Associate Academic Specialist - Community Based Global Learning

NYU Abu Dhabi • Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi • Posted June 13, 2026

About the Role

Description

The Office of Global Education and its Community-based Global Learning (CBGL) Team at NYU Abu Dhabi invite applications for an Associate Academic Specialist - Community-based Global Learning position on a fixed-term, three-year contract. The Associate Academic Specialist will support faculty in designing community-based global learning activities for their semester, J-Term, and summer courses. The successful candidate will be responsible for instructional and academic-administrative support for courses featuring CBGL offered across the academic year.

Principle Responsibilities

  • Reviews syllabi to make recommendations for community-based global learning activities to faculty. Works on the development and finalization of CBGL activities during J-Term, summer, and regular semester programming

  • Assists the faculty with instructional design of the activities and field work assignments 

  • Identifies and cultivat...