Postgraduate Teaching Assistant - Political Science

UCL’s Department of Political Science & School of Public Policy offers you a uniquely stimulating environment for the study of all fields of politics, including international relations, political theory, human rights, public policy-making and administration. The Department is recognized for its world-class research and policy impact, ranking second in the UK in the Guardian rankings on research excellence in politics.

Over 150 people make up the Department of Political Science including academic, teaching and research staff, professional services and MPhil/PhD students - for an overview of our research, see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/political-science/research-0

The Department of Political Science wishes to appoint a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant in British Politics for the 2025-26 academic year.

The purpose of this job is to support teaching and learning in our undergraduate British Politics module, working with the academic module lead through the delivery of small group teaching for students taking the module.

Main duties of the post include being the seminar leader for seminar/s each week. Expect to generate weekly seminar plans, facilitate discussion, and answer questions on material presented in lectures or contained in set readings.

About you

The applicant must be a current PhD student in a relevant discipline.

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
• 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 insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

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 encourage applications from those who are underrepresented in the sector and at UCL including but, not exclusive, to disabled, D/deaf and neurodiverse people, LGBT+ people, people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, especially women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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