IBPS RRB 2026 Recruitment: 13,706 Vacancies for Office Assistant, PO & Officer Scale II/III

IBPS RRB 2026 notification released for 13,706 posts including Clerk, PO, and Officer Scale II & III. Apply online from 1–21 September 2026.

IBPS invites online applications for CRP RRBs-XV to recruit Group A Officers—Scale I, Scale II, and Scale III—and Group B Office Assistants in participating RRBs across 28 States/UTs. Indicative, post-wise and category-wise vacancies are provided in Annexure I of the full notification; final provisional allotment depends on actual vacancies reported by the respective RRBs.

For Office Assistants and Officer Scale I, selection has two online stages: preliminary examination followed by main examination. Office Assistant allotment is based on main-exam performance and actual vacancies, while shortlisted Scale I candidates additionally attend a common interview.

For Officer Scale II(Generalist and Specialist posts) and Officer Scale III, selection consists of a single online examination followed by a common interview for shortlisted candidates. Candidates may apply both for Office Assistant and an Officer post, but may apply for only one Officer-cadre post: Scale I, Scale II, or Scale III.

For an Odisha applicant, the participating institution is Odisha Grameen Bank, headquartered in Bhubaneswar, and the prescribed local language is Odia.

Important dates

• Online application period: 1 September 2026 to 21 September 2026.

• Application-fee payment: 1 September 2026 to 21 September 2026.

• Preliminary examination: November/December 2026.

• Main/Single examination: December 2026 to February 2027, depending on the post.

• Officer interviews: January/February 2027.

• Provisional allotment: February/March 2027.