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K+ Natural, Mathematical And Engineering Sciences PhD Student Supporter
Job Description
To be considered for this role you must complete this application form: https://forms.office.com/e/fwxL4CMy98
The K+ team are looking for passionate PhD students to deliver engaging academic content for our K+ Spring and Summer Schools. Your role will be central to inspiring Year 12 students and equipping them with the skills and confidence to explore academic research independently.
You will prepare a seminar, support students to select a research question for their project and support your seminar group to create an engaging group pitch. Your academic content will need to be relevant to a K+ Pathway.
This role will require a commitment of 26 hours work before, during and after the Spring/Summer School. Hours will be broken down as follows:
6 hours for preparation
4 hours for compulsory training.
10 hours are to be completed at the Spring/ Summer Schools
4 hours for marking
Prior to the Spring/Summer school you will need to prepare:
A one-hour seminar on an area of research relevant to a K+ Pathway. The seminar should highlight how your chosen research area connects to various subfields. For example, a History PhD student might introduce ?Youth Culture?, explaining how it relates to topics like music, politics, or social movements.
Five different research question briefs (covering a range of disciplines / topics related to your research area) that can be distributed to students. These should be accessible to Year 12 students to understand and include a suggested reading / resources list to guide independent exploration.
During the Spring/ Summer School you will deliver content across 2 days.
On Day 1 you will:
Deliver a one-hour seminar for 20-25 students which includes discussion questions to encourage interaction and engagement.
Deliver a session on Choosing a Research Question (the same session will be repeated twice for two groups of 10-13 students).
Guide students in selecting a specific question within their chosen research brief to focus on for their academic poster project.
Support students as they outline ideas for their academic poster, which they will complete in the weeks following the Spring/ Summer school.
On Day 2 you will:
Support students to work as a group to develop a pitch based on the research area they explored on Day 1. The pitch should be fun and dynamic, designed to replicate a ?funding pitch? scenario (think Dragon?s Den!). A panel of judges will decide which research area deserves the most ?funding? based on the persuasiveness of each pitch.
Help groups refine their ideas and ensure they are on the right track by answering questions and providing feedback during pitch preparation time.
Encourage creativity while keeping the pitch academically grounded.
All academic activities will be supported by our Widening Participation Student Ambassadors (current King?s Undergraduate / Masters students) and the SMWP team.
After the Spring/ Summer School
Students will individually complete their academic poster projects, building on the work they completed in their Spring / Summer School. The posters will be displayed at a conference celebrating their achievements a few weeks later (attendance at the conference for PhD Student Supporters is optional).
Once the conference is complete, we will send you copies of your students' academic posters so that you can provide feedback. The feedback should be approximately 100-150 words with the aim of encouraging the student to continue their academic exploration of the research area.
Delivery dates by Pathway:
| Pathway | Training dates | Delivery dates | Marking dates |
| Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences | Thurs 13th March (1 hour) Sun 27th July (3 hours) | Thurs 14th - Friday 15th August | By Monday 8th September
|
Qualifications
PhD in progress or Postdoc
Skills
Essential criteria:
- PhD (in progress) or Postdoc in Dentistry, Life Sciences and Medicine or a related field
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to engage and enthuse a group of young people on an academic topic
Desirable criteria:
- Experience working with young people aged 16-18
- Experience teaching/ delivering sessions to young people
- Experience delivering an academic poster at a research conference
Please note that all successful applicants will be required to complete a DBS check (cost covered by SMWP).
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PhD Students, join us as an Application Adviser (training provided) and make a difference by supporting King's students to succeed with their job applications, starting September 2025. There will be approximately 4 hours paid training to be completed before September.
Don't rule yourself out!
If you're wondering if you'd be good enough, whether you've got the right background or if you'd fit in please read on. The King's Careers & Employability team is here to support all students and we achieve that by valuing diversity and being inclusive in what we do. We?d like you to be part of that and bring your own lived experience to working with us an Application Adviser!
What's the job?
King's Careers & Employability Application Advisers deliver one-to-one advice to students at King's College London on their applications for work (including internships and placements) and/or further study. The support is mainly used by undergraduate and postgraduate taught students seeking advice on CVs, application forms, personal statements and cover letters for both work (including internships and placements) and further study.
The individual Application Advice sessions are 20 minutes long and run Mondays to Fridays. Sessions will be delivered predominantly on campus (The Strand and Guys) face to face and (online) using Microsoft Teams. A laptop will be provided.
Application Advisers usually work with students from any subject. One application adviser will have the chance to support undergraduate students from the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES) who are applying for placements as part of their course. We are trailing offering bespoke appointments to meet the needs of international students.
Who will you work with?
You will be joining a small team of Application Advisers and you will be trained and supported in your role by the team and the wider King?s Careers & Employability team. You can find out more about the King's Careers & Employability support for students here.
When will you work?
Hours per week: We expect to be able to offer 7 - 14 hours per week in the Autumn term and 2-5 hours a week in the Spring term. We are flexible about which days of the week you work, as we realise you'll have other commitments. We'll agree a regular pattern with you and can flex this if you let us know. Start and end dates: early September 2025 through to end March 2026 (term time). We expect there to be more hours available in the Autumn than the Spring.
What will you earn?
18.00 per hour (including training and any management meetings).
What training and support will you get?
There will be approximately 4 /6 hours of self-paced learning to complete over the Summer. In September Application Advisers will be inducted with 2x2 hour training sessions. The first will be delivered virtually on the afternoon of Monday 1st September 2025, the second will be on in person on the Strand Campus on the afternoon of Thursday 4th September 2025. You will need to be available on these dates. There will be on-going training and peer review as appropriate as well as regular informal support.
How to apply
Please apply through King's Talent Bank with your CV and cover letter by midnight on Wednesday 30th April 2025. We are particularly interested in hearing about how your commitment to equality and diversity could support students to overcome barriers to progress into work and further study. If you would like an informal discussion about the role before applying, please email careers@kcl.ac.uk and put Application Adviser role in the subject line and one of our team will be in touch. Interviews will take place on campus on Monday 19th May 2025.
Qualifications
Applicants must have:
- Be a PhD student at Kings during the academic year 2025/2026.
- Progressed from undergraduate level by making a successful application for postgraduate study or research or a graduate employment role.
Skills
Skills that we?re looking for:
- Ability to encourage confidence and to help others to learn.
- Ability to explain new ideas and ways of doing things to students in a way that they can understand.
- Ability to adapt the approach you take and way you communicate to suit the student you are supporting.
- Positive and proactive attitude towards your work, and a genuine interest in helping students to learn and develop.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and to supporting students (in particular those from groups under-represented in HE) to overcome barriers to their progress into work or further study.
- Good attention to detail.
- Personal experience of making successful application for postgraduate study or research or a graduate employment role.
- Fluent spoken and written English.
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We anticipate the work will take approximately 5 hours in total, plus an hour paid induction time, and can be done flexibly and remotely across June ? July as is convenient.
The hourly rate for the role is ?14.88.
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NONE
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