Graduate Teaching Assistant in Organizational Psychology

Purpose and Main Duties

A fixed term post for a graduate teaching assistant (GTA) is available in the Department of Organizational Psychology in the School of Business, Economics & Informatics. This post provides an exciting opportunity to study for a PhD while gaining valuable experience as a teaching assistant.

Candidate Requirements

We welcome applications from strong candidates with research interests in the field of organizational psychology and a desire to pursue an academic career. Candidates are advised to check the research interests of the department’s academic staff http://www.bbk.ac.uk/orgpsych/staff/academics to see if any of them list an area related to the candidate’s area of interest to maximize the prospects of a potential PhD supervisor.

The post holder will need to be registered as a research student within the Department for the period of employment and the Home/EU registration fees will be waived. Candidates will be considered for admission to the MPhil/PhD programme first (please see http://www.bbk.ac.uk/orgpsych/prospective/phd/apply) and for the GTA post only after they have been offered a place in the programme. The posts are open to full-time home, EU and international students.

About the Department

For further information about the department, please visit http://www.bbk.ac.uk/orgpsych/

Further Information

Salary: Grade 6, which is £15,846.50 per annum inclusive of London Allowance (0.5 FTE pro-rata to the full-time equivalent of £31,693 per annum). Postgraduate tuition Home/EU fees will also be waived.

This job is part time working 17.5 hours (0.5 FTE) per week and fixed term for a period of up to three years. The salary quoted above is inclusive of London allowance and will be pro-rata per annum. The appointment may be subject to a probationary period of up to six months. Birkbeck also provides a generous defined benefit pension scheme, 31 days paid leave (pro-rata for part-time staff), flexible working arrangements and other great benefits.

The closing date for completed applications is midnight on 2nd May 2016.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for an MPhil/PhD place as soon as possible.

Interviews are due to be held on a date to be confirmed following the closing date.

Birkbeck is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all candidates irrespective of their sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. Birkbeck is a member of the positive about disability two ticks scheme and guarantees to interview all candidates who meet the essential criteria for the post.