Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
Ministry of Education
Goverment of India
ADVERTISEMENT NO.A-12024/3/2021-EXAM/188

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit : https://www.freejobs-alert.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EPFO-SSA-Advt.pdf
Last date of receiving online application is :26.04..2023
Duration for correction in the particulars of an application form (Online only) : 27th to 28th April 2023

Advertisement for the Post of Social Security Assistant in Employees’ Provident Fund Organization 
Conducted by: NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA) (An Autonomous Organization under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India) First Floor, NSICMDBP Building, NSIC Okhla, New Delhi110020 

Downloading of Admit Card by the Candidate (Online only) From http://recruitment.nta.nic.in and  EPFO website: www.epfindia.gov.in  : To be announced later through Public Notice on official website.  

Name of Post: Social Security Assistant (Group C) 
Scale of Pay:  Level-5 (Rs.29, 200-92,300) in the Pay Matrix. 
No. of posts: 2674, out of which 39 for Visually Impaired
Region wise posts:
Chhattisgarh Region: 01, Delhi Region: 02, Gujarat Region: 06, Goa Region: 01, Himachal Pradesh Region: 02, Haryana Region: 02, Jharkhand Region : 01, Karnataka Region : 01, Kerala  Region : 01, Maharashtra Region: 04, North East Region : 02, Punjab  Region: 03, Rajasthan Region: 02, Tamilnadu  Region: 05, Telangana Region : 02, West Bengal Region: 04

No fee for PwD candidates.

Educational & Other Qualifications: 

Must possess the Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university as on the closing date for online registration of application.

A typing speed of 35 words per minute in English or 30 words per minute in Hindi on computer. (35 words per minute and 30 words per minute correspond to 10500 Key Depression per Hour (KDPH) / 9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depressions for each word for Data Entry Work. Time allowed - ten minutes.  

Those awaiting results of the final examination of the prescribed Essential qualification SHOULD NOT APPLY. 

Age: 18-27 years
Age Relaxation: 10 years for PwD candidates

Degree of Benchmark Disability for reservation and Competent Authority for Issue of Disability Certificate: Only such persons would be eligible for relaxation in conditions/reservation in posts who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant benchmark disability. Those Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) who have availed the relaxation and/or reservation and shortlisted for Document Verification have to submit Certificate of Disability issued by the Competent Authority as per the form V, VI and VII of rule 18(1)under chapter 7 of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 dated 15.06.2017. Refer Annexure IV, IV (A) & IV (B) for the revised formats. The existing certificates of disability issued under the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995 (since repealed) shall continue to be valid for the period specified therein. 

Candidates will be required to appear for the Skill Test to assess speed and accuracy for Data Entry Work. A typing speed of 35 words per minute in English or 30 words per minute in Hindi on computer. (35 words per minute and 30 words per minute correspond to 10500 Key Depression Per Hour (KDPH) / 9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depressions for each word for Data Entry Work. Candidates short-listed for Skill Test will have to appear for a Skill Test. 

The result of examination shall be displayed only on the website https://recruitment.nta.nic.in and EPFO website www.epfindia.gov.in _and any information whatsoever shall be made available on the official website. Candidates are advised to go through the website EPFO website www.epfindia.gov.in _or https://recruitment.nta.nic.inregularly for latest updated information. 

Candidates should have their own Mobile Number and valid & active e-mail ID as NTA/EPFO shall send all recruitment related communications only through SMS and e-mail. Candidates are advised to keep their personal email ID and mobile number active as all correspondence pertaining to examination will be communicated on email address and mobile number provided at the time of filling online application. Any request for change of mobile number and e-mail address will not be entertained at any stage. 

Candidates are advised to go through the website https://recruitment.nta.nic.inand EPFO website www.epfindia.gov.in _regularly for latest updated information and other references. 

A candidate needs to give his/her preferences for examination centers, however centers shall be allotted taking into account logistical considerations. 

The examination will be conducted online in centers given in the respective admit cards. 

 No TA/DA will be paid to any candidate including SC/ST candidates for appearing in the examinations. 

A compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour or otherwise advised shall be permitted for the candidates with loco motor disability and cerebral palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40%  impairment). Visually Disabled candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour or otherwise decided of examination. Candidates who are eligible to use scribe/passage dictator or are eligible to have compensatory time will also be eligible for compensatory time for Computer Data Entry Test including those who are allowed use of scribe/passage dictator but do not avail the facility. Compensatory time would also be allowed to the persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing as per definition of 2(s) of the RPwD Act2016 but not covered under definition of Section 2(r) of the Act. 

