About usUCL is a diverse global community of world-class academics, students, industry links, external partners, and alumni. Our powerful collective of individuals and institutions work together to explore new possibilities. Academic excellence is demonstrated by our 30 Nobel laureates and our top ranking in the UK for research strength. We are a global university with 14,300 employees and over 150 nationalities represented in a student body of 43,800 students. Our main location in Central London has recently been augmented by a campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.The Institute of Finance & Technology (IFT) was established in 2019 as an interdisciplinary academic innovation centre. IFT is fast becoming a hub of excellence of knowledge on digital finance and alternative investment.Our postgraduate degree programmes incorporate contemporary themes such as Machine Learning, IoT and Artificial Intelligence with research and industrial experiences that will help our students to develop both foundations in digital and sustainable finance and commercial competencies. IFT's academic and industrial staff are experts in their fields, providing critical advice to institutions across the public and private sector spectrum, at home and abroad.About the roleWe seek Postgraduate Teaching Assistants to support teaching and learning activities for the upcoming academic year 2025-2026.As a PGTA you will support teaching and learning in our modules, by working with the academic module leads through the delivery of small group teaching for students taking modules at the Institute of Finance and Technology (IFT) at .Your main duties in this post are tutorial class teaching, regular meetings with the course lecturer, providing feedback to students, providing weekly office hours, attendance reporting, coursework assessment, and examination marking.For more details, please review the Job descriptions for the module(-s) you are interested in in the attachment below.Further information on each module is also available via .This role is offered on a 15 guaranteed hours contract for the 2025-2026 academic year.UCL PhD students will have priority, but students from other universities may also apply, subject to agreement with their Supervisor.PGTAs are employed at Grade 6 on the UCL , on an hourly basis, in line with the UCL .About youIn order to be eligible, you need to: * Be a registered Post Graduate Researcher (PGR) student at UCL or another UK university, or have recently completed a PGR degree;
Have the right to work in the United Kingdom;
Have the approval of your primary PhD supervisor.
All PGTAs must enroll and complete UCL’s dedicated PGTA training programme, , which is delivered by the in September. Further in-house induction and informal training will be provided.What we offerFor more information about your experience as a PGTA, please visit :For queries about the application process, please contact the UCL CEGE HR team at .Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs 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 therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.If we receive many applications, we may close the vacancy before the published closing date.We will keep the advertisement open for at least two weeks and recommend submitting your application early.For more information about our commitment to please read further.You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here :Available documents
