Postgraduate Teaching Assistant - SRI

Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education 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 Social Research Institute is one of the leading centres for social research in the UK. It is home to seven internationally renowned research units:

Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Centre for Time Use Research

CLOSER

EPPI Centre

Quantitative Social Science

Social Science Research Unit

Thomas Coram Research Unit

We are looking to recruit PGTA's to support a variety of modules within SRI for the next academic year, for up to 180 hours.

In this post you will: • Assist in the preparation of materials to support teaching, including liaising with the Module Leader regarding handouts for sessions, preparing practical exercises, preparing notes for assignments, etc. • Undertake first and/or second marking (as required) for student formative and summative assessments; generating and providing detailed feedback for students. • Co-ordinate any attendance monitoring activities for the groups you are supporting. • Engage in the collection of evaluation data and student feedback from the groups you are supporting to enable module reviews and improvement.

In this role you will • Receive appropriate support in developing your teaching practice, mentoring and departmental guidance in relation to your seminar support role. • Receive guidance relating to small group facilitation, assessment and giving feedback. • You'll also have the option of attending an extended course, the UCL Arena One Teaching Associate Programme, and then applying for an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

You'll currently be a PGR student or registered as a PGR student by the start of the relevant academic year, with demonstrable sound knowledge in a subject area relevant to the programme to be supported. PLEASE NOTE THAT UCL PGR students will be given priority in recruitment.

Please ensure that you clearly specify on your application form the modules that you are applying for.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

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 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, and for grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

For a full job description and to apply for this role, visit UCL’s online recruitment portal https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs.