Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Grade UE06: £34,610 – £39,906 per annum pro-rata as part-time (£18.96 – £21.87 per hour)

CAHSS / Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI)

Guaranteed Hours (GH role): 25 hours minimum

Fixed-term: 12 months

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The Opportunity

Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) has developed an ambitious and inventive suite of interdisciplinary, Undergraduate courses which will run in the 2026-27 academic session. The courses are highly interdisciplinary and aim 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 should be committed to EFI’s innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and keen to become part of our forward-thinking, cross University academic community.

Responsibilities

This role will generally involve contributing to elements of teaching within a clear and established programme. A key purpose of the role is to stimulate discussion and debate amongst students in order to further the understanding of key course topics, and to assist students in extracting key learning outcomes from the course material.

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

Qualifications and skills

Our ideal candidates will have a sufficient understanding of the topics under discussion in the courses and programmes they are interested in working on, or data analysis knowledge and skills for our skills and methods courses.

• Relevant training to facilitate the EFI fusion teaching model will be provided.
• Commitment to interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

Benefits

• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience.
• Working within one of the world’s leading universities.
• Contributing to the work and purpose of the University.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, and flexible work options.

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.