Senior Professor of Hotel Management & Academic Coordinator

Position Summary

The Senior Professor of Hotel Management & Academic Coordinator provides academic leadership for Hospitality Academy's hotel management programs while delivering high-quality teaching in strategic hospitality management. The role combines senior-level teaching with responsibility for academic coordination, curriculum development, faculty leadership, quality assurance, student success, and industry engagement.

The position ensures that academic programs remain innovative, industry-relevant, and aligned with institutional quality standards while fostering an outstanding student learning experience.

Key Responsibilities

1. Teaching & Learning Excellence

• Deliver undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education modules in Hotel Management and Hospitality Strategy.

• Develop engaging learning experiences using case studies, simulations, project-based learning and experiential methodologies.

• Design assessments aligned with learning outcomes.

• Supervise dissertations, capstone projects and applied consulting projects.

• Provide academic tutoring and mentoring to students.

• Maintain high levels of student satisfaction and academic performance.

2. Academic Coordination

• Coordinate academic calendars and module scheduling.

• Ensure consistency across modules and programmes.

• Coordinate faculty workload and teaching assignments.

• Monitor programme delivery.

• Ensure compliance with academic regulations.

• Manage programme documentation.

• Coordinate examinations and assessment processes.

• Ensure learning outcomes are achieved.

• Resolve academic issues affecting students or faculty.

3. Curriculum Development

• Lead periodic programme reviews.

• Design new hospitality management modules.

• Benchmark programmes against leading hospitality schools.

• Integrate emerging hospitality trends including:

  • Digital Hospitality

  • AI in Hospitality

  • Revenue Management

  • Sustainability

  • Luxury Hospitality

  • Guest Experience

  • ESG

  • Hotel Technology

• Ensure curriculum remains internationally competitive.

4. Faculty Leadership

• Coordinate and support teaching staff.

• Mentor junior lecturers.

• Conduct teaching observations when required.

• Promote teaching excellence and innovation.

• Facilitate faculty meetings.

• Encourage collaboration across departments.

• Support onboarding of new faculty.

5. Academic Quality Assurance

Lead continuous quality improvement initiatives by:

• Monitoring programme quality indicators.

• Reviewing student evaluations.

• Developing action plans for improvement.

• Supporting accreditation processes.

• Ensuring compliance with institutional quality standards.

• Preparing academic reports.

• Participating in internal and external academic reviews.

6. Student Experience

• Monitor student progression and retention.

• Provide academic guidance.

• Support students facing academic challenges.

• Participate in orientation activities.

• Collaborate with Student Services.

• Promote student engagement throughout the programme.

7. Industry Engagement

Maintain strong links with the hospitality industry by:

• Developing partnerships with hotel companies.

• Inviting guest speakers.

• Supporting internships.

• Collaborating on industry projects.

• Participating in conferences.

• Representing Hospitality Academy at professional events.

• Identifying emerging industry needs.

8. Research & Innovation

• Contribute to applied hospitality research.

• Publish professional articles where appropriate.

• Participate in academic conferences.

• Lead educational innovation initiatives.

• Incorporate current hospitality trends into teaching.

9. Institutional Contribution

• Participate in Open Days.

• Support student recruitment.

• Represent Hospitality Academy externally.

• Contribute to strategic projects.

• Participate in committees.

• Promote Hospitality Academy's academic reputation.

Required Qualifications

Education

Required

• Master's Degree in:

  • Hotel Management

  • Hospitality Management

  • Tourism Management

  • Business Administration

  • Related discipline

Preferred

• Doctorate (PhD/DBA/EdD) in Hospitality, Tourism, Business or related field.

Professional Experience

Essential

• Minimum 15 years of progressive hospitality industry experience.

• Senior management experience within international hotels or hospitality organisations.

• Minimum 8 years of higher education teaching experience.

• Experience coordinating academic programmes.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred

• International hospitality experience.

• Experience working with accreditation bodies.

• Experience in curriculum design.

• Experience in executive education.

Knowledge

Strong knowledge of:

• Hotel Operations

• Hospitality Strategy

• Revenue Management

• Leadership

• Service Excellence

• Hospitality Finance

• Sustainability

• Digital Transformation

• Learning Management Systems

• Academic Quality Frameworks

• Curriculum Design

• Higher Education Quality Assurance

Core Competencies

Leadership

• Strategic thinking

• Academic leadership

• Decision making

• Coaching and mentoring

• Team development

Teaching

• Student-centred learning

• Assessment design

• Facilitation

• Classroom management

• Curriculum development

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Public speaking

• Stakeholder management

• Cross-cultural communication

Organisational

• Planning and prioritisation

• Project management

• Attention to detail

• Problem solving

• Continuous improvement

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