Postgraduate Teaching Assistant - PHD

About Us

In this post you will support teaching and learning in our academic programmes working closely with the module lead(s).

About the Role

In this role, 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

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. We particularly welcome those with excellent working knowledge of R.

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.

What We Offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits:

• 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.