3.1 Education and Experience criteria:

3.1.1 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.

3.1.2 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.

3.1.3 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.

3.1.4 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.

3.2. Location and terms of service:

These positions are full-time and based in the said districts of Tamil Nadu. The selected social workers will be contractually employed and will be paid a consolidated honorarium of INR 20,000/-per month. Once appointed, the social worker will be expected to reside in the district allocated to them for the duration of their appointment and deputation for full-time work in the Special Cell. Only women/female candidates possessing the abovementioned experience & qualifications, and in the age group 18-50 years, need apply.

3.3 Job description:

• Individual and group interventions to end violence against women incl. Social casework processes, empowerment & behavioural change facilitation, referrals and pre-& during litigation support to women & children survivors of violence and their families, and engaging with men (respondents/perpetrators of violence) and with NGO & Governmental Departmental representatives (incl. Police) in violated women & children's best interests (i.e. facilitating multi-agency coordinated response).
  
  
• Planning, awareness-building and capacity-building, in compliance, programmatic, strategic & financial management for the Violence Free Home A Womens Right (Special Cells for Women) programme across the allotted district in which the Special Cell is functional.
  
  
• Networking & advocacy on issues of violence against women & girls, and intervention in situations of violence as experienced and reported by women, with NGOs & Governmental Departments, at district & sub-district levels.
  
  
• Writing, editing reports & compiling data extensively for purposes of programme documentation, official record etc.
  
  
• Periodic travel across the allotted district, and occasionally across Tamil Nadu and/or to other States of India as per programme requirements of training, exposure fieldwork, campaigns, regional meetings etc.
  
  

1. Advertisement for the position is available on the website: www.tiss.edu. The TISS and NCW reserve the right to accept or reject in part or in full any or all the responses to this advertisement without assigning any reasons whatsoever.
   
   
2. Last day for receipt of applications is the 4^th of March, 2018, which must be sent preferrably vide email to tnspecialcells@tiss.edu , OR by post to Dr. Trupti Jhaveri Panchal, Asst. Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai-400088. Application sent by e-mail/post must contain curriculum vitae/resumes mentioning the following:
   
   

(a)

full educational qualifications and institutions from which formal degrees were obtained from;

(b)

all full-time work placements completed along with date-wise duration, employing organisation's name and address;

(c)

applicant's e-mail contact details;

(d)

district/city in which applicant resides at present;

(e)

applicant's preference in order of descending priority for placement district if selected for the posotion (for example, first preference Salem City, second preference Villupuram, third preference Thirunelveli City), and

(f)

scanned copy of applicant's Masters/MA/MSW degree certificates.