Associate Registrar
Role Overview
Supports the University Registrar in delivering reliable, policy-compliant, digitally enabled Registrar services across KAUST.
Leads day-to-day operations across academic records, registration, scheduling, enrollment services, academic standing, instructional space coordination, graduation processing, and official academic information.
Serves as the Registrar Office business owner for student and academic data, SIS-enabled processes, functional workflows, data standards, controls, acceptance criteria, and business change readiness.
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Position summary
Supports the University Registrar in delivering reliable, policy-compliant, digitally enabled Registrar services across KAUST.
Leads day-to-day operations across academic records, registration, scheduling, enrollment services, academic standing, instructional space coordination, graduation processing, and official academic information.
Serves as the Registrar Office business owner for student and academic data, SIS-enabled processes, functional workflows, data standards, controls, acceptance criteria, and business change readiness.
Registrar operations and SIS ownership
- Manage academic records, registration, scheduling, enrollment verification, instructional space coordination, graduation documentation, and student lifecycle transactions.
- Ensure operational continuity, accuracy, timeliness, service quality, escalation management, and effective prioritization during peak academic cycles.
- Own Registrar-related SIS processes, data, rules, and workflows; define requirements, data standards, controls, acceptance criteria, and readiness needs.
- Ensure SIS-supported processes reflect approved policy and lead business change management for Registrar-impacting system changes.
Additional areas of responsibility
- Oversee academic information, data stewardship, and reporting.
- Implement policy and support compliance and records governance.
- Coordinate stakeholder alignment and student lifecycle services.
- Support performance, continuous improvement, and the team.
Competencies and experience
- Strong understanding of Registrar operations, student records, registration, scheduling, graduation, academic standing, and student lifecycle services.
- Translate academic policy into procedures, controls, data rules, service standards, and SIS-supported workflows.
- Functional understanding of SIS-enabled operations, data stewardship, workflow design, reporting, testing, and user acceptance.
- Knowledge of data governance, records management, privacy, confidentiality, auditability, academic integrity, and accreditation support.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, Education Administration, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
- Minimum 7–10 years of relevant Registrar, postgraduate academic administration, student services, or comparable higher-education experience.
- Experience managing SIS-supported Registrar processes; Banner or a comparable enterprise SIS experience is preferred.
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