Recruitment for the post of Senior Research Associate ,Research Associate- Research in Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Tata Institute Of Social Sciences

Non-faculty positions at the Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research (CEI&AR)

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) which was established in 1936 is a Deemed University fully funded by the University Grant Commission (UGC), Government of India. The TISS offers 54 Master Degree Programmes in a range of Socially relevant inter-disciplinary of Social Work, Social Sciences, Health, Management, Labour Studies and Habitat Studies from its Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad Campuses. It has a strong M.Phil/Ph.D programme a high degree of freedom and autonomy shape the positive work ethos and creativity in the Institute. The TISS offers a very challenging but fulfilling academic environment and opportunities to practitioners committed to creating a just society through education, generation of knowledge and field action and invites interested persons located within and outside India to apply for the following positions at the Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research (CEI&AR).

The Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research (CEI&AR) at TISS Mumbai has been established to engage with and promote innovation in school curriculum, teacher education and higher education curriculum and pedagogy. The Centre incubates and promotes innovations that address the needs of India education to raise quality and standards and relevant to the developing world, and the innovative use of new technologies and media. Towards this, the Centre collaborates and engages with research, development, teaching and field action.

Applications to Non-faculty positions are invited for the Connected Learning Initiative(CLIx) project of CEI&AR.

The Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx) is an innovative field action programme launched by the CEI&AR, to improve the professional and academic prospects of high schools students from underserved communities in India. CLIx incorporates thoughtful pedagogical design and leverages contemporary technology, including online capabilities, to provide quality educational content and experiences at scale in the areas of Mathematics, English and Science along with the development of Values. Teacher education is an integral part of the initiative. The initiative aims to reach a total of approximately 1,000 schools and 150,000 students in 4 states, as well as conduct professional development for approximately 4500 teachers. CLIx involves partnerships and collaborations with research and development institutions, and state governments. For more information, please visit https://clix.tiss.edu/

Non-Faculty Positions

Last date of Receipt of Application: 31st January 2018 (online application only, see below).

Interview: The eligible candidates will be communicated by an e-mail and mobile phone to appear for the interview to be conducted at Mumbai in second week of February 2018.

Application fee: The application fee of Rs. 500/-be paid on-line. For SC/ST/PWD candidates the fee is not applicable. The application will be valid only on receipt of the application fee for those who are required to pay. Fees once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances.

Other Conditions:

The Institute reserves the right to not fill up the vacancies 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. 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 institute reserves the right to relax qualification of the candidate based on the work experience. No TA / DA is payable for appearing for the interview.

The candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply now) provided alongwith this advertisement on the Institute's website www.tiss.edu .

The candidates are required to take a print of acknowledgement of online application and keep it for future reference.

Administrative Officer (P&A) TISS, Mumbai

Job description

Senior Research Associate- Research- One position

The person will be expected to assist the research team in managing and coordinating the research activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Assist the research team in the various activities such as literature review, preparing bibliographies, preparing data collection tools, sampling, data analysis, and report writing. Be actively involved in the impact evaluation study (baseline/midline/end line) in all stages of the research process Assist and support research studies planned and being conducted by team members across

TISS. Undertake analysis of data gathered via platform analytics. Provide research assistance to the Research Lead and PI in preparation of the research design

and its implementation at the field sites Assist the research team in the organisation and the conduct of orientation/ training for various members based on capacity needs.

Qualifications:

Applicants must be a post-graduate in Social Sciences (Economics)/ Development Studies or equivalent from recognized institutions.

Experience:

Minimum three years of relevant experience of having worked on research projects,

preferably in the field of education technology. Experience of independently working on research-based tasks with tight deadlines Experience of using statistical packages like STATA/SPSS etc.

Skills & Competencies Required:

Ability to meet deadlines and work on a range of research tasks Ability to read/write/communicate in English, Hindi and any other local language Willing to travel to field locations as and when required Ability to support field teams and partners; especially to trouble shoot or offer guidance, as

appropriate under the supervision of the Research Lead Ability to work in a diverse team.

Remuneration:

Gross monthly remuneration for the position will be between Rs. 45,000 and 55,000/ per month or higher, commensurate with qualification and experience.

Location:

Bengaluru, with frequent travel to implementation sites.

Research Associate- Research- Two position

The person will be expected to assist the research team in managing and coordinating the research activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Assist the research team in the various activities such as literature review, preparing

bibliographies, preparing data collection tools, sampling, data analysis, and report writing. Assist the ongoing monitoring using digital tools and online technology platforms. Support the field research teams as and when required Assist the Research Lead in preparation of the research design and its implementation at the

field sites Assist the research team in the organisation and the conduct of orientation/ training for implementation partners and field teams based on capacity needs.

Qualifications:

Applicants must be a post-graduate in Social Sciences/ Development Studies or equivalent from recognized institutions.

