Assam Job News of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Recruitment at Your Assam Career
Last Date: 10/12/2021.An employment notification has been released by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). It's an Assam job recruitment ad for 35 vacancy. These Assam Jobs recruitments are for Evaluator posts under the project ‘Saksham Pramaan – Targeted Interventions (TI) and Link Workers Schemes (LWS) Evaluation for National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)’. Candidates who are interested and eligible for these jobs in Assam may apply by following the steps given in this article.
Project details
India is committed to 'ending the AIDS' epidemic as a public health threat by
2030 in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). National Strategic Plan
(NSP) has a vision to realize the 'Three Zeros' - zero new infections, zero
AIDS-related deaths and zero discrimination. First Priority of the NSP 2017-24
is to accelerate HIV prevention in ‘at risk’ population including ‘key
population’. There is a need to evaluate the targeted interventions keeping in
mind the priorities and strategies of National Strategic Plan (NSP). This
calls for capacity building of the evaluators in recently revised formats for
TI and LWS evaluation.
Five Regional Institutes for Capacity building and Evaluation (RICE) are
assigned to conduct TI and LWS in their respective zones. The details of RICE
given below:
RICE in coordination with TISS under NACP will undertake annual evaluation of
Targeted Interventions and Link Workers Schemes. The TIs reach out to the key
High-Risk groups (HRGs) such as Female Sex Workers (FSW), Male having Sex with
Male (MSM), Transgender/Hijra (TG), Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) and Bridge
Populations such as Migrants and Long-Distance Truckers. Link Worker Scheme
(LWS) reach out to HRGs, Bridge Population, Vulnerable Population residing in
the rural areas. Together, there are about 1600 TI and LWS 30 catering to more
than one million core group and about six million among bridge populations.
The end term evaluation carried out by the State AIDS Control Societies (SACS)
and National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) aims to assess the quality and
performance of TI projects implemented by NGOs/CBOs. This process, based on
various parameters, will determine the continuation or discontinuation of
individual TIs in the state. Usually, TIs have been evaluated once in two
years, i.e. during 21st or 22nd month. For the newly recruited TIs (base year
2019-2020), the first evaluation will be conducted during 32nd and 33rd month
of the project period.
This year at National level, TISS will lead the evaluations with partner
institutes at state level in coordination with SACS and NACO TI division.
Objectives of the evaluation:
1. To assess the performance of TIs in terms of gaps between planned targets and actual achievements.2. To assess component-specific quality of TI.3. To assess knowledge level, condom use, health seeking behaviours.4. To assess the component wise expenditure of and look for variance.5. To assess the quality and performance of project staff and peer educators during the review period.6. To assess various systems (accounts/ finance/ human resource/program management) in place at TI NGO/CBO and their effectiveness in the implementation of TIs.7. To assess the organization capacity.8. To assess community engagements.9. To assess the innovations if any.
Your Assam Career Summery of TISS Guwahati Recruitment
| Post Name | Evaluator |
| Total Post(s) | 35 |
| Age Limit | N/A |
Vacancy (Zone-Wise):
ZONE
VACANCY
WEST
04
NORTH
08
EAST
11
SOUTH
05
WEST
07
| ZONE | VACANCY |
|---|---|
| WEST | 04 |
| NORTH | 08 |
| EAST | 11 |
| SOUTH | 05 |
| WEST | 07 |
Remuneration: Honorarium will be paid to evaluators directly by State AIDS Control Societies (SACS). SACS will reimburse the travel and stay for the period of evaluation as per the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) norms.
Eligibility Criteria of TISS Jobs in Assam
Educational Qualification and Experience:
1. Post graduate in any Social Work, Public Health, and other allied Social Sciences.
2. Minimum 5 years
experience in developmental sector and preferably at least 1 year in
HIV/AIDS prevention programme.
3. Community members with minimum
qualification of graduation in Social Sciences and at least 2 years of
experience in HIV/AIDS prevention programme are also eligible to apply.
4. For Finance evaluators the minimum qualification is a post graduate degree
in Commerce or an experience in auditing with a CA firm. SACS internal
auditors should not be engaged in TI evaluation due to possible conflict of
interest.
5. Preference shall be given to candidates, who have prior
experience evaluating development
programmes.
programmes.
6. Sensitive towards
issues relating to HRG communities and PLHIVs.
7. Willing to undertake
extensive field visits to intervention sites.
8. Well versed in
reporting and documentation.
9. Conversant in local language in addition
to English.
10. She/he shall have experience in conducting FGDs/IDIs with
HRGs and Bridge population.
11. Evaluators should not be currently
associated with any TI projects/development partners who are supporting NACP
both at National and State level.
Job Description for these Jobs in Assam
a. Evaluators should spend three full days in each TIs/LWS.b. It is recommended that the evaluators should visit the community at appropriate hours for informal interaction as per the convenience of the community.c. At least 10% of the HRG randomly selected and are to be contacted by the evaluation team through one to one contact or small group discussions in 10% of the hotspots randomly selected by the evaluator.d. The evaluation report including soft copy of the evaluation tool, and detailed report shall be submitted on the 3rd day of completion of the evaluation at any TI to SACS.e. The overall report should be shared within 7 days after completing the evaluation of any TI to SSR/TISS.f. The final signed evaluation report should be submitted by emails to SACS.
Team for Evaluation
The 3-member evaluator’s team consists of:
A. 2 External evaluators, one of them would be the lead evaluators and another one would be the co-evaluator.B. 1 Accounts/ finance person.
One evaluator/team of evaluators can conduct maximum 5 TI evaluations in one state.
How to apply for TISS Recruitment?
Candidates who are interested in these TISS Jobs in Assam can apply through the Application Link –
https://forms.gle/nqPJKwh6z5wVYsAz8.