ADVT. REF. NO.TISS/Program cum Administrative Assistant, January 2018

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 and is a Deemed University wholly funded by the University Grants Commission, Government of India. TISS offers 53 Masters Degree programmes from its Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad Campuses for the 20152016 batch.

Applications are invited for IMMEDIATE recruitment of Program-cum-Administrative Assistant for the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCI) project at TISS Mumbai for a period of one year. The staff hired for the said position will be paid consolidated salary of Rs. 28000 to 30000/-per month depending on the qualification and experience.

The candidate must possess a Bachelors' degree and at least 10 years of work experience in handling program management and administration with about 4 years' experience working on agriculture and nutrition related projects with a reputed academic/research institute. Candidate should be Mumbai based.

Age not exceeding 40 years.

The position hired will be responsible for

Keeping track of program work plans, timelines and deliverables of research projects. Keeping track of the travel of TCI staff and researchers in India and abroad and providing support through the secretariat for their administrative needs in India. Assist the secretariat with the planning of various events like meetings, workshops, conferences etc. pertaining to activities of TCI.

Liaison and work closely with the administration, finance and other departments at TISS for performance of duties pertaining to the secretariat. Provide support for preparation and tracking of documents, communications, reports etc pertaining to the secretariat. Liaising with various agencies and organizations to provide logistical and administrative support to TCI projects across India.

The selected candidate will report to the Associate Director, Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCI).

Last date of Receipt of Application: 12 Jan 2018.

Send your resume and covering letter by an e-mail to tcijobs1@gmail.com.

Interview: The short-listed candidates will be communicated by an e-mail and mobile phone to appear for the interview to be conducted in the 25th of January 2018 at TISS, Mumbai.

Other Conditions:

The Institute reserves the right to relax qualification of the candidate based on the work experience and to relax age in the case of persons already holding comparable positions in a University/research institution of repute,

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.

Since applications received may be short listed, merely possessing the prescribed qualifications and the requisite experience would not entitle a person to be called for interview.

The post is unreserved, but candidates belonging to reserved categories can apply.

Applications which do not meet the qualifications given in this advertisement and/or incomplete applications are liable to be summarily rejected.

No queries or correspondence regarding issue of call letter for 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 candidate under employment must bring No Objection Certificate from their employer to appear for presentation/ interview.

No TA / DA is payable for appearing for the interview.

In case of any inadvertent error in the advertisement and in the process of recruitment, which may be detected at any stage, even after issue of appointment order, the Institute reserves the right to modify/withdraw/cancel any communication made to the candidate(s).

The selected candidate has to join within ten days of intimation of selection by the Institute.

Project Leader



Important Dates

Start Date End Date
Applications 12-Jan-2018
Interviews 25-Jan-2018


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