PGTA - Culture, Communication and Media (IOE)

Job description

The purpose of this job is to support teaching and learning in our BA Media modules, working with the academic modules leads through the delivery of small group teaching for students taking modules in the Department of CCM.

In this post you will:

• Provide support to the module leads on our BA Media programme: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/media-b...
• Design and prepare teaching materials within the overall module framework.
• Support with formative marking duties on allocated modules.
• Support the module lead in the weekly seminars and Moodle resources of the allocated modules.

Professional Development in Teaching

In this role, you will:

• Receive appropriate support in developing your teaching practice and mentoring and departmental guidance in relation to your seminar support role.
• Be provided with a workload model in agreement with the module leader and approved by the PGTA Lead.
• Be required to attend an introductory, three-hour UCL Arena One Gateway Workshop.
• Be expected to complete the Teaching Associate Programme leading to Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
• Be monitored to ensure that you have adequate time to pursue research and not be overburdened with facilitation responsibilities which would be likely to limit your capacity to complete a thesis in the due time.

Please see further information in the attached Job Description.

Key responsibilities

• Teaching assistance through the facilitation of seminars and/or workshops;
• Class preparation and meeting with lecturers/module organisers;
• Marking students' work;
• Giving feedback to students

Requirements for role

You will be Educated to Masters degree level (or having equivalent experience), in a related field and working towards a PhD (on completion of the PhD, you will no longer be eligible to participate in this PGTA scheme).

In addition, you will have excellent people skills and the ability to build good relationships with colleagues and students and an enthusiasm for teaching.

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

How to apply

To apply for this role please visit UCL’s online recruitment portal (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs) and search using vacancy reference B16-02121.