Post Graduate Teaching Assistant - CCM - MA Digital Media

at  University College London

ABOUT US

IOE is UCL Faculty of Education and Society. Founded in 1902, IOE 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 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.

YOUR APPLICATION FORM SHOULD ADDRESS ALL THE PERSON SPECIFICATION POINTS AND SHOULD CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE HOW YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE MEET EACH OF THE CRITERIA. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CRITERIA ARE CLEARLY NUMBERED AND THAT YOU PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO EACH ONE.

Please be aware that you can only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes. If you are already working as a PGTA on another UCL or UCL IOE programme then we will not be able to appoint you to one of our positions. If appointed you will not be able to work as a PGTA on another programme.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The purpose of this job is to 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 postgraduate programmes.
• 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.

Through Professional Development in Teaching you will:

• Receive appropriate support in developing your teaching practice and mentoring and departmental guidance in relation to your seminar support role.
• Be required to attend an introductory, three-hour UCL Arena One Gateway Workshop.
• Receive guidance relating to small group facilitation, assessment and giving feedback. You will also have the option of attending an extended course, the UCL Arena One Teaching Associate Programme, and then submitting an application for an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
• Be subject to UCL’s current arrangements for peer observation of facilitating seminars.
• 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 note this position is for UCL students only.

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
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insuranc