Are you a PhD graduate, or close to completing your PhD, and looking for an opportunity to develop your experience in teaching within a Russell Group University? 

 We have a vacancy which would provide an ideal opportunity to build on your experience of laboratory demonstrating, assessment and/or project supervision, through contributing to teaching in the School Computing.

 We currently have over 800 students from 45 countries studying with us and we also have around 45 academic staff engaged in teaching and research. We wish to recruit a Teaching Assistant to provide additional supervisory support for our undergraduate and postgraduate student projects, help deliver taught laboratory classes and support marking of student assessments.

 Your role will involve supervising student projects and supporting academic staff through teaching in taught laboratories and contributing to marking of assessments. You will be making an important contribution to ensuring students receive an outstanding educational experience.

 You will have technical experience in computer science, backed by a PhD qualification. In addition to demonstrating effective teaching skills, you will demonstrate excellent team working skills with an ability to work in a cross-cultural team, and also possess excellent communication skills.

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To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Dr Mark Walkley, Director of Student Education

Tel: +44 (0)113 34 35684 or email: [email protected]

Further information

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Location:     Leeds - Main Campus

Faculty/Service:     Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences

School/Institute:     School of Computing

Category:     Teaching

Grade:     Grade 6

Salary:     £27,511 p.a. pro rata

Due to funding constraints an appointment will not be made above £27,511pa pro rata

Working Time:     50% full time equivalent

Post Type:     Part Time

Contract Type:     Fixed Term (Until 31 August 2020)

Release Date:     Thursday 21 November 2019

Closing Date:     Thursday 05 December 2019

Reference:     EPSCP1008

Downloads:     Candidate Brief

To apply, kindly visit: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=EPSCP1008