Assistant Professor; Teaching & Scholarship in Transport Planning

Position: Assistant Professor (Teaching & Scholarship) in Transport Planning
Location: Greater London

## Assistant Professor (Teaching & Scholarship) in Transport Planning Apply locations:
London, UKtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 4 Days Agotime left to apply:
End Date:
July 23, 2026 (17 days left to apply) job requisition :
R140624
** About the Opportunity
**** Position Overview
**** Discipline
* * Transport Planning
** Faculty
* * Centre for Apprenticeships
** Location
* * London, Devon House (St Katherines Dock)
** Term
* * Full-time;
Permanent
** Salary Range**£49,469 to £60,795 p.a. for Assistant Professor (Grade
8) (depending on qualifications and experience)
** Direct Reports
** Assistant Professor:
None.
** Reports to
** Assigned line manager within the Centre for Apprenticeships
** Benefits
* * The university supports staff maintaining a good work/life balance, offer flexible working and parental leave opportunities, an Employee Assistance Programme which provides free, confidential advice on both home and work concerns as well as optional private medical insurance, season ticket loans and being part of the cycle to work scheme.
** Start
* * 1st January 2027 or by arrangement
** The role
** Northeastern University London wishes to appoint an Assistant Professor (Teaching & Scholarship) in Transport Planning. The appointee will design and deliver modules on NU London’s BSc (Hons) Transport Planning programme. This programme is delivered to Degree Apprentices and is primarily delivered asynchronously and online. The panel are seeking to appoint a candidate with expertise in transport policy, regulation, and appraisal, with experience in governance frameworks, procurement processes, and stakeholder engagement.

The appointee will also have the opportunity to provide general service to the University across faculties and the Centre for Apprenticeships. In the first instance, the successful candidate will be expected to lead on the design and delivery of the following courses:
* Investment and Procurement
* UK Transport Policy and Governance
* Policy and Governance Fundamentals
* Control, Regulation, and Competitions We particularly encourage applications from those with an interest in innovative teaching, learning and assessment, UK apprenticeships, and executive education; those with experience of supporting a wide variety of students; and those belonging to groups underrepresented in UK higher education. We are open to appointing on a reduced fraction/job-share basis subject to our business needs.
** About the Faculty
** The Centre for Apprenticeships is the home of the University’s award-winning apprenticeships and work-related learning programmes and promotes excellence in work-based learning, online teaching, and partner-engaged instructional design. Apprenticeships represent a gold-standard of experiential education. They combine academically rigorous HE programmes with the real-world tasks and challenges that learners encounter daily in the workplace. The Centre champions this style of learning and represents the faculty and learners that form a rapidly growing part of NU London’s community.
** Person Specification Criteria
** Qualifications* PhD completed, or near completion, or equivalent professional experience, in a relevant area
* FHEA status, or equivalent, achieved or expected

General Criteria
* Demonstrates, through evidence, the ability to teach transport policy and planning to a high standard.
* Demonstrates, through evidence, the ability to teach appraisal, regulation, and stakeholder engagement in the context of transport governance to a high standard.
* Willingness and capacity to undertake continuous professional development in relation to institutionally strategic themes, including but not limited to artificial intelligence, technology, data, sustainability, and ethics.
* Flexibility and capacity to teach across a wide range of courses.
* Teaching competency in transport planning to at least Level 6
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills, both face-to-face and online.
* Demonstrates, through evidence, excellent ability to deliver courses on degree apprenticeship programmes.
** Additional Information
**** Enquiries
* * Informal enquiries may be made to Dr…