Professor - BRAC Institute of Languages

Job Description

Title: Professor - BRAC Institute of Languages

Company Name: BRAC University

Vacancy: --

Location: Dhaka

Published: 5 Jun 2025

Education:
∎ Excellent academic credentials: PhD from a highly reputed/accredited foreign university with outstanding performance (for other degrees too) and international academic experience

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Relevant and significant experience in leading educational institutions
∎ Portfolio of high-quality and impactful research and scholarly work
∎ Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills in English
∎ Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with different stakeholders
∎ Excellent organizational skills and professionalism
∎ Impeccable ethical standards
∎ Transformative language policy and planning
∎ Affective language education
∎ Curriculum development and evaluation
∎ Psycholinguistics and language acquisition and learning
∎ EAP and ESP
∎ Materials development and evaluation for minoritized learners
∎ Critical pedagogy
∎ Language testing and assessment
∎ Language and class, gender, religion, nation, style, varieties, identity, etc.
∎ Linguistic rights of indigenous and minority communities
∎ English language education for sustainable development, social justice, and equity
∎ Language, space, and mobility
∎ English language education, technology, and artificial intelligence
∎ Medium of instruction
∎ Language, language education and trans-movement
∎ Critical Discourse Analysis
∎ Pragmatics
∎ Language and translation
∎ Language education management and leadership
∎ Innovation in language education
∎ Quantitative research in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics
∎ Language education, decoloniality, and Southern epistemologies
∎ Relevant and significant experience in leading educational institutions
∎ Portfolio of high-quality and impactful research and scholarly work
∎ Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills in English
∎ Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with different stakeholders
∎ Excellent organizational skills and professionalism
∎ Impeccable ethical standards
∎ Candidates with research publications or specializations in the areas given below will have priority:
∎ Transformative language policy and planning
∎ Affective language education
∎ Curriculum development and evaluation
∎ Psycholinguistics and language acquisition and learning
∎ EAP and ESP
∎ Materials development and evaluation for minoritized learners
∎ Critical pedagogy
∎ Language testing and assessment
∎ Language and class, gender, religion, nation, style, varieties, identity, etc.
∎ Linguistic rights of indigenous and minority communities
∎ English language education for sustainable development, social justice, and equity
∎ Language, space, and mobility
∎ English language education, technology, and artificial intelligence
∎ Medium of instruction
∎ Language, language education and trans-movement
∎ Critical Discourse Analysis
∎ Pragmatics
∎ Language and translation
∎ Language education management and leadership
∎ Innovation in language education
∎ Quantitative research in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics
∎ Language education, decoloniality, and Southern epistemologies

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ BRAC University (BRACU), a pioneer in liberal arts education in Bangladesh, invites applications from qualified candidates to join its esteemed faculty team. With a commitment to fostering innovation and meeting the demands of contemporary education, BRACU stands as one of the leading private universities in Bangladesh, accredited by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and approved by the Ministry of Education.
∎ BRAC Institute of Languages (BIL), the foremost entity for language education of BRAC University, invites applications for full-time (permanent) faculty positions in the disciplines of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, English language teaching, teaching English to speakers of other languages, or language education management and leadership at the ranks of Professor. The successful candidate is required to have a doctoral degree from a highly reputable university in a field related to the discipline/area of teaching and evidence of potential/actual (commensurate with the rank) scholarship/professional engagement related to that area. All selected candidates will contribute to teaching, research and service.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ BRAC University offers an attractive salary and benefits package commensurate with prevailing market standards.

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Dhaka

Read Before Apply:

Interested candidates meeting the above requirements are invited to apply online through BRACU's career portal: https://career.bracu.ac.bd/#/

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps in the hiring process. Any attempt to unethically influence the selection process will disqualify a candidate's application.

BRAC University is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce. For inquiries or further information, please contact: recruitment@bracu.ac.bd.