Ref Number B16-01837 Professional Expertise Teaching, Teaching Support and Examination Support Department School of Education (B16) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £54,172-£63,752 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 07-Jul-2025
Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
The department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment is a world-leading centre for business, citizenship, computing, economics, geography, history, mathematics, religious education, science and social sciences education. A core strength of the Department is in the study, support and improvement of pedagogy, curriculum and assessment through multidisciplinary programmes. The Department hosts top-rated initial teacher education programmes, including Secondary PGCE, innovative Masters programmes and a wide range of continuing professional development courses. The department is also home to four research centres: Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, Centre for Holocaust Education, Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research and the Development Education Research Centre.
About the roleThis is an exciting opportunity for an appropriately experienced individual to become part of the subject team for the Psychology and Social Science PGCE. The successful candidate will engage in relevant teaching and supervision of students for the PGCEs and School Direct programmes in Psychology and Social Science. There may be opportunities to engage in research over time depending on the candidate's particular interests.
You will support the development of the Psychology and Social Science PGCEs, including the design and delivery of the curriculum for the Psychology and Social Science PGCEs and you will be using a range of monitoring and evaluation techniques to assess the effectiveness of course/programme delivery. In addition, you will work with schools/colleges and the relevant IOE departments to allocate students to school experience placements.
For further information on this post, please contact Ms Kate Boldry; email:
Employment is dependent on successful DBS check
About youThe successful candidate will have a good first degree, or equivalent experience, in an area relevant to Psychology or Social Science education. You will also have a masters' (or higher) degree in education or related field (either complete or nearing completion) and have a Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent.
In addition, you will have experience of working effectively with student teachers and/or other school colleagues to support their professional development, alongside a working knowledge of ITE programmes and have a good knowledge of a wide range of learning and teaching approaches suited to the learning needs of postgraduate students.
Due to the nature of the duties, a DBS check will be required.
Job-share may be considered
Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.
It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.
What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.
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