PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
(RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT)
(RECRUITMENT CELL)

Advt. No. 1 /2017

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://rajyasabha.nic.in

CLOSING DATE OF SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION: 18th August, 2017

Online applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens to fill up the following posts in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat as per tentative vacancy position given below:

Post:
(1)  Parliamentary Interpreter (English/Hindi)
No. of post: 01
Qualification: Essential: Master‟s degree from a recognised university in English with medium of Hindi Language upto degree level or Master‟s degree in Hindi with medium of English Language upto degree level.
Desirable: (i) Experience in translation or interpretation work.
(ii) Certificate in computer course recognised by AICTE/DOEACC or courses equivalent to „O‟ level in terms of syllabus and duration of course as prescribed by DOEACC.
The candidates appointed will have to undergo training in interpretation for such period as may be specified by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. They will also have to qualify in the Departmental test with such proficiency in interpretation as may be prescribed. Services of such persons who fail to qualify in the test will be terminated. They may be also required to perform non-interpretation duties as may be assigned to them from
time to time.

(2) Parliamentary Interpreter (Odia)
No. of post: 01
Qualification: Master‟s degree from a recognised university in any discipline with Odia up to degree level.
Desirable: (i) Experience in translation or interpretation work in Odia or English/Hindi and degree in English/Hindi.
(ii) Certificate in computer course recognised by AICTE/DOEACC or courses equivalent to „O‟ level in terms of syllabus and duration of course as prescribed by DOEACC.

The candidates appointed will have to undergo training in interpretation for such period as may be specified by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. They will also have to qualify in the Departmental test with such proficiency in interpretation as may be prescribed. Services of such persons who fail to qualify in the test will be terminated. They may be also required to perform non-interpretation duties as may be assigned to them from time to time.

Low Vision can apply.
Pay Scale: Rs.15600-39100 (PB-3) with Grade Pay: Rs.5400/ Level-10 

Age Limit: 18-35 years

Age relaxation: 10 years for PwD candidates.

FACILITY OF SCRIBE:
(i) Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates with visual disabilities of forty per cent and above may avail the assistance of a SCRIBE in the Examination subject to such requests being made in the application form. VH candidates would have to bring their own scribe who fulfils the criterion fixed by the Recruitment Cell, Rajya Sabha Secretariat. Such candidates would be further required to apply to the Recruitment Cell in the prescribed format at least two weeks ahead of the date of examination for which scribe is needed and obtain its approval for it. The criterion fixed for scribe and form for obtaining approval for scribe is available on the website of Rajya Sabha (http://www.rajyasabha.nic.in → Recruitment Cell → Downloads). Question Papers and Answer Sheets will not be provided in BRAILLE. Persons with visual disability/ one eyed candidates who wish to write/indicate the answers with the help of Magnifying Glass will be allowed to use the Magnifying Glass in the Examination Hall. Such candidates will have to bring their own Magnifying Glass to the Examination Hall.
(ii) Visually Handicapped, including blind and partially blind candidates with visual disability of forty per cent and above may bring their own TAYLOR FRAME AND BRAILLE SLATE WITH PAPER for solving Arithmetical problems. No attendant of VH candidates except Scribe, where permissible, will be allowed inside the examination premises.
(iii) Provision of Compensatory Time: The Visually Handicapped candidates with visual disability of forty per cent and above will be allowed compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour in both the Preliminary as well as the Main Examination.

PROBATION: 

Candidate selected for appointment will be on probation for an initial period of two years. During the period of probation, the candidate will be required to undergo such trainings and  qualify such tests/ examinations as considered necessary. Any candidate who is not able to successfully complete the courses of trainings or qualify the tests/ examinations prescribed, or is otherwise not found suitable for appointment, will be liable to be terminated.

No fee for PwD candidates.

HOW TO APPLY ONLINE:

Candidate should visit the website of Rajya Sabha i.e. http://www.rajyasabha.nic.in and click on the hyperlink “Apply Online”. It redirects the candidate to the online registration page. To register for the first time, choose the tab “REGISTER".

In case of any difficulty in submission of online application form candidate may contact at emailaddress
recruitmentcellexam2017@gmail.com

CENTRE OF EXAMINATIONS:

The Preliminary Examinations shall be held at Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Durgapur, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon,Guwahati, Hyderabad,
Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida/Greater Noida, Panaji, Patna, Puducherry, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Vijayawada and Vishakhapatnam. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat however, may not hold examination for a “Post Group” at any of
these centres if number of eligible candidates who have opted that Centre as their first preference is less than 100. The Oration Tests, Main Examinations, Skill Tests, Physical Measurement and Physical Fitness Tests and Interviews shall however be held only at Delhi. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat will, however, have final
discretion in the allotment of examination Centre to the candidates The Rajya Sabha Secretariat also reserves the right to cancel any Centre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear from some other centre.