Nicobar Forest Division Recruitment 2026

The office of the Divisional Forest Officer, Nicobar Division, Department of Environment & Forests, is hiring technical persons for conservation plans and their monitoring under the GNI Project. There are 10 posts in two projects, all on a purely contractual basis for 5 months.

Application opened: 25 September 2026 | Last date: 16 October 2026

Vacancies

Project 1: Mangrove Conservation Plan under GNI Project

Post	Vacancies	Monthly pay	Age limit	Period
Field Assistant	1	Rs 27,000	35 years	5 months
Field Worker	4	Rs 18,000	18 to 33 years	5 months

Project 2: Zero Predation Plan of Sea Turtles in Great Nicobar Islands (focus on Leatherback Sea Turtle)

Post	Vacancies	Monthly pay	Age limit	Period
Project Assistant (Field Work)	1	Rs 27,000	35 years	5 months
Field Worker	4	Rs 18,000	18 to 33 years	5 months

Qualification and Work

Post	Essential qualification	Desirable	Work
Field Assistant (Mangrove)	Bachelor’s degree in Science (Wildlife Science, Botany, Plant Sciences, Ecology, Marine Sciences, Marine Biology, Environmental Sciences, Geoinformatics, Life Sciences, Agricultural or Forestry) from a recognised institute or university	Prior experience creating outreach materials for forest conservation; skills in designing, communication and innovation	Developing geo-spatial databases and maps of mangrove areas, compiling plantation progress reports, and assisting in mangrove plantation and restoration work
Project Assistant, Field Work (Sea Turtles)	Bachelor’s degree in Science (Wildlife Science, Zoology, Ecology, Marine Sciences, Marine Biology, Environmental Sciences, Geoinformatics, Life Sciences, Agricultural or Forestry) from a recognised institute or university	Enthusiasm for coastal and marine systems and scientific research; ability to do arduous fieldwork in remote Andaman and Nicobar islands with limited logistics	Assisting data collection on sea turtle nesting across the beaches of the islands, base camp maintenance, and monitoring beach dynamics, movement and ecology
Field Worker (both projects)	Secondary School Examination (Class X) passed from a recognised board or institution	–	Mangrove: raising seedlings in the nursery and plantation in the field. Sea turtles: maintaining the protection camp, collecting eggs, releasing hatchlings and monitoring turtle nesting beaches

Age Relaxation

Upper age relaxation applies as per Government of India rules: up to 5 years for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and up to 3 years for Other Backward Classes.

How to Apply

Apply in the prescribed application format (Annexure-I of the advertisement), with self-attested copies of all documents: educational certificates, proof of date of birth and work experience certificates.
Email a soft copy of the filled application with all supporting documents, combined into a single PDF of not more than 5 MB (scan at 200 dpi grayscale), to dfondrecruitment311@gmail.com on or before the last date.
Send the hard copy with self-attested documents by Speed Post, Registered Post or Courier to: The Divisional Forest Officer, Nicobar Forest Division, Campbell Bay, Nicobar District, PIN-744302.
Applications received after the last date or through any other mode will not be considered.

Selection

Selection will be through an online interview by the Selection Committee, after scrutiny of applications. Shortlisted candidates will be told by email and mobile number given in the application. Updates will be posted on the Department of Environment & Forests website, https://forest.and.nic.in/index.php, and no separate correspondence will be made.

Important Conditions

The posts are purely contractual for the stated period and end after it is completed.
A candidate may apply for only one position.
Candidates working with a scientific institution or research scholars must attach a recent No Objection Certificate, not more than one month old at the last date.
Name, date of birth and parents’ names must match the matriculation certificate.
The Divisional Forest Officer may reject any application with or without assigning reasons.

Source: vacancy notice of the Divisional Forest Officer, Nicobar Division, published in The Daily Telegrams. Please read the official notice on the department website before applying. AndamanJobs does not charge any fee and is not involved in the selection.