Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

targetjobs UK; London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking Postgraduate Teaching Assistants to support academics in teaching and learning. This position is primarily for registered PhD students, offering comprehensive training and opportunities for professional development. Potential for additional hours based on student enrolment numbers, with commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Training and ongoing support

Access to university resources

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Must be a registered PhD student to apply.
• Previous teaching experience is advantageous.
• Willingness to provide feedback and support to students.

Responsibilities

• Support small group teaching and learning across programmes.
• Provide feedback, conduct assessments, and manage office hours.
• Report on attendance and assist in exam marking.

Skills

Teaching

Communication

Feedback Provision

Education

Registered PhD student

Job description

About Us

The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER) is recruiting a cohort of Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTAs) to support education across the department starting from the next academic year.

The school is set within The Bartlett Faculty, which has been ranked #1 in the world for the third year in a row in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (Architecture and Built Environment), and remains #1 in the UK for the eleventh year running.

We are comprised of four world-class institutes, providing expert knowledge, collaborative research, and teaching across UCL Energy Institute, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, and UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.

About The Role

The purpose of this role is to support and work with the academic leads on small group teaching and learning across our programmes.

• PGTAs will be given training and ongoing support to assist them with their main duties, which include:
• tutorial class teaching
• regular meetings with the module lead/lecturers
• provision of feedback to students
• provision of weekly office hours
• attendance reporting
• coursework assessment
• examination marking
  
  

How To Apply

You must be registered as a PhD student, either full or part-time, at the start of the academic year 2025/2026 to be eligible to apply.

• A document outlining all the available vacancies is attached; as part of your application, you will be asked to specify which roles you would like to be considered for.
• Please ensure you supply a reference from your PhD supervisor - ask them to fill out the attached form and submit this as part of your application.
  
  

Due to uncertainty around total student numbers, we are taking a conservative approach to the initial hours offered. However, there may be opportunities for additional work once student numbers are confirmed in mid to late October.

Please note this is primarily intended as an internal opportunity - only if there is no suitable PhD student at UCL identified would external applications from students at other universities be accepted and considered.

What We Offer

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The UCL Ways of Working supports all staff to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work.

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 ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

In the event we receive a high number of applications, we may close the vacancy ahead of the published closing date. As a minimum, we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks. Early application submission is therefore recommended.