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The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is seeking a conscientious, reliable, friendly, and practical general assistant to support the friendly Student Experience Team during the busy enrolment and Welcome period.

They will be involved in running our student help desks, planning and assisting with welcome events, administrative tasks, plus any other tasks to support the Faculty Education Team as required. 

This will be an in-person position hence you would need to be on campus daily at Strand and Virginia Woolf buildings.

This role would suit a recent graduate from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. 

Applications should refer to the above and give examples of why you would be a good fit for this role. Generic applications will not be successful.

Important - This is a full-time position (37.5hrs per week) hence may not be suitable for students with visas, please check before applying. Only students with a complete profile, including right to work check, by the deadline will be shortlisted. We may close this advert early if we get a large amount of applications.

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Essential skills -

Excellent IT skills (MS Office including Word, Outlook, Excel)

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills including writing skills

Friendly, helpful, can-do attitude

Excellent timekeeping

Desirable (but not essential) experience would be - 

Planning and assisting with events

Working with students e.g. societies, student rep roles

Administrative tasks

Running campus tours

Using Canva 

Comms e.g. Instagram/Tiktok

• To act as course tutor in the delivery and administration of courses for International School for Government.


• To develop, convene and deliver modules on our online and blended programmes.


• To update KEATS module page as appropriate and relevant to the module.


• To keep abreast and incorporate new innovative technology into the online/blended delivery.
  
   

Key responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the planning, organisation and delivery of teaching activities for online/blended courses.


• Update professional skills as appropriate in support of teaching excellence.


• Undertake administrative work as part of the role.


• Contribute to performance and development review processes as appropriate in accordance with the College’s strategy.


• Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the Director of Education.


• Responsible for part of the Department’s educational programme including setting of standards, assuring its smooth operation, monitoring student progress, assuring quality control, maintaining good assessment procedures and problem resolution procedures in accordance with regulations.


• Contribute to the overall management of the department including resource management, programme and business planning.
  
   

Service Delivery:

• Responsible for identifying the needs of students, colleagues, and external bodies and ensuring these are met.


• Set the standards of service and ensure overall quality is maintained.


• Provide expert advice in the field of specialisation.
  
   

Teamwork, Teaching & Learning Support:

• Design, develop and deliver modules for distance/blended learning provision.


• Develop and apply innovative and appropriate teaching techniques and material to create interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students.


• Ensure that course design and delivery comply with the quality standards and regulations of the Department, School and College.


• Responsible for dealing with referred issues for students within own educational programmes.


• Provide first line support for colleagues, referring them to sources of further help if required.
  
   

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities.

Typical area modules can be found below but are not limited to:

• Financial Management for Policymakers


• International Trade Policy


• Foresight and Horizon-Scanning in Policymaking


• The Economic Analysis of Public Policy


• International Conflict Analysis and Resolution


• Empathy and Emotion in Policymaking


• Working internationally


• Key Models in Public Management: A Comparative Analysis
  
   

You can find more information on our current modules here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/isfg/education#Ourcurrentmodules

Timings

Shortlisting currently scheduled to take place week commencing 22 July 2024

Interviews currently scheduled to take place week commencing 29 July 2024

For any questions please email Khushboo.Puri@kcl.ac.uk

PhD* in a discipline related to public policy and practice but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered.

Applicants should have a CV uploaded and a cover letter detailing their suitability for the role. 

For any questions please email Khushboo.Puri@kcl.ac.uk

Essential criteria

1. PhD* in a discipline related to public policy and practice.


2. Experience of teaching on related subject areas.


3. Familiarity with and advancement of relevant critical theoretical and conceptual approaches.


4. A track record in executive and online delivery, indicating experience in innovative pedagogical practices.


5. Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.


6. Experience of educating postgraduate students from diverse cultural backgrounds.


7. Experience of innovative curriculum and teaching design.


8. Ability to understand, and interest in, the needs of working professionals.


9. Ability to prepare teaching materials.
   
    

Desirable criteria

• Ability to organise, plan and prioritise own workload


• Have a track record of wider administrative contribution to the delivery of departmental activities.
  
   

* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered.

Job Description: Research Assistant (participatory toolkit: engaging with young communities)

The aim is to produce a toolkit designed to help researchers and practitioners to employ participatory methods when working with young people. The research assistant will also be working alongside researchers and stakeholders to understand ‘youth voice,’ youth social action and solutions to issues facing young Londoners.

The toolkit will draw on our experiences of participatory research with and for young people; especially, the process of involving young people as peer researchers (16- to 25-year-olds) within our existing ‘Youth Social Action’ project commissioned by the Greater London Authority. In addition to analyse the findings, the young steering group members challenge us methodologically and epistemologically, and have thus developed innovative approaches and methods that not only will enhance the research, but also make the ‘Youth Social Action’ project more meaningful, empowering and engaging to the young people involved.

The project consists of two components: (1) research with Key Stage 3 students (12- to 14-year-olds) where the key part of the qualitative data is collected through school workshops; and, (2) research with 16- to 25-year-olds, where the data is collected through interactive activities, as part of the ‘Young Changemakers’ event, scheduled to take place on 12 July 2024 at London Metropolitan University.

This is a great opportunity for a graduate student or PGR student who want to further develop skills around academic research (qualitative), writing and delivering of school workshops.

To support this project, we need two research assistants to support us with the following tasks:

Conduct desk-based research

• Help capture the youth participatory approach applied on the project.


• Undertake literature searches as appropriate, and a literature review around participatory research involving young people.


• Assist in the analysis of qualitative data, as directed by the research leads.


• Summarise the key findings of the activities.

Presentation of findings

• Assist with the presentation of findings.


• Participate in the documentation of the results arising from research activity.


• Contribute towards the publication of the toolkit.

Planning and managing resources

• Work to deadlines and manage competing priorities, with direction as appropriate from project leads.

University/school profile

• As appropriate, liaise with relevant internal and external contacts/organisations in related areas of study.

Delivery of project

• Assist with planning and delivery of an event, taking place at London Metropolitan University, where the aim is to run fun, interactive research activities for 16- to 25-year-olds.


• Assist with planning and delivery of two workshops for Key Stage 2 students, scheduled to take place in a school in Camden, London, on 15 and 16 July, 2024.