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Illustration of a torchThe University of Tennessee is the state’s flagship, land-grant university. We are a Research 1 university, housing 11 colleges and 900+ programs of study. With an enrollment of 30,000 students, our undergraduate and graduate programs are repeatedly ranked among top national programs.

The city of Knoxville is a hidden gem with a beautiful and walkable downtown, a diverse music scene, active neighborhoods, unique restaurants, and a robust offering of outdoor and cultural activities. Knoxville is located within easy driving distance to Asheville, Nashville, Atlanta, and the Great Smoky Mountains; and a day’s drive to Memphis, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Knoxville and the surrounding counties have a statistical area population of over 850,000 people.


Available Career Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in employment at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville! The Division of Student Life has recently restructured its staffing models to better support the expanding needs of its departments and enhance the services provided to students. Stay tuned for more opportunities to join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact on the student experience. All available Student Life positions will be posted on the UT Human Resources website.

Director of Housing Administration – University Housing

The Director of Housing Administration is a key member of the University Housing senior leadership team. This role focuses on managing department-wide projects and administrative tasks in conjunction with the Executive Director of University Housing. The director works closely with various internal and external stakeholders, gathering information to help make decisions, and ensuring multiple projects run smoothly. The Director of Housing Administration also oversees the department’s customer service and outreach, helping to ensure that the department can effectively communicate its story.

This role involves developing and implementing Technological plans to enhance operational efficiency and improve the residential experience for students. The Director collaborates with other departments to align housing initiatives with the university’s overall goals and objectives. This position also plays a crucial role in budget management, resource allocation, and policy development to support housing operations.

The Director of Housing Administration conducts regular assessments to identify areas for improvement and implements the best practices to enhance service delivery. environment for students.

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Finance Manager – University Housing

The Finance Manager oversees the day-to-day management of the University Housing budget and finance area and develops training and procedures to ensure compliance and consistency. Additionally, this position provides analysis of budget-to-actuals to assist with budget planning and serves as a financial and payroll resource for the department.

This position is responsible for managing, overseeing, and administering the fiscal responsibilities for University Housing and the subsequent reporting of these activities. This position serves as a departmental administrator by ensuring compliance with university policy and state and federal law.

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Administrative Specialist – Division of Student Life

The Administrative Specialist II position serves as the primary administrative support for the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Life and the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health and Wellness. This position will also serve as the secondary administrative support for the Vice Chancellor for Student Life.

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Associate Director – Student Counseling Center

The Division of Student Life at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for Associate Director/Clinical Director in the Student Counseling Center.

The Clinical Director has primary administrative responsibility for mental health service delivery for the Student Counseling Center (SCC) including ensuring quality management, ethical documentation, and adequate levels of service delivery. This position serves as primary consultant regarding clinical processes within the SCC, collaborating with leadership team members in the SCC and within other departments to establish efficient, sustainable pathways for students to access crisis, triage, and short-term therapy and group therapy services. The Clinical Director establishes, communicates, and maintains the clinical policies and procedures of the SCC in collaboration with the leadership team. Additionally, this position manages EHR systems that support the timely and efficient delivery of services, assessment data, and services tracking. This position develops and implements adequate feedback mechanisms regarding SCC clinical services, ensures clinical services maintain compliance with prevailing standards (e.g., IACS or other accrediting body), and prepares reports for the Director of the SCC as requested or as deemed necessary. This position will assist the Director in providing vision, leadership, management, and oversight of the SCC including the development of strategic plan, and ensure compliance with appropriate ethical and accreditation standards (e.g. International Association of Counseling Centers – IACS). This position represents the office in the absence of the Director.

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Wellness Coordinators (2) – Center for Health Education & Wellness

The Center for Health Education and Wellness is hiring 2 Wellness Coordinators to cover two focus areas: Alcohol and Other Drugs Misuse Prevention (AOD), and Student General Health and Wellness (GHW).

The Alcohol and Other Drug Coordinator is responsible for developing, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating individual and population level comprehensive alcohol and other drug prevention strategies and services. They will collaborate with campus partners, community organizations, and government agencies, design educational materials, and deliver training sessions on substance abuse prevention.

The General Health and Wellness Coordinator will utilize data collected from campus-wide health assessments to develop and maintain population-level programing and resources to meet the students’ health and wellness needs. Using evidence-informed strategies to systematically address a wide range of topics following the 8-dimensions of wellness model.

