NCPOR Officer Recruitment 2026

NCPOR Officer Recruitment 2026: Overview

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is recruiting Officers for its administrative support sections. The centre plans and coordinates India's polar and ocean research programme, alongside basic and applied scientific research. These are contract appointments supporting the centre's finance, purchasing and administration work, with the current workplace at Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa.

Posts and Disciplines

• Officer (Finance & Accounts): This role belongs to the Finance and Accounts section and works with its section head. Choose this stream if your professional background matches the finance and commercial accounting work described in the notice.
• Officer (Procurement and Stores): This stream supports the Purchase and Stores section. It is separate from the finance stream and focuses on the centre's procurement and stores management functions.
• Officer (Administration/General Administration/Services): This role supports the Administration section, with the notice drawing on administration, establishment, estate and general administration backgrounds.

Post-wise Duties

Officer (Finance & Accounts)

You will help the Head of Finance and Accounts and look after the section's work. The notice describes section-level support rather than listing separate daily accounting tasks.

Officer (Procurement and Stores)

You will assist the Head of Procurement and Stores and look after the Purchase and Stores section. Your work is tied to this section rather than the centre's scientific research posts.

Officer (Administration/General Administration/Services)

You will support the Head of Administration and look after the Administration section. This is the administrative stream within the same officer recruitment notice.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Contract status: These appointments do not create a right to a regular or permanent job. The centre may extend or shorten the contract periodically, depending on satisfactory performance.
• Posting and mobility: Your initial posting is in Goa, but you can be transferred elsewhere in India. The notice also makes selected officers liable to serve outside India.
• Travel and stay: You must cover your own travel for the interview and arrange your accommodation. NCPOR will not provide stay arrangements.
• Recruitment changes: The Director may cancel the recruitment or change the number of appointments. NCPOR may also correct or withdraw recruitment communications if it discovers an error.
• Conduct and accuracy: Attempts to influence the process can disqualify you. Concealed facts or discrepancies can lead to rejection, termination or exclusion from future recruitment, as applicable.
• Future communication: Watch the NCPOR website for amendments and your registered email for correspondence. The centre's decision is final if a recruitment dispute or ambiguity arises.

• Assist the Head of Finance and Accounts in the finance stream.
• Handle work in the Finance and Accounts section.
• Assist the Head of Procurement and Stores in the procurement stream.
• Handle work in the Purchase and Stores section.
• Assist the Head of Administration in the administration stream.
• Handle work in the Administration section.