Teaching Associate (Evidence in Public Policy)

at  University of Oxford

ABOUT THE BLAVATNIK SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders; generating research with impact; and engaging with governments and practitioners.

The Blavatnik School of Government is seeking to recruit a Teaching Associate to join the teaching team for Evidence in Public Policy, one of the compulsory modules within the Master of Public Policy (MPP). Evidence in Public Policy runs in Hilary Term (January-March).
Even the best-intentioned and most carefully designed policies sometimes fail to achieve their intended outcomes. Yet most policy decisions are taken without adequate recourse to available evidence, and rigorous evaluation of policies’ effects is rare. The aim of the Evidence in Public Policy module is to provide students with an understanding of how to evaluate the implementation and impacts of policies, as well as an understanding of how policymakers gather, generate, and use evidence in practice. The module will introduce students to methods - primarily quantitative - that are used to generate evidence.
As a Teaching Associate, you will be expected to serve as a Seminar Leader, take a lead role with respect to organisation of seminars, contribute to assessment, and assist the module convenors with administration. There may also be opportunities to undertake a small amount of lecturing.
This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience at a graduate level within a friendly, dynamic, and world-class school of public policy. You will have the opportunity to engage with highly motivated students drawn from across the world who bring a range of professional and policy experiences, often at senior levels.
This post is on a variable hours basis and fixed-term for one year.