Teaching Assistant

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension schemes

Cycle to work

Relocation allowance

Visa reimbursement

Job summary

University of Bath invites applications for a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Economics. The role focuses on supporting teaching activities and contributing to an established teaching programme.

You will assist with delivering teaching, managing workload, assessing student progress, and providing feedback under supervision, helping to develop teaching skills in a vibrant academic environment.

Qualifications

• The role involves assisting within a teaching team and delivering teaching activities under supervision.
• Assessing student progress and providing feedback on assignments under supervision.
• Communicating effectively with the teaching and learning team and contributing to team work.

Responsibilities

• Assist within a teaching team and work within an established teaching programme under general supervision within the Department of Economics.
• Manage and deliver teaching activities and prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.
• Assess student progress and provide feedback, setting and marking assignments with appropriate supervision.
• Build on experience and develop skills through critical evaluation of professional practice.

Job description

About the role

The Department of Economics is looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant.

In this role you will:

• assist within a teaching team and work within an established teaching programme under general supervision within the Department of Economics
• manage and deliver teaching activities and prioritise your own workload within agreed objectives to ensure that all activities are completed to set deadlines
• assess student progress and provide feedback to students, setting and marking assignments with appropriate supervision
• build on previous experience and use critical evaluation of professional practice to develop skills and knowledge
• communicate effectively with the teaching & learning team and show good team working.

About the Department

The Department of Economics at the University of Bath promotes a vibrant research environment through our dynamic research groups. Following a recent restructuring exercise, research is organised through five main groups: (I) Macro, Money, and Finance (II) Microeconomic Theory, (III) Applied Economics: Labour, Education and Health (IV) Public and Political Economy and (V) Sustainable Development. Additionally, there are research clusters in three areas: Banking and Finance; Economics of Digitalisation and Innovation; Experimental Economics.

https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/department-economics-research-groups-and-clusters/

The department delivers an extensive range of programmes ( http://www.bath.ac.uk/economics ) which attracts high quality undergraduate and postgraduate students and is committed to supporting excellence in both research and teaching.

Additional information

Research activities inform students' learning and encourage the interaction between academia and the wider society both in terms of policy formulation and outcome evaluation, and knowledge transfer to businesses and public organisations. Follow us @EconUniofBath on X and @econuniofbath.bsky.social on Bluesky for more information on departmental research activities.

Whilst it is expected that teaching will be informed by research/professional expertise, there is no research component to this role.

For any informal enquiries about this role, please contact Dr Rudan Wang ([e-mail]).

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant . an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff .

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn .

Be Well at Bath

We're committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath .

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Right to Work in the UK:

We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting:

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