Role: Assistant Professor in Business & Psychology (Global College)

Location: Dubai Campus

Grade: G7

Contract: Full time (35 hours per week), Open-ended

We are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable educator to teach on our Introduction to Business Management and Introduction to Leadership, Motivation and Psychology (LMP) courses. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Business and/or Psychology and education, with the ability to inspire and educate students as part of the Global College team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality teaching to the students of the DEP, including the development of teaching and learning material.
• To identify and support students who require extra assistance as required.
• Setting and marking of coursework and providing feedback. Preparation of Course reports.
• Attend and contribute to Course Boards and Assessment Boards as appropriate.
• To contribute to the administration associated with the course delivery.
• To assist with recruitment activities including attending open days, school visits and promotional events.

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post.  Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve. 

Essential Qualification:

• Degree in a relevant discipline
• Experience of teaching Business and / or Psychology at secondary, Foundation, or Undergraduate level.
• Teaching experience within the British Education system.
• Effective student Engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues as part of a team.
• Ability to set and monitor quality standards.

Desirable Qualification:

• Teaching qualification.
• Masters in relevant discipline.
• Teaching experience within the Scottish Education system.
• Experience of course/programme level management.
• Experience of developing innovative learning via VLE
• Ability to develop academic leadership at course /programme level.

Heriot-Watt University Values

With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and professionally relevant, leading-edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry.

We are a vibrant, forward-looking university, well known for the quality of our degrees with employers actively seeking out our graduates.  Heriot-Watt is also Scotland’s international university with an unsurpassed international in-country presence. We deliver degree programmes to circa 30,000 students in 143 countries around the world, have a further overseas campus in Dubai and boast the largest international student cohort in Scotland.

At Heriot-Watt we’ve created an environment that nurtures innovation and leadership - where our researchers, staff and students can realise their potential and develop their ambitions.

We are proud of our collegiate atmosphere and integrated teaching and research approach which has helped to build a community of committed academics and highly motivated students.  Our focus on careers delivers results and we’ve an excellent reputation for graduate employability.

In addition to the Edinburgh campus, we currently have campuses in  the Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia.  For all of our campuses we aim to provide stimulating, supportive environments conducive to effective learning and research, where staff and students can excel. At Heriot-Watt, we have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership, and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.

Our values describe our deeply held beliefs and our community spirit. They characterise not only how we are as a higher education institution but also frame how we want to be.

Our values are:

• Belong
• Collaborate
• Inspire
• Celebrate

As learning, living and working institution, we use our values as the building blocks of how we go about doing our work and how we each conduct ourselves as members of Heriot-Watt University. They represent what binds us together as a University community and help us to become the best at what we do.

For full details on our University, please view our website https://www.hw.ac.uk/about.htm

‘How to Apply’

Interested applicants must submit via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment system a Cover letter describing their interest and suitability for the post and an updated CV. 

At Heriot Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team. 

Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.

Learn more about our benefits here: Our Dubai Campus - Heriot-Watt University (hw.ac.uk)

Heriot-Watt University Dubai is (Commission for Academic Accreditation) CAA Licensed; therefore, successful candidates will need to either provide terminal degrees attested from a UAE institution accredited by the CAA or if the degree is not from a UAE Institution, the candidate will need to have MoE (Ministry of Education) Equivalency. More info on attestation can be found here on the MoE website. The candidate is responsible for getting their degree attestations done and these should be completed within six months of joining.

The appointment is conditional upon successful completion of all Labour and Immigration formalities.