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Graduate Teaching Assistant in the School of Global Affairs. Your Module Convenor (Michael Flavin) will be your Line Manager, if you have any queries or questions, please make your enquiry with them first. If you have any other query regarding your employment, please email pgla@kcl.ac.uk. Responsibilities may include: 

Attending 10 weekly webinars and/or in-person sessions in either term 1 or 2 to assist the module convenor  

Marking UG and/or PGT assessments under supervision of module leaders or other appropriate academic staff 

Attending four in-person lectures in term 2 

Maintenance of information and resources on KEATS and interaction with students via the Virtual Learning Environment  

Working alongside the module convenor and administrator to resolve any issues related to teaching or marking, including providing students with feedback and guidance via e-mail where needed. 

Participation in appropriate training, including mandatory courses/sessions (e.g. courses, induction sessions 

Variation will exist across academic departments and disciplines in relation to specific requirements of GTAs. Roles and responsibilities may also be subject to change. If you are required to complete additional marking, these hours will be added to your assignment and your hours and contract length will be changed accordingly with your agreement after you have started. GTAs will not be expected to: 

Lead lectures, unless they have accepted to do so on a very occasional basis, in their specialist field 

Provide pastoral support to students or act as a personal tutor 

Be involved in Open Days or admissions activities 

Provide students with references 

Set assessments 

Be available to students at all times 

Carry out unremunerated additional work on an ad hoc basis  

Mandatory training: all mandatory training (specific to the delivery of teaching, rather than generic training which all PhD students should already be undertaking as part of their studies) will be remunerated. Under the new model, all GTAs will receive 6 hours of remunerated training for every academic year in which they teach at King's, regardless of whether they have taught before or not. It is envisaged that this would constitute 6 hours of jointly delivered training with King's Academy and academic departments. Some faculties may decide that they wish to include more mandatory training and to pay their GTAs for this. It is also up to departments and faculties to work with King's Academy to decide what constitutes mandatory training, which element of this can be delivered online, and what constitutes professional development training for all PGRs. You should be informed by your GTA Lead (https://keats.kcl.ac.uk/mod/book/view.php?id=2554510&chapterid=186267) about mandatory training. You can also visit the King's Academy GTA Development page (https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/kingsacademy/professional-development-and-recognition/gta-development-programme) for more information, resources and additional workshops that are available to you as a GTA. 

Essential qualifications:  

A first degree in a relevant subject area (or have equivalent experience).  

Currently studying towards a PhD in a relevant subject area (or have equivalent experience) 

Experience of adapting own skills to new circumstances - essential  

A good understanding of the HE sector - desirable  

Personal characteristics / other requirements  

Ability to self-reflect on teaching design and delivery and act on feedback for future improvements - essential  

Ability to work as part of a team - essential  

Ability to motivate high performance in others - desirable  

Role specific requirements  

Ability and willingness to engage in relevant departmental training and introductory pastoral support training - essential  

Keep abreast of current literature in subject areas being taught ? desirable 

Writing bespoke, narrative heavy, impactful reports for donors to KCL. Supporting with other content creation in which narrative and impact are important. Liaising with academics for content, designing content and images into visually pleasing reports. 

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Impactful writing

Diplomatic approach

Knowledge of indesign (desirable)

Strong proofreading skills

Job Description

As part of this role, you will be working closely with the Risk group convenors to ensure regular activities are organised. Core responsibilities associated with this role include:

• Support with the organisation of a number of seminars (e.g., logistics; advertising);
• Collating and sending occasional newsletters to the group;
• Help support and disseminate other relevant events and initiatives;
• Managing the RISK mailing list (e.g., adding new members, responding to emails);
• Managing social media channels: Twitter;
• Raising awareness about the group and its activities, in particular with new students and staff in relevant research fields

Depending on your interest other activities can be undertaken, e.g., developing a number of posters for the annual Society for Risk Analysis-Europe meeting; organise activities related to specific event (e.g., Sustainability month; Pint of Science Festival).

This role will cover the period October 2024-June 2025.

As part of the functioning of the research group ?500 is allocated to this role (equivalent to ~17  hours). To apply please submit a two page CV and a cover letter to Ragnar Lofstedt, Risk and Society Chair by 25th October.

Any questions? Get in touch with Ragnar.Lofstedt@kcl.ac.uk.

The Risk and Society research group was formed a number of years ago to provide a collaborative focus for the wide range of interdisciplinary research issues relating to the broader risk field ranging from risk communication,  risk analysis, risk governance, regulation, resilience, and risk management.  In the past we have worked on a number of topics including floods, health and safety, wild fires and food safety. The Risk and society group has existed for more than 10 years and depending on the year in question gathers 20 or so academics at different career stages (PhD, PDRAs, Lecturers, Prof.). The group provides a lively space for interdisciplinary conversations on various aspects relating to the broader area of risk and society. Activities organised in previous years include internal events (e.g., seminars), and ad hoc external events (e.g., ESRC social science festival; contribution to Pint of Science). The scope of activities is always evolving and open to new suggestions.

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You should have a broad interest in Risk and Society themes, be a good networker, have excellent organisational skills, be motivated to work independently and ideally have experience in communications.