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The Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost (SVCAAP) is the chief academic officer of the newly established LSU Flagship University, comprising the Baton Rouge A&M campus, LSU Agricultural Center, LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The SVCAAP will oversee the collective of academic colleges and schools, student enrollment and support units at the Baton Rouge campus, and coordinate academic matters across all institutional components statewide. Reporting to LSU Chancellor Jim Dalton, the SVCAAP will work closely with senior vice chancellors at each campus to promote academic excellence, robust research and scholarly activity, and advance a unified academic and research vision that reflects LSU’s role as a comprehensive, multi‑campus research institution.

• Lead the academic and research missions of the LSU Flagship, ensuring alignment, coordination, and national competitiveness.
• Oversee academic colleges and schools, student enrollment and support units, and academic affairs across all campuses.
• Collaborate with senior vice chancellors and the leadership team to translate university goals into cohesive academic and student success execution.
• Serve as the academic connective tissue, fostering alignment of strategy, research priorities, and educational outcomes while respecting the distinct missions of each unit.
• Promote faculty excellence, advance research capacity, and support faculty and students through robust scholarship and teaching initiatives.

• Doctorate or equivalent terminal degree and a record of distinguished scholarship and teaching at a Carnegie Foundation Research 1 institution.
• Experience at the dean level or higher in a large, complex public research university, with responsibility for managing faculty engaged in research.
• Proven leadership ability to craft and communicate a strategic vision and execute with operational discipline across multiple campuses and constituencies.
• Managerial skill for operating and leading effectively within a large, multi‑campus research university.

Applications should include a letter of interest, a CV, and a list of five professional references with full contact information and a note indicating the nature of the working relationship. Applications, nominations, and expressions of interest can be submitted electronically via our online portal. The position is open until filled, but only applications received by Tuesday, March 31, 2026, will receive full consideration.

Consultants handling confidential discussions: Ann Hasselmo (Ann.Hasselmo@academicsearch.org) and Chris Butler (Chris.Butler@academicsearch.org).

LSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and maintain that authorization throughout employment. Changes in laws, regulations, or government policies may impact the university’s ability to employ individuals in certain positions.