Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Rural Property & Real Estate

Interview Date:  8 June 2026 (provisional)

For Harper Adams to be a premier provider of higher education for the land-based industries, it is essential to have expertise to underpin our provision within this sector. We are therefore looking to appoint a new member of the Land and Property Management team, to teach into our undergraduate, postgraduate and apprentice programmes, as well as to help identify, develop and deliver new streams of work in collaboration with colleagues and industry partners. This appointment represents an opportunity to support our industry-leading teaching and research in land and property management. We are currently particularly interested in those with experience in rural property and real estate the management of the sustainable built environment, all aspects of commercial and residential real estate and valuation, property development and investment appraisal.

Experience/Qualification required 

A good range of experience in land and property management and real estate, with particular expertise in rural property, real estate valuation, development and investment appraisal.

It is essential that you have a good undergraduate degree in a relevant topic and whilst academic experience would be desirable it is not essential and if you are not currently an academic, relevant professional experience is what will enable you to bring real world examples into the class room and there would be an opportunity to obtain an appropriate teaching qualification once in post.

The role is student facing and requires significant time to be spent at the university but there are times when remote working may be possible

If you have any queries or questions or for an informal discussion, please contact Mark Simcock (LPM Course Manager)  msimcock@harper-adams.ac.uk or Emma Pierce-Jenkins (Interim Head of Harper Adams Business School) epierce-jenkins@harper-adams.ac.uk

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Application Procedure:

All applications should be completed and submitted using the Harper Adams e-Recruitment programme at http://jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk  to be completed no later than midnight on 26^th May 2026

Should you require any adjustments to complete your application for this role then please contact vacancies@harper-adams.ac.uk      

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