Job Posting Title: Adjunct Faculty in Real Estate (Executive Education)
FTE and Working Pattern: Part Time
Organisation Name: The School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)
Adjunct Faculty – Real Estate
In light of the life-long learning department’s continued growth, Heriot-Watt University Dubai is expanding its expert teaching pool and invites applications from seasoned real estate professionals to join our Adjunct Faculty for programme delivery across two exciting streams: Heriot-Watt Online Real Estate Programmes and bespoke real estate trainings in Executive Education. This opportunity is offering a direct engagement with top-tier global brands and strategic partners. The candidate will play a key role in academic delivery to further advance the growth of the Executive Education department in Real Estate and expand its presence in the GCC region.The role is closely working with Heriot-Watt Online team and Executive Education Department and requires a collaborative approach to achieve shared goal of upskilling professionals to the highest standard.
1. Heriot-Watt Online Real Estate Programmes
Location: Global (Remote)
We’re seeking dynamic educators from anywhere in the world with strong academic backgrounds to support our online MSc Real Estate programmes. Ideal candidates will bring university-level teaching experience and the ability to engage diverse, international learners online.
2. Bespoke Executive Education in Real Estate
Location: GCC Region (with UAE & KSA focus)
For our fast-growing executive education portfolio, we are looking for real estate experts based in the Gulf region with substantial industry experience. These programmes are delivered in-person or hybrid, targeting senior professionals up to C-suite level in both private and government sectors. This role will closely collaborate with the Head of Executive Education at Heriot-Watt University Dubai campus.
Key Responsibilities for Both Roles:
- Deliver high-quality, engaging learning experiences for executive and postgraduate-level participants.
- Support curriculum development with academic teams in the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure, and Society (Real Estate Section).
- Offer mentorship and meaningful feedback to learners at various stages of their careers.
- Close collaboration with Heriot-Watt Online and Executive Education teams.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years’ real estate industry experience or academic experience teaching in real estate.
- RICS (certification or membership – please can you confirm this bit for me? Thanks) or equivalent professional qualification.
- A Master’s or PhD in Real Estate, Construction, or a related field.
- Proven track record in course delivery, ideally including executive or postgraduate teaching.
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with industry clients.
- Strong communication and presence, with the ability to teach up to C-suite level.
- For Executive Education: Must be based in the GCC region and able to travel within the region.
- Experience in designing and assessing curricula.
- University-level teaching experience (especially for Heriot-Watt Online roles).
If you’re passionate about shaping the future of real estate professionals, whether in the boardroom or the virtual classroom, we want to hear from you.
Apply now to become part of a globally respected university delivering impactful, real-world education.
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 applications attaching 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.