No hard copies of certificates/mark sheets are required to be submitted along with ‘On-line Application Form’. Candidates shall have to produce all required documents pertaining to eligibility for verification as and when asked for by EPFO, failing which he/she shall be disqualified. 

There will be a probationary period of 2 years. The service condition including Transfer shall be regulated as per per Employees’ Provident Fund (Officers and Employees’ Conditions of Service) Regulations, 2008 as amended from time to time.  

(a) The facility of Scribe/ Passage Dictator would be allowed to any persons with benchmark disability as defined under section 2 (r) of the RPwD Act, 2016 and has limitation in writing including that of speed if so desired by her/him. 

(b) The facility of Scribe and /or compensatory time would also be allowed to the persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing as per definition of 2(s) of the RPwD Act 2016 but not covered under definition of Section 2(r) of the Act. The facility of scribe under this provision shall be granted subject to production of certificate to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his /her behalf from the concerned Medical Authority of a Government healthcare institution as per the performa at Annexure-IX  

(c ) The medical authority for the purpose of certification as mentioned in point (b) above should be a multi-member authority comprising the following:-  i. Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/ District Medical Officer…… Chairperson. ii. Orthopaedic/PMR specialist iii. Neurologist, if available* iv. Clinical Psychologist/Rehabilitation Psychologist/Psychiatrist/Special Educator v. Occupational therapist, if available* vi. Any other expert based on the condition of the candidate as may be nominated by the Chairperson. (* the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Chief District Medical Officer may make full efforts for inclusion of neurologists, occupational therapist from the nearest District or the Medical College/Institute, if the same is not available in the District) 

The candidate will have to arrange her / his own scribe / Passage Dictator at her /his own cost or they may make a request in the online application for providing of scribe /Passage Dictator. 

In case the candidate arranges her/his own scribe/Passage Dictator, the qualification of the scribe / Passage Dictator should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking the examination. The candidates have to bring the letter of undertaking of using scribe/Passage Dictator in Annexure–IV(C)/Annexure-IX and Annexure-V/Annexure-X as applicable attached with this notice on the day of Phase-I, Phase-II examinations respectively. 

Incase, EPFO provides the scribe/Passage Dictator, it shall be ensured that qualification of the scribe/ Passage Dictator should not be more than the minimum qualification criteria of the examination. However, the qualification of the scribe /Passage Dictator should be matriculate or above. 

The scribe / Passage Dictator arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same examination. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature of the candidate will be cancelled. Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe / Passage Dictator in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favorably entertained. 

A person acting as a scribe/Passage Dictator for one candidate cannot be a scribe/Passage Dictator for another candidate. 

The scribe/Passage Dictator may be from any academic stream. 

Both the candidate as well as scribe/ Passage Dictator will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe / Passage Dictator fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe/Passage Dictator mentioned above. Further in case it later transpires that she/he did not fulfill any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the online examination. 

Those candidates who use a scribe/Passage Dictator shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination or as other wise decided. Scribe / Passage Dictator should not answer on her / his own. Any such behavior observed will result in cancellation of candidature. 

Only candidates registered for compensatory time will be allowed such concessions since compensatory time given to candidates shall be system based, it shall not be possible for the test conducting agency to allow such time if she / he is not registered for the same. Candidates not registered for compensatory time shall not be allowed such concessions. 

The change of scribe / Passage Dictator may also be allowed in emergency duly recording reasons and filling the relevant details including pasting of photograph of the new scribe /Passage Dictator as per Annexure V/Annexure-X as applicable. 

The candidates shall be responsible for any misconduct on the part of the scribe/ Passage Dictator brought her/him during the examination. 

The PwBD [Section 2(r) ]/Person with disability [Section 2 (s) ] candidates who have availed the facility of Scribe/passage dictator and compensatory time must produce relevant documents for the eligibility of scribe/ passage dictator/compensatory time at the time of Examination and Document Verification. Failure to produce such supporting documents will lead to cancellation of their candidature for the examination. 

No attendant other than the scribe/passage dictator for eligible candidates will be allowed inside the examination hall 

Visually Disabled candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour or otherwise decided of examination. 

The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will not be available to Visually Disabled candidates who use the services of a Scribe / Passage Dictator for the examination 

Passage Dictators will be provided to those VH candidates for the typing test who have opted for scribe/passage dictator in the online application form. The passage dictator will read out the passage to VH candidate within the allotted time period. 

Candidates have to apply “ONLINE” only for the post of Social Security Assistant (SSA) by accessing the website: https://recruitment.nta.nic.in OR EPFO website www.epfindia.gov.in The Applications other than online mode will not be accepted in any case. Only one application is to be submitted by a candidate. More than one application i.e. Multiple Application Forms submitted by a candidate shall be rejected.