Postgraduate Teaching Assistant - CCM

UK Dementia Research Institute; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

The UK Dementia Research Institute is seeking part-time Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTAs) in London to support teaching in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. Responsibilities include tutorial teaching, course material preparation, and marking, making it ideal for PhD candidates in social sciences. The role offers excellent benefits, including flexible leave options and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

41 Days holiday (pro rata for part time)

Defined benefit pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site gym

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Working towards a PhD in a social sciences subject.
• Excellent oral communication skills.
• Enthusiasm for teaching.

Responsibilities

• Support module leads on BA programme.
• Design teaching material within the module framework.
• Provide feedback and support marking duties.

Skills

Communication Skills

Teaching Enthusiasm

Education

PhD in Social Sciences (in progress)

Job description

Ref Number B16-01802 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 25-Jun-2025

About us

IOE is UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. With more than 900 academic staff, 8,000 students, 190 research collaborations and cross-sector partnerships spanning five continents, our seven departments work across education, culture, psychology and social science to improve lives.

The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM ) is a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education: Applied Linguistics; Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies.

About the role

We are looking to appoint several PGTA's to support CCM. The PGTAs will support teaching and learning in our modules, working with the academic modules leads through the delivery of small group teaching for students taking modules in the Department of CCM.

Main duties of the post are tutorial class teaching, regular meetings with the course lecturer, provision of feedback to students, provision of weekly office hours, attendance reporting, coursework assessment and examination marking. Teaching Assistants will be given training in support of their roles.

In this post you will:

• Provide support to the module leads on our BA programme.
• 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.

These appointments are part time, one year contracts, for up to 180 hours.

About you

You will 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.

In addition, you will have excellent communication skills, in particular oral communication and an enthusiasm for teaching.

Please note that this post is open to UCL students only.

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
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

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.

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