Graduate teaching opportunities in the School of Public Health

We are seeking well-motivated Imperial PhD students to assist in the delivery, on-going development, and assessment of our Masters programmes within the School of Public Health as Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs).

What teaching/programmes do we offer?

Within the School we offer four postgraduate taught programmes for students to further their knowledge and experitse in:

• MSc in Epidemiology
• Master of Public Health
• Global Master of Public Health (online)
• MSc in Health Data Analytics and Machine Learning

The programmes consist of both core and elective modules, called modules or specialisations. The modules/specialisations are as follows:

What are we looking for

The GTA role will involve working in a growing education team to assist in the development of course content, post-production, evaluation work, assessment and marking.

It is ideally suited to those at PhD or postdoc level or previous students.

Whether you are just starting a career in public health or continuing or have finished your studies, this opportunity will provide you with a range of skills in both teaching, digital learning, and allow you to showcase and build your public health skills.

What does the role involve?

We offer flexible opportunities for those who can contribute as a Graduate Teaching Assistant.

The majority of our GTAs are set up as casual workers. Casual workers are paid on a monthly basis and are not offered employment on a contract basis.

If we have a specific needs for a longer term GTA role the GTA Role Descriptor (Doc) outlines the potential tasks and responsibilities as part of the role, but this will depend on your experience and background.

Ideally, we are looking for someone who can support various aspects flexibly across different modules at different points of the academic year with the option of flexible working/working remotely and starting as soon as possible.

There is a possibility of longer-term contact options both part and full time, depending on interest and skill. Do not be discouraged to apply if you will not be available straight away, as there are multiple opportunities, and more coming in the future.

If recruited as a casual worker the rate of pay depends on the type of work carried out, which would be either:

• Higher rate: £28.82 ph (more detailed academic content design and development, independent teaching)
• Middle rate: £21.36 ph (marking)
• Lower rate: £17.11 ph (processing and responding to specific tasks already designed and developed, demonstrating)

You must have the right to work in the UK and a valid National Insurance Number for this position.

Further information about casual worker status at Imperial College can be found on the Human Resources webpages.

If you are interested and would like to apply, please complete the online application form.

If you have any queries, please contact: gmph-recruitment@imperial.ac.uk