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📢 Faculty Recruitment 2026 – Assistant Professor of Practice & Academic Coordinator Woxsen University, Hyderabad, Telangana

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Woxsen University, Hyderabad is hiring Assistant Professor of Practice & Academic Coordinator for career skills, employability, industry integration and accreditation support. Candidates with 6–10 years industry-academia experience can apply.

Posted Date: 29-01-2026

Organization: Woxsen University

Woxsen University invites applications from industry-experienced and academically inclined professionals who are passionate about student employability, career readiness, and industry-academia integration.

🎯 Role Focus

This is a high-impact academic role combining:

  • Teaching career & professional skills

  • Coaching students for employability

  • Working with faculty to embed industry relevance

  • Strengthening industry engagement

  • Supporting accreditation and academic quality systems

📚 Core Responsibilities

▶ Academic Delivery (Career & Professional Skills)

Design and deliver modules on:

  • Professional communication & workplace behaviour

  • Interview readiness, case interviews & assessment centres

  • Industry expectations, ethics & accountability

Contextualised for:

  • Business domains (Consulting, Finance, Marketing, Analytics, Entrepreneurship)

  • Technology domains (Software, AI, Data, Product, Engineering roles)

▶ Industry Alignment in Curriculum

  • Align course outcomes with industry skill expectations

  • Map assessments to real-world performance standards

  • Translate employer feedback into curriculum inputs

▶ Student Readiness & Coaching

  • Conduct readiness diagnostics

  • Coach students on career pathways

  • Identify high-potential students

  • Build personalised improvement plans

▶ Faculty Collaboration

  • Support faculty in embedding applied industry perspectives

  • Enable integration of:

    • Live projects

    • Industry case studies

    • Practitioner inputs

▶ Industry Engagement (Academic Interface)

Coordinate:

  • Guest lectures

  • Practitioner workshops

  • Industry simulations and labs
    Support placement office with academic readiness inputs.

▶ Accreditation & Quality Support

Contribute to documentation for:

  • AACSB

  • EFMD

  • NBA

  • Assurance of Learning (AoL)

  • Graduate employability outcomes

🎓 Eligibility Criteria

Essential

  • Master’s degree in:

    • Business / Management (for Business School role)

    • Technology / Engineering / CS / Data Science (for Tech School role)

  • 6–10 years of experience in:

    • Industry roles, or

    • Academic–industry interface roles

  • Strong teaching, mentoring, and coaching capability

Desirable

  • Experience as Professor of Practice / Adjunct / Corporate Trainer

  • Exposure to hiring, talent development, or early-career training

  • Familiarity with accreditation frameworks and outcome-based education

💡 Key Competencies

  • Strong classroom presence

  • Applied industry credibility

  • Ability to bridge theory and practice

  • Outcome-focused academic mindset

  • Comfort working with faculty leadership

📍 Job Location

Woxsen University
Hyderabad, Telangana