Job Description

Ref Number

B16-01985

Professional Expertise

Laboratory Technical and Lab Support

Department

School of Education (B16)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Part time

Salary

43,981-52,586

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Type

On site

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

26-Jan-2026

About us

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About UCL Institute of Education

Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education 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 Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education: Applied Linguistics; Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies.

About the role

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The BA MEDIA is UCL's first undergraduate media programme, though its design has been informed by longstanding postgraduate programmes in a range of media-related disciplines, including media and cultural studies, film studies, and ethnographic documentary film. The BA combines theory and practice, offering practice-based pathways in game design and film-making, and theoretical grounding in media histories, media ethnography and semiotics



The postholder will play an important role in supporting the BA MEDIA, collaborating with other studio technicians and supporting the media programmes. They include the MA Digital Media and the BA pathways in practical production work with a focus on games/interactive media.



This post will be based in the new Marshgate building at UCL East, with state-of-the-art specialist facilities in media production and is offered at 0.7 FTE (25.55 hours per week).

About you

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You will have extensive knowledge of media production workflows: Game design, 3d design, VR and Unreal engine, along with extensive knowledge and experience of fundamentals of media and Game productions.

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 offer

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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.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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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.