The UCL School of Management is looking to appoint dissertation supervisors in the field of business analytics. Dissertation supervisors are expected to advise students in the writing of their dissertation from the generation of a feasible topic to the submission of the dissertation. Knowledge of programming and statistics is essential for the role. The students are enrolled on the MSc Business Analytics degree: https://www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/business-analytics

Supervision and marking takes place between 26th April 2021 and 27th August 2021. The deadline for dissertations is 2nd August 2021.  

Duties and responsibilities

• Familiarise themselves with the requirements of the dissertation project.
• Make contact with each dissertation student within three days from the date that supervisory allocations are released.
• Agree on a schedule of meetings with each student - guideline is 8 x 30-minute meetings.
• Assist students by providing advice and guidance on how to prepare, produce and improve their project. This may include giving advice on the chosen topic i.e. advise the student on the feasibility of what (s)he plans to do; identifying relevant academic literature; providing guidance on the use of primary and secondary research methods; providing advice on improving the presentation of the project; and other general academic advice.
• Provide students with timely and constructive feedback and guidance within 10 days of draft chapters being submitted.
• Respond to student emails within two working days.
• Keep programme leader up to date on any concerns regarding student progress.
• Be familiar with the formal assessment procedure, marking rubric (Turnitin) and level of feedback required.
• First mark the work of each dissertation student and an associated live presentation to be held in the w/c 9th August.
• Second mark a corresponding number of dissertations and live presentations.
• Each supervisor ideally supervises 10 students but another number of students can be agreed.

Supervisors will actively follow UCL policies including Equal Opportunities policies and be expected to give consideration within their role as to how they can actively advance equality of opportunity and good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and people who do not share it. 

The rate of pay is £657.20 per student.

The UCL School of Management encourages diversity and a positive culture among all faculty, staff, and students. Our school is committed to building an intellectual community in which diversity, fairness, and inclusion are valued, and we encourage applications from women and other minorities. UCL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualifications - Successful applicants must have a solid knowledge of theory and practice in computing, statistics or business analytics, experience of dissertation supervision at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level(s) and a degree at Masters level in an area related to computing, statistics or business analytics.

Application Instructions - If you would like to be considered, please submit your CV here no later than 3rd February 2021. 

For any questions, please contact Dee Chambers (dee.chambers@ucl.ac.uk).