To enhance and extend our team for research and education activities in the field of Real Estate Management (REM), we are now hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of Real Estate Management (Tenure Track position). With expertise and enthusiasm for teaching and doing academic research on real estate management, your focus will be on corporate real estate management. You will be part of the REM team in pursuit of its mission: to develop strategies for sustainable management of buildings, portfolios, locations and markets, in the initiation and (re)use phase of real estate. You will join a highly ranked department, faculty and university and work in an international team of highly committed academics in the department of Management in the Built Environment (MBE), of which the chair of Real Estate Management is part.

The chair emphasises the user perspective, designing strategies and tools to implement user preferences in real estate management, and to measure and align the effect of real estate interventions on the performance of the user organisation. Along with that, our research focuses on the lifecycle of the built environment at all scales and the dynamics of those cycles. Analyses are based on sustainability, life cycle costs and total cost of use and ownership. In real estate management research, we are developing decision support models and tools, from a design thinking approach. Accordingly, in our research we apply methods like scenario planning and research by design, supported by qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques. In our research, we aim to supports actors who shape and influence the built environment, like investors, developers, designers, engineers, owners and users. The work has strong ties with other groups and research topics within the department, namely urban development management, and design and construction management.

Do you wish to enhance the profile of our teaching and research, with a specific focus on innovation in research and education? Are you enthusiastic about teaching in bachelor and master courses (BSc Bouwkunde, MSc track Management in the Built Environment) and take on course coordination and course development tasks? You will also be playing an active role in initiating and contributing to research bids and funded projects, supervising PhD candidates and writing academic publications. This will require close collaboration with scholars in the department of MBE and/or the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, as well as with experts in different domains outside the university.

A Tenure Track is a process leading up to a permanent appointment. It offers young, talented academics a clear and attractive career path. In Delft, you will have the opportunity to develop yourself into an internationally acknowledged and recognised academic, for which you will be supported by a structured career and personal development programme. For more information about the Tenure Track and the personal development programme, please visit: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/working-at-tu-delft/tenure-track/.

• a PhD degree obtained at an internationally recognised institution;
• excellent knowledge in real estate management or other relevant field and an affinity with real estate economics, architecture and built environment studies;
• excellent academic skills, as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications;
• strong (proven) didactic skills and teaching experience preferably in BSc and MSc education;
• ability to communicate, write and teach in English on an academic level, and willingness to learn Dutch;
• experience in writing research proposals;
• coordination skills and a keen interest in education innovation;
• strong communication and collaboration skills.

Fixed-term contract: 5 years.

The position offered is a Tenure Track position for a period of five years. Based on performance indicators agreed upon at the start of the appointment, a decision will be made in the final year on offering you a permanent faculty position.

TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible workweek and a system for assembling customised compensations. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff, for which it also offers state-of-the-art training.

Inspiring, excellent (applied) academic education and research is our central aim. If you have less than five years of experience and have not yet obtained an internationally recognised University Teaching Qualification (UTQ), we allow you up to three years to complete this.

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context. At TU Delft we embrace diversity and aim to be as inclusive as possible (see our Code of Conduct). Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale.

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Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment

The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy from early in the morning until late at night, with four thousand people studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

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Real Estate Management (REM)
To achieve a built environment that performs well and delivers value to the end user in terms of spatial, functional and technical quality, cost effectiveness and sustainability, incorporating the interests, requirements and constraints of the various stakeholders in all phases of the lifecycle (from initiation to (re)use) and at different scale levels (workplaces, buildings, portfolios and markets) is needed. To respond to these challenges, REM develops user based real estate strategies, concepts, tools and principles, that will contribute to a resilient built environment, developing top research on the user focus, contributing to international top level education with a strong link to research. In pursuing our mission, REM combines the scientific fields of economics, policy and management studies with design and engineering.

Focusing on the real estate portfolio of corporations, REM studies and develops strategies for sustainable management of workplaces, buildings, portfolios and markets, in the initiation and (re)use phases. REM studies the user and demand side of real estate, taking a life cycle approach, and applying design thinking. Our main focus is: the management of resources, costs and value, how adaptive reuse of real estate can add value and contribute to a sustainable built environment, and the added value of real estate for an organisation.