Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai has announced Vacancy for the post of Research Associate for 2025-2026 academic year Interested candidates may apply through Online
Date Posted: 6th May 2025
Hiring Organization: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Organization Profile: In December 2011, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences set up the School of Vocational Education (SVE) to provide immediate and definite interventions to improve the skill levels of millions of youth, through appropriate vocational training programmes. The target beneficiaries include an organized and unorganized workforce across the industries and SVE aims to cover every individual who needs to develop employable skills. A vision of creating an ecosystem that would bring back the dignity of labour to all professions and occupations to create sustainable sources of income for the blue-collar workforce and youth in the country.
Job Title: Research Associate
Project Name: Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) project
Project Duration: 06 months
Employment Type: Temporary
About the project: The state of Bihar experiences multiple hazards in the form of floods, drowning, lightning, fire, road accidents, erosion, drought, etc. Given the population density and the extent of poverty among the (predominantly rural) populace, a large section of the – vulnerable – population are exposed to these hazards. As a result, the state of Bihar faces high disaster risk. Since its establishment, the BSDMA has undertaken multiple activities, from formulations of plans, road maps and guidelines to engaging in training and capacity building across various stakeholders with the overall aim of Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience.
Eligibility
- Postgraduate degree in disaster management, social work, social sciences, or any other related discipline
- Student completing their postgraduate degree in disaster management, social work, social sciences can also apply (only students completing the last semester of their master’s degree
- Ability to undertake in-depth research on the given topic, report writing and documentation skills are preferred.
- Ability to undertake fieldwork, data collection and collation of information.
- Ability to undertake project-related administrative tasks.
- Demonstrate good written and spoken communication skills to work with local authorities.
- Knowledge of local languages in Bihar is desirable
Location: Bihar
Remuneration: 35000/- per month
Apply Mode: Online
Organization Website: https://tiss.edu/
How to Apply: Interested candidates can apply on the given link within a week (7 days) of the advertisement.
https://forms.gle/gyYTHhwrEhwxWKXq8
Organization Address:
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar,
Mumbai 400088
Maharashtra
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