Assistant Professor in Logistics and Analytics Campus

Role:
Assistant Professor in Logistics and Analytics Contract Type:
Teaching & Scholarship Grade: 7 Starting Salary: AED 21,800 - 26,000 Monthly all Incl (Depending on Experience) School:
Edinburgh Business School (EBS) FTE and working pattern: 1

FTE, Full time - 35 hrs per week

Location:

Dubai Campus

Heriot-Watt’s Edinburgh Business School (EBS) is a global leader in high-quality, accessible, practice-oriented business education and research. With campuses in the United Kingdom, Dubai, and Malaysia, we inspire and empower a diverse and inclusive community of students. We partner with businesses and governments to translate knowledge into practice and deliver innovative solutions that improve the world. Our industry-leading research projects in logistics, supply chain management, industrial decarbonization, inclusive workplaces, and sustainable capitalism connect across disciplines to address society’s most pressing challenges.

At EBS, we are practical, engaged, connected, and inspired. We foster a community that nurtures collaboration and ambition, and we aim to transform lives and organisations through our innovative approach to education and research. We pursue excellence through relevance, providing transformative lifelong skills and outcomes for our students. We leverage our vibrant research community, our strategic partnerships, and our talented network of faculty and staff to make a difference and create lasting global change.

We are eager to welcome faculty and staff who will help us forge the future through groundbreaking research, innovative pedagogy, and dynamic professional services. We are looking for colleagues who:

• Understand and embrace the value of accessible, practice-oriented learning and research.
• Pursue excellence both individually and collectively.
• Know the value of collaboration.
• Are passionate about making a difference.

At EBS, our pursuit of fairness and inclusivity makes us a destination of choice for academic talent. Our global network, engaged community, receptive leadership, and flexible management allow our people to thrive. We freely foster ambition. We are agile and open-minded. We listen, and we adapt. Through opportunities, support, resources, and recognition, we strive to ensure that every member of staff feels a genuine sense of fulfilment, belonging, and potential.

Our collaborative efforts are geared towards our fundamental purpose and drive: at EBS, we make a difference. And we are committed to supporting our people every step of the way.

Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus was first established in 2005. Home to nearly 4,000 students and over 200 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) in each successive year since the ratings scheme’s introduction. In 2024 all our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes were approved by CAA.

Following the continued growth of student numbers and our imminent campus extension, we are delighted to be expanding the academic team at our Edinburgh Business School Dubai Campus with a number of new roles. We are looking for academics seeking a new challenge and who are passionate about delivering high-quality, accessible, practice-oriented education and research that promotes responsible business.

Edinburgh Business School (EBS) Dubai is the largest of five Schools in Dubai. We are organised into four Departments and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate taught and research degrees across a wide range of discipline areas. We are a global University and this is reflected in the way that we manage our programmes and courses. We are currently expanding our Executive Education provision to organisations throughout region.

Our research groups are actively involved in teaching, research, and consultancy activities across our three campus locations. Our team has a strong commitment to our communities, offering a full range of programmes leading to the awards of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Science, and Master of Arts. Our Incubator Centre and diverse professional body…