Job Description:

Job information Postgraduate Teaching Assistant from the Company University of Edinburgh, this latest Postgraduate Teaching Assistant job vacancy is located in the city Edinburgh located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Postgraduate field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

UE06: £32,982 - £38,205 Per Annum Pro Rata

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI)

Guaranteed Hours (will vary depending on post)

Fixed Term Contract for duration of programme of study

Multiple Positions Available

We are looking for proactive and enthusiastic PhD students to act as Teaching Assistants for an exciting new portfolio of innovative Taught Postgraduate programmes and courses delivered by Edinburgh Futures Institute.

Please note this post is available ONLY for current University of Edinburgh PhD students. We encourage applications from PhD students within their prescribed period of study.

The Opportunity:

Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) has developed an ambitious and inventive PGT portfolio. It is highly interdisciplinary, forging new territory in student flexibility through a combination of online and offline teaching via an innovative delivery model that we call ‘fusion' teaching, and a timetabling model based largely on 2-day intensive blocks of teaching. The portfolio aims to educate students for complex futures in which computational data, critical understanding and creative methods are essential to employability and the ability to take a confident place in the world.

You can view further information on the EFI website by clicking here.

Your skills and attributes for success:

The successful candidates should be able to demonstrate the skill-set required to facilitate the EFI fusion teaching model (relevant training will be provided). This may include:

• Supporting the Course Organiser with initial classroom configuration / setup.
• Guiding and moderating online / in-class discussions on learning technology platforms by welcoming students, managing breakout sessions, monitoring student questions, and solving basic technical issues, etc.
• Supporting the administration of classes including the support of student tutorials, creating events on learning technology platforms, and starting/stopping session recordings.

Furthermore, our ideal candidates will have sufficient understanding of the topics under discussion in the courses and programmes that they are interested in working on, along with the relevant technical knowledge and skills for those courses and programmes.

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Further Information on our Programmes and Courses can be found through the following links:

• Child Protection Data Futures Programme Information Course List

• Circular Economy Programme Information Course List

• Creative Industries Programme Information Course List

• Cultural Heritage Futures Programme Information Course List

• Data and Artificial Intelligence Ethics Programme Information Course List

• Data, Inequality and Society Programme Information Course List

• Education Futures Programme Information Course List

• Future Governance Programme Information Course List

• Future Infrastructure, Sustainability & Climate Change Programme Information Course List

• Narrative Futures: Art, Data and Society Programme Information Course List

• Planetary Health Programme Information Course List

• Service Management and Design Programme Information Course List

• Sustainable Lands and Cities Programme Information Course List

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

How To Apply:

Please upload a CV and Covering Letter as part of your application. In your covering letter, please state which of EFIs courses you are interested in working on. Where possible, we would like to appoint TAs who can work on multiple courses, although in some cases we will consider appointing them to single courses. Information on what Programmes and Courses are available can be found above.

This is a Guaranteed Hours post relating to tutoring across both semesters of the Academic Year 2024-25. The number of hours assigned will vary from course to course, however each course will generally entail 20 hours of work as a minimum. The role will require attendance on-campus in Edinburgh.

We expect to review applications and make decisions via an academic panel in the latter half of July 2024.

If you require this document in an alternative format please contact HR by email at HRHelpline@ed.ac.uk or by telephone on 0131 651 5151.

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Keywords : Edinburgh jobs

Closed Date : 2024-12-15