State systems, or (b) Bachelors Degree in Social Work/BSW along with at least 3 years’ experience working with urban/rural women at the grassroots on empowerment & rights-based intervention on issues of violence.  Candidate must demonstrate willingness to travel across the allotted district, and occasionally within Tamil Nadu and to other States as per programme requirements detailed in section on job description above.  Verbal and written fluency in Tamil and local languages/dialects is essential, and working knowledge of English and comfort with the use of computers & Internet is also desirable.

Honorarium : Rs. 20,000/- per month.

Age :  18-50 years

Selection Preferences:  The programme's service provision process requires that each Special Cell must have 2 women social workers to respond to violated women's own preference & needs. Tamil Nadu-based women/female candidates possessing necessary educational qualification & prior experience as detailed in section  below will be given first preference.  Women/female candidates not based in Tamil Nadu possessing necessary educational qualification & prior experience as detailed in section  below, and also, women/female candidates based in Tamil Nadu possessing Masters degree in other social sciences, humanities subjects & other help