Assistant Learning Specialist

The Lindahl Academic Center is a student-athlete focused environment dedicated to guiding student-athletes to graduation, building positive relationships, and enhancing their overall experience. We strive to serve the University and our constituents with integrity and professionalism. Individuals interested in this position will have the opportunity to work in a highly competitive program, participate in job-specific training, and gain full-time experience and a variety of skills within the student-athlete academic sector.

We are currently looking to fill the following position within the department:

• Assistant Learning Specialist
  

Required Education and Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or pursuing a master’s degree in education, sport management, counseling, or a related field.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-task, and problem solve.

• Must successfully pass a mandatory criminal background check.

• Flexible hours, nights and weekends as needed
  

Preferred Education and Qualifications:

• This position requires the ability to accomplish tasks, a desire to work in academic support for student-athletes, with minimal supervision, excellent listening, written, and verbal skills.

Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Meet with assigned students weekly assisting with academic progress monitoring and planning.

• Serve as a learning assistant in one-on-one or group settings and provide organizational and learning strategy objectives.

• Develop daily, weekly, and monthly goals and timelines with individual student-athletes.

• Create and monitor weekly objective sheets for students in consultation with academic advisors and learning specialists.

• Assure student-athletes with documented learning disabilities are properly utilizing their accommodations.

• Assist advisors and learning specialists in daily tasks. Examples include:

  • Compiling reports (study hall, grades, class schedules, attendance, etc.)

  • Recruiting

  • Monitoring daily and/or evening study halls

  • University and Academic Center orientation

• Participate in training focusing on academic advising and learning specialist curriculums.

• Additional duties as assigned.

This is a salaried internship position to be paid $25,000 annually with an approximate start date of August 31st, 2026.  This position is intended to give full-time, hands-on experience and to prepare the individual for a full-time position working in student-athlete academics at the collegiate level.

To apply send a cover letter, resume, and three (3) professional references in one PDF to:

Laura Claydon, Lindahl Academic Center Senior Learning Specialist - clayd004@umn.edu

The review of applications will begin immediately and the position will remain open until filled. The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.