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Hall Director – University Housing

Depending on the residence hall there are 8 – 22 Resident Assistants and one full-time Assistant Hall Director. Supervising responsibilities include the selection, training and evaluation of these staff members. In addition, the Hall Director works closely with the building facilities and maintenance staff and housekeeping supervisor to ensure that all resident issues and needs are resolved and followed up in a timely manner.

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Assistant Director – Center for Health Education and Wellness

Reporting to the director of the center, the primary purpose of the position is to assist in the leadership of health promotion practices that contribute to a supportive environment for success and positive health behaviors. This position is responsible for the development and application of population-level initiatives including prevention activities and health assessments; engagement and cultivation of partnerships to address the health needs of the campus community; and application and evaluation of theoretical frameworks and evidence-informed strategies that address individual and community health.

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Coordinator- Office of Campus Culture and Community

The coordinator is an integral part of the Campus Culture and Community team. A successful candidate must be able to work independently or within a group dynamic to accomplish departmental and divisional goals and objectives. This position will work with both campus and community partners to support, educate, and connect students to programs and resources. To align with the culture of assessment within the Division of Student Life, the coordinator will assess learning outcomes of events, programs, and services by utilizing technology such as Campus Labs/Baseline to compile program/event statistics each semester for the annual report.

The coordinator will work with both campus and community partners to support, educate, and connect students to programs and resources. To align with the culture of assessment within the Division of Student Life, the coordinator will assess learning outcomes of events, programs, and services by utilizing technology such as Campus Labs/Baseline to compile program/event statistics each semester for the annual report. The coordinator will work with students to provide support and work with campus and community partners to elevate the student experience.

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Assistant Director – Student Counseling Center

The Division of Student Life at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications a newly developed Assistant Director role with the Student Counseling Center. Join the leadership team of a multi-disciplinary clinical team providing high quality, short-term therapy services at a thriving flagship University.

The Assistant Director is an exempt, year-round, full-time; non-tenure track staff leadership role within the Student Counseling Center, the university’s primary facility for personal counseling, psychotherapy, and mental health outreach and consultation services. The mission is to promote the psychological, educational, and social well-being of the students at the University of Tennessee and to help prepare them to be productive members of a global society.

Start date to be during the summer term of 2025.

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Care Coordinator, Center for Care & Resilience

The Care Coordinator will serve as the primary responder to the 974-HELP assistance line and all contacts related to the Distressed Student Protocol. This role requires collaboration with various campus and community resources to create and implement individualized action plans for distressed students, ensuring they receive appropriate support and care. The coordinator will facilitate the coordination of medical care, crisis intervention, and hospitalizations, as well as provide follow-up support to ensure recommendations made by the Assistant Director and Case Management Team are followed. The position also involves tracking referrals from across the university community and fostering strong relationships with community partners for ongoing support and education.

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Staff Psychologist – Student Counseling Center

The primary focus of a Staff Psychologist is providing short-term individual and group therapy to students enrolled at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  Approximately 65 percent of the workload is direct clinical service via client care or clinical supervision (approximately 25 clinical hours pers week), with the remainder focused on documentation, administration, meetings, teaching training seminars, or engaging with the campus community via outreach and consultation services with faculty, staff, students, and families around mental health concerns. Clinical staff in the Center provide training/supervision for master’s and doctoral level students in mental health professions and advanced clinical training/supervision for interns in the center’s internship and post-doctoral residency in psychology.

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Custodian – Student Health Center

The custodial cleaning duties shall be carried out in accordance with established infection control standards, ethics of medical confidentiality, workplace safety, and as stated in the Student Health Center’s policies and procedures. Responsibilities include:

  • Cleans and services assigned areas; maintain sufficient stock and supplies for the proper performance of these duties to meet health care standards.
  • Washes windows, walls, and other assigned areas.
  • Picks up trash, empties garbage containers and removes trash to disposal area; sanitizes trash containers as necessary to meet Health department requirements.
  • Retrieves and packages infectious waste for disposition.
  • Packs, unpacks, and assists in receiving, storing, issuing, and transporting cleaning materials; assists in the reconciliation of medical supply inventory.
  • Reports maintenance problems to include mechanical, structural, or electrical conditions in need of repair to supervisor.

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