IIFM Finance Officer (Deputation) Recruitment 2026

IIFM Finance Officer Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, wants a Finance Officer on deputation. IIFM is a national-level institute that teaches, trains, researches and consults in natural resource management, so the finance desk handles a busy academic campus rather than a single office.

As the selected officer, you will work as the Institute's Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) and look after all finance and accounts matters of IIFM. This is not an open recruitment for freshers — it is meant for serving officers of the Central Government, its autonomous bodies, or State/UT governments who already hold a similar post or have the required years of regular service in the specified pay scales.

On the academic side, you need a commerce or business management degree with a financial management specialisation, or a pass in the CA, ICWA or SAS (or an equivalent exam run by an organised Central Government accounts department). If you are an accounts officer looking for a posting in Bhopal at a respected national institute, this is worth a look.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Deputation only: Only officers of the Central Government, its autonomous organisations or State/UT governments can apply. Private-sector candidates are not covered.
• Tenure: The post is filled on deputation for 3 years at first, and the Director may extend it by one more year.
• Pay and perks: You get pay at the level printed in the advertisement plus allowances and other facilities as per IIFM's rules.
• Age cut-off: The upper age limit is counted as on the date the advertisement was released.
• No guarantee of filling: IIFM keeps the right to fill or not to fill the post.

Application Submission Notes

• Form: Use the prescribed application format posted on the IIFM vacancies page (iifm.ac.in/vacancies).
• Proper channel: Your application must go through your parent department, with a request to forward it to the Director, IIFM.
• Address: The Director, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Post Box No. 01(357), Nehru Nagar, Bhopal 462003 (MP).
• Hard copy only: Only complete printed applications received within 30 days of the advertisement are accepted.
• Envelope: Write "Application for the post of Finance Officer on deputation" on the envelope.

• Act as the Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) of IIFM Bhopal
• Handle the finance matters of the Institute
• Look after the accounts of the Institute
• Manage the Institute's finance and accounts work under the Director, IIFM