Post Graduate Teaching Assistant - CDE

Ref Number: B16-01814

Professional Expertise: Teaching, Teaching Support and Examination Support

Department: School of Education (B16)

Location: London

Working Pattern: Part time

Salary: £35,930-£41,255

Contract Type: Fixed-term

Working Type: On site

Available for Secondment: No

Closing Date: 05-Jun-2025

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 Centre for Doctoral Education (CDE) undertakes research to inform, challenge and develop doctoral education internationally. Our work explores the experiences, practices and achievements of doctoral students, supervisors and early career researchers. We draw on this expertise to offer doctoral programmes within our own institution, supporting the largest concentration of doctoral students studying education and related social sciences in the UK.

About the role

The main purpose of the Post Graduate Teaching Assistant role within the Centre for Doctoral Education is to facilitate sessions for doctoral students that form part of the IOE’s research training programme, which may include (1) the IOE MPhil/PhD Core Course; (2) the post-upgrade workshop; (3) Qualitative Data Analysis; (4) Quantitative Data Analysis Courses (5) the IOE Doctoral Community student-led engagement scheme (6) IOE CDE Poster Conference, Summer school and Conference and 3 Minute Thesis Competition.

These posts are available from 22nd September 2025 to 31st July 2026 and are open to current UCL students only.

About you

You will be educated to a Masters degree level (or having equivalent experience), in a related field and be working towards a PhD in a social sciences subject (on completion of the PhD, you will no longer be eligible to participate in this PGTA scheme).

You will have an interest in relevant methodological issues and the ability to provide constructive suggestions on student proposals.

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 (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

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 Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.