Programme Executive - Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

About the Organization:

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was declared Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act (UGC), 1956.

Job Responsibilities:

• The Programme Executive (PE) will be responsible for smooth running of the programmes by coordinating with the faculty members, participants, students, internal facilities, and other stakeholders.

• The PE is responsible for the academic support, co-ordination and logistical support required for the programme and should work along with the team for the overall activities of the programme as directed.

• The PE is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective communication channels between students, facilitators and TISS administration.

• The candidate with the experience of TISSOL handling, having knowledge of ERP, Microsoft Excel will be preferred.

• The PE is responsible for scheduling of the sessions in advance, facilitation of workshops like human interaction labs, appreciative Inquiry and others scheduled for the participants.

• The PE is responsible for assisting with preparation of reading material that might be needed for the session and arranging other logistic requirements of each session. To ensure the same, the PE is expected to work during weekends whenever the sessions are scheduled.

• The PE is expected to take care of field immersion and other extended activities which require additional coordination such as booking of rooms, coordinating with field work supervisors and keeping track of field work performance as well as grading and facilitation of assessment activities and making of grade cards.

• The PE is responsible to co-ordinate with the academic section right from admission of the new batch till post convocation ceremony processes including fee mapping, score card printing and other activities.

• The PE is responsible for final certification and convocation activities along with the academic section.

• The PE is responsible for Finance administration such as budgeting, honorarium payment, ensuring payment of bills and reimbursement in accordance with the format of the institution and submitted within the time-frame to the accounts section of TISS for clearance.

• The PE is responsible to draft routine correspondence, responding timely to all routine verbal/written enquiries.

• The Candidate should be dynamic to handle execution of multiple projects simultaneously.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree with at least 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed at the Bachelor Degree in any discipline (preferably in Commerce/Management). The candidate must have minimum of 3 years of work experience in the relevant field with Bachelor’s degree.

• The Candidate with experience in handling educational programmes involving diverse stakeholders such as visiting faculty, industry experts and internal administration is preferred.

Salary:

Monthly remuneration: Rs. 40,000/-

How to apply

Candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply now) provided along with this advertisement on the Institute website www.tiss.ac.in.

Candidates must provide their mail ID in the Online Application Form.

Candidates are required to take a print of acknowledgment of online application and keep it for future reference.

ONLY short-listed candidates will be invited for interview at the Institute premises.

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