Job Description

Job Category: Academic
Degree Level: Doctorate
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Adjunct Faculty for Edinburgh Business School, Dubai
The School of Social Sciences / Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai is currently inviting applications for Adjunct Faculty positions in Business Management, Accounting, Economics and Finance and Marketing and Operations. Please note that there may not be openings at this time, but applications will be kept on file and reviewed as the need emerges.
About Heriot-Watt University:
Heriot-Watt University has five global campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of computer sciences, engineering, design, business and the built environment.
With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and practical, leading-edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry. We connect with industry at every level and develop programmes to match their needs - so employers get work-ready industry-fit graduates.
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.
Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus was first established in 2005. Home to over 4,000 students and over 250 staff, it is the largest and most successful international campus in Dubai and has received a 5-star rating from the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) repeatedly and is now CAA Lincenced ( ).
Roles & Responsibilities for our adjuncts may include:

• Undertaking teaching and assessment duties on academic programmes. Support colleagues in Edinburgh Business School in the delivery of courses and other activities to support the delivery of the university's aims.

• Support in developing relevant materials in appropriate formats. Contribute to the content, design and delivery and the quality of teaching and learning, in consultation with colleagues and within the international structures and mechanisms established by the University.

• Mentor and supervise students, providing effective, well documented and timely feedback, both formative and summative. Provide pastoral support, recognising when to refer a student for further support. Play a key role in the delivery and support of an excellent student learning and living experience at HWU.

• Develop and maintain strong links with business and industry, external organisations and the education sector.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues at our Dubai campus as well as at our UK & other campuses where applicable, and with external networks both for the exchange of information, to share learning, and to form relationships for future collaboration.

• The typical time commitment includes contact hours within the classroom, preparation time, assessment & feedback time - all over a 12 to 15 week teaching & assessment semester.

Qualifications:

• PhD or Masters in a relevant field

• Ability to teach either Undergraduate and/or Postgraduate programmes.

• Minimum of 5 years industry experience (if no previous University teaching experience).

• Previous teaching or training experience is preferred

• Excellent Communication skills: programmes are delivered in English and so fluency in English is essential.

Other requirements:
Applicants must be in the UAE and on a Resident visa and must provide a NO-Objection-Certificate (NOC) from the visa sponsor. UAE Nationals & Golden visa holders do not need to provide a NOC. Right to work documentation required from candidates will include.

• Coloured passport copy including visa page.
• Emirates ID copy, both front and back
• Attested Degree
• NOC
• Degree Equivalency Certificate

About the University
With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and professionally relevant, leading-edge research and enterprise, 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 worldwide, have a further overseas campus in Dubai and boast the most significant international student cohort in Scotland.
At Heriot-Watt we've created an environment that nurtures innovation and leadership - where our researchers, teachers, 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 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 a 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
'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.
Heriot-Watt University Dubai is ( ) 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 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.