Post Graduate Teaching Assistant (PHD)

About us

About IOE

IOE is UCL Faculty of Education and Society.

Founded in 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.

The Department of Psychology and Human Development brings together staff with research and teaching interests that encompass psychological approaches to learning, development and teaching from early childhood to adulthood.

Our psychology profile is distinctive, offering the largest coherent group of psychologists in the UK, working in the area of education and child and adolescent development. Our expertise in SEND informs both our teaching and our research. Further information about the Department can be found at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/departments/psychology-and-human-development

About the role

You will support teaching and learning in our academic programmes working closely with the module lead (s). See our programmes listed here:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/departments/psychology-and-human-development

In this post you will

• Provide support to the module leads on the undergraduate BSc Psychology with Education or our postgraduate programmes
• Design and prepare teaching material within the overall module framework
• Support with marking duties on allocated modules
• Support the module lead in the weekly seminars and moodle resources of the allocated modules

You will be given training in your role including:

• Support in developing teaching practice through seminar delivery and preparation
• Guidance relating to small group facilitation, marking, assessment and feedback
• Mandatory introductory UCL Arena One Gateway workshop
• The opportunity to enrol in the UCL Arena Fellowship programme

Please be aware that you can only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes. If you are already working as a PGTA on another UCL or UCL IOE programme then we will not be able to appoint you to one of our positions. If appointed you will not be able to work as a PGTA on another programme.

This post is open to UCL students only.

In your application please indicate which modules you would be interested in teaching on and any previous experience as a PGTA. The department is inclusive and is working on increasing the diversity of its staff.

For informal inquiries about these positions, please contact Zoe Gallant z.gallant@ucl.ac.uk

About you

You will have demonstratable sound knowledge in a subject area relevant to the module(s) to be supported, together with the ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, with students, academic and support staff at all levels.

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.

Please attach a CV and one page expression of interest - please do not upload any other documents.

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 (pro rata for part time staff)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme (pro rata for part time staff)
• 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 faculty holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.