Post Graduate Teaching Assistant

About UCL & the Faculty of Engineering

Join a top-tier global university ranked #1 in the UK for research strength, home to 30 Nobel laureates and a vibrant community from over 150 nationalities. As part of the UCL Faculty of Engineering - the UK’s largest and second most impactful in Europe - you will be embedded in an environment defined by academic excellence, world-class industry partnerships, and state-of-the-art facilities across Central London and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

About the Department (CEGE)

Ranked in the top 50 worldwide, the Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering delivers pioneering, people-focus research and teaching. Building on a 200-year legacy of innovation, our multidisciplinary team tackles real-world global challenges alongside industrial partners. We thrive on diversity, sector-leading inclusivity, and cutting-edge experimentation in our world-class living laboratories, including PEARL and CAVE.

Driven by engineering for people, breaking boundaries across disciplines, empowering a diverse community, and continuing a legacy of pioneering leadership. Learn more about our Values.

We seek Postgraduate Teaching Assistants to support teaching and learning activities for the upcoming academic year 2026-2027.

As a PGTA, you will work closely with academic module leads to support the delivery of teaching for students enrolled in modules within the Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering Department (CEGE).

For more details, please review the Job descriptions for the module(s) you are interested in in the attachment below.

Further information on each module is also available via UCL’s Module Catalogue .

This role is offered on a 15 guaranteed hours contract for the 2026-2027 academic year.

UCL PhD students will have priority, but students from other universities may also apply, subject to agreement with their Supervisor.

PGTAs are employed at Grade 6 on the UCL non-clinical salary scale , on an hourly basis, in line with the UCL PGTA Code of Practice .

In order to be eligible, you need to:

Be a registered Post Graduate Researcher (PGR) student at UCL or another UK university, or have recently completed a PGR degree;

Have the right to work in the United Kingdom;

Have the approval of your primary PhD supervisor.

All PGTAs must enroll and complete UCL’s dedicated PGTA training programme, ‘Arena One’. Further in-house induction and informal training will be provided.

For more information about your experience as a PGTA, please visit : Getting started as a PGTA at UCL

For queries about the application process, please contact the UCL CEGE HR team at [email protected] .

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.

If we receive many applications, we may close the vacancy before the published closing date.We will keep the advertisement open for at least two weeks and recommend submitting your application early.

For more information about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please read further.