Professor Built Environment in Reading

Part-time or full-time appointment considered. The working location for this role is flexible and can be discussed at interview. Occasional travel to the Horizons head office in Reading and the London School of Architecture will be required. Salary to be confirmed on appointment, up to £82,000 pa FTE.

We are looking for a keen and enthusiastic academic to join us in shaping and developing our research and knowledge exchange capacity. With a focus on Societal Wellbeing and Transformation, we need you to contribute to teaching, learning, and assessment across our portfolio of programmes, working collaboratively towards our institutional ambition to make our first submission to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2029. We welcome applications from candidates across a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds, including built environment fields, social sciences, and technical disciplines.

This is an exciting time for the University, and we need exciting new talent to help us achieve our vision of becoming the Centre of Excellence for Built Environment Education. We expect you to have strong IT and digital skills and be passionate about teaching online.

Your accountabilities and responsibilities include:

• Lead, develop, and sustain an internationally excellent research and/or knowledge exchange portfolio, aligned with the University’s Research Strategy and thematic priorities.
• Provide strategic research leadership, fostering a vibrant research culture, supporting colleagues to develop their research trajectories.
• Provide high quality learning, teaching, and assessment within a subject discipline of Built Environment education.

Our main requirements:

• Postgraduate/research degree or higher in the built environment discipline.
• Proven track record of research excellence, evidenced through high-quality publications, successful grant awards, and/or effective supervision of postgraduate researchers.
• Experience within the built environment and higher education, with a proven ability to integrate academic expertise into teaching and professional practice.
• Evidence of leadership and development in high-quality teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

At University of the Built Environment we expect employees to demonstrate our values: Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Support. Student satisfaction and success are our main drivers, and our people consistently report high levels of employee engagement; your contribution will be valued should you join us. We are a long-standing and leading provider of supported online education with a long-term ambition to be the world’s most sustainable university. At The London School of Architecture, our students study onsite. Staff wellbeing and work-life balance are a priority for us, with flexible working arrangements and a generous holiday allowance amongst some of our key employee benefits.

To view the full job specification and to apply, visit the work for us > current vacancies page of our website. Vacancy closes on Wednesday 15 April 2026 at 17:00.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

We champion equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workforce. We celebrate diversity and the strengths it brings to our staff body, our student community and our Board of Trustees, recognising that people are key to our success. Our aim is to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.