Learning Specialist and Athletics Advisor, UTC Athletics, UT Chattanooga

Job Description

The Learning Specialist and Athletics Advisor supports the academic success of students, with a focus on those with learning disabilities and student-athletes. Key responsibilities include assessing learning needs; overseeing testing for learning services; coordinating the summer bridge program; advising student-athletes on academic and NCAA eligibility; managing tutoring programs and textbook purchases; and supervising learning specialists, tutors, and academic coaches. This role requires complex problem solving based on a variety of individual student variables and creating innovative individualized educational plans, and has latitude to determine objectives and tasks within the Frost Family Learning Center.

Runs the Frost Family Learning Center including hiring, training, and supervising staff and students

Makes complex decisions regarding learning services, and selects methods to obtain academic objectives and modifies solutions when necessary

Advises student athletes towards class selection, graduation and NCAA eligibility

Advises a small caseload of students with choosing classes that fulfill degree requirements

Reviews student records for NCAA compliance

Responsible for recruitment of students

Coordinates and implements the summer bridge program

Proctors, evaluates, and creates individualized educational plans based on the NCAA GRO survey (or similar) for all incoming student-athletes and develops a risk profile for each sport

Creates and implements learning plans for at-risk freshmen in the summer program which may include reading comprehension work

Schedules tutors

Maintains the Grades First program

Facilitates the ordering of textbooks through Barnes and Noble Campus

Serves as liaison to campus and department resources to promote utilization of campus resources

Works with the Center for Student Accessibility to partner with students who need additional campus resources for their disability

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Skill and knowledge in working with at-risk students at the secondary and or post-secondary level in areas of self-regulated learning and study strategies, critical reading skills and academic writing skills

Skilled in organizing and implementing a tutoring program for students

Ability to advise UTC student-athletes towards graduation

Skills and ability to work with diverse populations of students

Ability to work nights and weekends

Application Review

Review of applications will begin August 10, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration.

Minimum

Requires a bachelor's degree; experience working with student-athletes at the Division I level; and four years of experience working with students with learning disabilities at the secondary or post-secondary level.

A valid driver's license is required.

Preferred

Master's degree in special education, sports administration or related field; and knowledge of UTC student resources, MS access databases, and NCAA rules and regulations.

Work Location

University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, TN Campus

This is a fully on-site position

Compensation and Benefits

UT Market Range: MR07

Anticipated hiring salary: $47,250 - $52,000

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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is in the heart of one of Tennessee's largest and most dynamic cities. As a national model for metropolitan universities, UTC collaborates with its many regional partners to offer an experiential learning environment with outstanding teaching scholars in 128 undergraduate degree programs and 55 graduate programs—at both the master's and doctoral levels. UTC and Chattanooga—nationally recognized for its downtown redevelopment and wealth of outdoor recreation—are inextricably linked, and the University is central to the workforce and economic development efforts of the region and the state.

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