Graduate Teaching Assistant

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: CSM - King's Cross, London UK
Salary: £46.14 (Enhanced Rate, per hour) £20.51 (Basic Rate, per hour)
Contract: Hourly paid
Hours: Hourly paid

Job description

The opportunity

University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking to recruit 10+ Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) for the BA Architecture or the M-Arch Architecture courses at Central Saint Martins (CSM).

This is a varied role that may involve:

• Mentoring current students by sharing their experiences of understanding briefs, developing creative processes and demonstrating how their work meets assessment requirements and learning outcomes.
• Undertaking the sole delivery of small group teaching (e.g. seminars) and contributing to the joint delivery (with senior academic staff) of lectures.
• Assisting more experienced academic and technical staff in the maintenance of proper conduct in studios and workshops.

GTAs play an important role in assisting students to develop their practical skills as well as building a sense of community in the studios and helping students to see how parts of the courses connect together.

About you

We are looking for Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) to work with us on the BA Architecture or the M-Arch Architecture courses in the Spatial Practices department at Central Saint Martins. We are looking for Architecture graduates and post-graduates who are looking to develop their teaching and learning skills. 

In your personal statement, please provide a paragraph or two explaining why you are interested in the role and how it relates to your skills, experience and interests. Please also provide a portfolio with work samples alongside an updated CV.

Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed and, if considered to be appoint-able, added to a pool of potential GTAs that may then be called upon at various points during the 2024-25 academic year for short hourly-paid engagements.

You must be resident in the UK to be considered for Graduate Teaching Assistant vacancies.

The closing date for applications is 13th September 2024 at 23:55 (BST).

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview on the 23rd or 24th of September 2024.

If you wish to have a discussion about the specific requirements of role, please do feel free to contact Andreas Lang, M-Arch Course Leader at: a.lang@csm.arts.ac.uk or Carlotta Novella, Year 1 Stage Leader BA Architecture at: c.novella@arts.ac.uk

If you have any queries about the process to apply for this role please email the CSM Resourcing Team at: jobenquiries@csm.arts.ac.uk

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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