B16- 01285 Postgraduate Teaching Assistant - DLL London, England
Job description
About us
About IOE IOE is UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. Foundedin 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
About the role
You will provide support to Programme Leaders on the academic administration of and basic academic inputs into the Early Year’s/primary and Educational Leadership programmes. Your main areas of responsibility will be to: assist the programme lead in the overall management of the seminar groups you are supporting, ensuring that assignments are appropriately marked (working closely with the module leader) and feedback returned to students. You will receive professional development in teaching support. Please attach a one page expression of interest and a CV - please address the criteria in numerial order For informal enquiries about these vacancies please contact Dr Ruth McGinity [email protected] These posts are for UCL students only and are for up to 180 hours and are available from 18 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. Please be aware that students may only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes.
About you
The successful candidate will be working towards a PhD and educated to at least Masters level. Excellent communication skills, knowledge and experience of group facilitation and interactive methods are all essential. Experience of assisting module leaders and/or seminar teaching/facilitation at university level in a related field is desirable. Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria. It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) • Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts • On-Site nursery • On-site gym • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service • Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.
