Learning Specialist and Athletics Advisor, UTC Athletics, UT Chattanooga (9310)

The Athletics Academic 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. Has latitude to determine objectives and tasks
within the Frost Family Learning center.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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.

Qualifications

Minimum: Requires a bachelor’s degree in psychology, special education,
sports administration, or related field; 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 psychology, 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
• Find more information on the UT Market Range structure
• Find more information on
  UT Benefits

About
Us

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.

Colleges of Arts and Sciences;
Business; Engineering and Computer Science; Health, Education and Professional Studies; and the Honors College are home to an array of
award-winning programs from Nursing to Computer Science, Entrepreneurship to Veteran Student Support. Innovation is a strategic focus, and
UTC research and development in smart city technology is an industry leader. UTC is the first and only university in the country with access
to a managed, commercial quantum computing network, and we are introducing an artificial intelligence initiative involving entities across
campus and engaging partners throughout the region.

From our deep ties to the city of Chattanooga to our national reputation for
innovation and hands-on learning, UTC stands out as a university where students thrive, faculty inspire, and partnerships create real
impact.

Job Info

• Job Identification 9310
• Job Category Student Services
• Posting Date
  07/31/2026, 07:49 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 720 East Fourth Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403, US

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