IGNOU Senior Consultant Administration Recruitment 2026

IGNOU Senior Consultant (Administration) Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) wants a full-time Senior Consultant for the Administration Division at its headquarters in Maidan Garhi, New Delhi. The work centres on general administration and legal and disciplinary cases, so the university is looking for someone who has already handled these files in a Central Government office or a Central University.

This is a purely contractual engagement, not a regular university post. IGNOU says it prefers retired officers who served at the level of Under Secretary, Assistant Registrar or Administrative Officer, which makes this a strong option if you have recently retired from central service and want to keep working in a familiar setting.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Contract term: You are engaged for six months at first, extendable based on performance. The engagement ends after two years or when you turn 70, whichever comes first.
• Termination: IGNOU can end the engagement without giving any reason.
• No claim to a regular job: In the application declaration you confirm that the post is purely contractual and that you will never claim regular appointment on its basis.
• Pay decided at selection: The exact monthly amount within the advertised band is fixed by the Selection Committee.
• Confidentiality: You must not disclose university matters to anyone outside IGNOU, and you sign a declaration of fidelity and secrecy that brings you under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 during and after the assignment.
• No outside representation: During the engagement you cannot act as a representative or give advice to others on matters you handled for the university.
• Intellectual property: All data and proceedings you work on remain the property of IGNOU.
• Vigilance declaration: At joining you declare that no vigilance or criminal proceedings are pending or contemplated against you.
• Shortlisting: Meeting the qualification and experience does not guarantee an interview call, and no TA/DA is paid for attending.

Application Submission Notes

This is a postal application. Download the application format from www.ignou.ac.in, fill it in, and attach self-attested copies of your certificates, last pay certificate and experience certificates.

Send it to The Deputy Registrar, Recruitment Cell, Administration Division, Block-7, Room No. 13, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068. The notice asks you to write "Application for the engagement of Administrative Associate Administration Division, IGNOU" in capital letters on top of the envelope — that line is carried over from IGNOU's Administrative Associate advert, so make sure the form itself names Senior Consultant (Administration) as the position applied for. Late applications are not considered.