Experience:

Minimum two years of relevant experience of having worked on research projects, preferably in the field of education technology. Experience of independently working on research-based tasks with tight deadlines

Skills & Competencies Required:

Ability to meet deadlines and work on a range of research tasks Ability to read/write/communicate in English, Hindi and any other local language Willing to travel to field locations as and when required Ability to support field teams and partners; especially to trouble shoot or offer guidance, as

appropriate under the supervision of the Research Lead Ability to work in a diverse team.

Remuneration:

Gross monthly remuneration for the position will be between Rs. 35,000 and 45,000/ per month or higher, commensurate with qualification and experience.

Location:

Mumbai/ Bengaluru, with frequent travel to implementation sites.

Research Associate- English- Three position

The person will be expected to assist the English domain group

Key Responsibilities:

Design and create curricular content for Open Educational Resources being developed for teachers and students of ESL. Conduct related training programs with teachers in associated CLIx states

Coordinate with State Implementing Teams on various aspects of course delivery (technical, pedagogical and research) and travel to field sites for roll out of modules, data collection and related work.

Prepare and administer research tools in a timely manner.

Monitor the use of digital courses and online technology platforms made available to teachers in the CLIx ecosystem

Draft and write reports, conduct literature reviews, source and index research papers.

Qualifications:

Applicants must be post-graduates in English, /ELT, Social Sciences or Development Studies or equivalent from recognized institution

Experience:

Two to three years of relevant experience of having worked on research projects and/or

teaching experience. Experience of independently handling the tasks with tight deadlines with attention to details. Good writing skills with prior experience in preparing lesson plans, research reports, etc.

Skills and competencies required: Ability to meet deadlines and work on a range of production task Ability to read/write/communicate in English, Hindi and/or Telugu Teaching experience in middle/high school and/or a degree in ELT

Remuneration

Gross monthly remuneration for the position will be in the range of Rs. 40,000 -50,000/ per month or higher, commensurate with qualification and experience.

Location: Mumbai Software developer - Front-end, UI/UX One Position

This person will work with the developer team, content teams and the implementation teams of CLIx right from the requirements stage to rollout of the Frontends of the platform and tools, websites, CLIx learning modules.

Key Responsibilities:

Life cycle aspects of UI/UX and interactives for the Student delivery platform, Teacher professional development platform, Website including programming, testing and delivery

Working with the Implementation teams Teacher Professional Development Program taking feedback and folding it into the development

Working closely and proactively under the guidance of the Project Manager

Participating in the conference calls & discussions with the other developers

Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation

Handholding and leading the Interns from time to time - who could be part of independent programmes

Desired Profile/Skills:

Comfort with the general front-end technologies and the ability to work with new technologies

Deep experience with HTML5, Javascript, UI/UX design especially Responsive web design.

Ability to understand the requirements and execute bite-sized Interactives

Proven ability to leverage various libraries for Javascript, such as ReactJs, Node.js, Jquery, AngularJS and other frameworks like Ajax.

Experience with Opensource modes of development on Linux variants, github.

Ability to design and develop mobile / Android apps.

Comfort with Python

Ability to use tech platforms for updates, discussions and clear communication abilities

Ability to tap into the other members of the technology team and their experience to solve technology issues and help others when needed. Being a considerate and cheerful team player

Should be an organized, passionate and goal-oriented person who understands what various technology projects have in common, and their strategic role in how the CLIx technology efforts can be primed for success.

Should work well under pressure and be comfortable with change and complexity in dynamic environments.

Accent on (always) improving his/her own and the teams' skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion.

Research orientation and the ability to scribe documentation in terms of tech reports and research briefs

Qualifications:

Applicants must be Engineers or Equivalent preferably with computer science / IT background

Prior exposure to Educational Technologies is a plus

Experience:

3-4 years of relevant experience in a software industry

Whole lifecycle experience from development to testing and release

Remuneration:

Gross monthly remuneration for the position is in the range of Rs. 40000 per month. It will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

Location: Mumbai (may involve traveling to the intervention states)

Software developer - Back-end, Interactives One Position

This person will work with the developer team and the content teams of CLIx right from the requirements stage to rollout of the platform and tools, CLIx learning modules.

Key Responsibilities:

Life cycle aspects of one or more of the following: Backend development, Interactives, dashboards, analysis of research data etc for the Student delivery platform, Teacher professional development platform, Website including programming, testing and delivery

Working with the Implementation teams Teacher Professional Development Program taking feedback and folding it into the development

Working closely and proactively under the guidance of the Project Manager

Participating in the conference calls & discussions with the other developers

Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation

Handholding and leading the Interns from time to time - who could be part of independent programmes

Desired Profile/Skills:

Comfort with the general front-end technologies, in depth knowledge of backend technologies and the ability to work with new technologies.

Deep experience with one or more of the Languages (Python, PHP, Ruby) and Frameworks based on them (Django, Zend/Symfony/Yii, Rails/Sinatra).

Designing and leveraging databases based on RDBMS such as MySQL; MongoDB

Awareness of backend tools such as Paperclip, Refile, Carrierwave

Good exposure to one or more of: HTML5, Javascript; ability to leverage various libraries for Javascript, such as ReactJs, Node.js, Jquery, AngularJS and other frameworks like Ajax.