Lecturer in Education

About IOE

IOE is UCL Faculty of Education and Society.

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 Psychology and Human Development brings together staff with research and teaching interests that encompass psychological approaches to learning, development and teaching from early childhood to adulthood.

Our psychology profile is distinctive, offering the largest coherent group of psychologists in the UK, working in the area of education and child and adolescent development. Our expertise in SEND informs both our teaching and our research. Further information about the Department can be found at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/departments/psychology-and-human-development

THe GDip Habilitation Team aims to provide professional, evidence-based, standardised and effective Habilitation Provision to trainee Habilitation Assistants and trainee Habilitation Specialists undertaking the programme.

You will

• Plan, assess and deliver practical skills content to trainee habilitation students in accordance with the Quality Standards for Habilitation Provision
• Undertake environmental audits and risk assessments to promote safe and effective teaching and learning on and off campus
• Contribute to and support programme development for online, offline and connected learning
• Achieve continuous service improvement and quality control in accordance with Habilitation VIUK Professional Standards Framework

This post is to cover for a period of Maternity Leave and is funded from 1 September 2024 to 28 March 2025 in the first instance.   This post is 0.2 FTE 

You will hold a Graduate Diploma in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight (Children and Young People) or equivalent and be a registered Practicing Member of Habilitiation VI UK.

Experience of assessing and moderating student work through observation and standardised measures is desirable.

An Enhanced DBS is essential for this post.

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.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday: 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days (pro rata for part time staff)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme (pro rata for part time staff)
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

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 Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.