Registrar, Academics - St. Paul's University - Kenya
(2025-09)
Provide strategic leadership for the Academic Affairs Department, ensuring alignment with the University's vision, mission, strategic plan, and regulatory requirements while promoting operational excellence and continuous improvement.
- Lead the development and implementation of academic policies, governance frameworks and operational systems that ensure the integrity, accuracy, confidentiality, and regulatory compliance of academic records while enhancing institutional effectiveness and student-centered service delivery.
- Lead the administration of the complete student lifecycle including admissions, registration, enrolment, examinations, academic progression, certification, graduation and convocation, ensuring efficient, accurate and student-focused service delivery.
- Develop departmental work plans, performance targets, budgets and resource allocation strategies to support institutional priorities and improve operational efficiency.
- Consolidate departmental reports to prepare monthly and quarterly performance reviews, providing critical insights to inform decisions by Management and other key stakeholders.
- Provide strategic leadership and supervision to the Academic Registry team, fostering a high-performance culture built on accountability, collaboration, service excellence, and continuous professional development.
- Safeguard the integrity, accuracy, confidentiality and security of academic records for current students, graduates and alumni while ensuring compliance with institutional policies and statutory requirements.
- Enforce adherence to University Rules and Regulations as outlined in the Student Handbook, ensuring consistency in policy application and fostering a positive academic environment.
- Lead the accurate preparation, circulation, and safekeeping of Senate documents and decisions, ensuring institutional compliance and seamless communication across all academic levels.
- Provide expert interpretation and communication of policies and regulations to the University, Senate, and Deans' Committees, offering clear, actionable guidance on academic and administrative matters.
- Lead institutional risk management initiatives within Academic Affairs by establishing and implementing an Academic Registry risk register to strengthen governance, compliance and operational resilience.
- Serve as Secretary to Senate and Deans' Committees, coordinating meetings, preparing agenda papers, maintaining official academic records and ensuring timely implementation of committee resolutions.
- Provide regular, timely reports and expert advice to University Management and Senate on academic matters, contributing to strategic decision-making and institutional advancement.
- Build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the CUE, KUCCPS, HELB, the Universities Fund and other regulatory and professional bodies to ensure compliance and enhance institutional reputation.
- Promoted from Acting Registrar – Academics to a permanent position within 4 months, a testament to leadership and effective contribution to the academic mission.
Deputy Registrar – Academics - St. Paul's University - Kenya
(2021-07 - 2025-08)
Reporting to the Registrar – Academics, I provided strategic and operational leadership for the Academic Registry, overseeing academic administration and student records management across the full student lifecycle.
- Led the development, implementation and review of academic policies, regulations, standard operating procedures and administrative systems governing academic and student affairs, ensuring alignment with the University's Strategic Plan and regulatory requirements.
- Supported the Registrar in strengthening academic governance, enhancing operational efficiency, ensuring regulatory compliance and delivering high-quality, student-centred academic services.
- Managed budget planning and execution for the Academic Registry, ensuring effective resource allocation and financial efficiency in support of academic operations.
- Directed admissions, registration, enrolment, examinations, academic records management, student progression, certification, and graduation processes, ensuring accuracy, efficiency and compliance throughout the student lifecycle.
- Communicating key policy decisions from the Council and Senate to students and academic staff, managing the publication and dissemination of the Academic Calendar and Academic Almanac to ensure clear understanding and timely access.
- Served as a member of the University Management Board and the Senate where I provided student data for decision making as well as participating in management and academic decisions for the university.
- Led academic administration across multiple campuses while maintaining the integrity, confidentiality, and accuracy of student records and achieving 100% compliance with Commission for University Education (CUE) reporting requirements.
- Streamlined Academic Registry operations by implementing process improvements that enhanced service delivery, strengthened academic administration and improved operational efficiency.
- Developed, published, and implemented the academic calendar, course catalogues, and examination timetables, ensuring alignment with institutional goals and seamless academic operations.
- Oversaw the preparation and issuance of transcripts, academic certificates, graduation lists, degree clearance, and other official academic documentation, ensuring accuracy and timely service to students and alumni.
- Prepared and submitted comprehensive reports to stakeholders, including CUE, KUCCPS, the University Funds Board, and other regulatory bodies ensuring compliance, transparency, and informed decision-making.
Assistant Registrar – Academics - St. Paul's University - Kenya
(2014-03 - 2021-06)
Assisted in the development and implementation of academic policies, driving the strategic direction of academic administrative operations, managing the full student lifecycle from student enrolments through to graduation.
- Oversaw key academic processes, ensuring continuous improvement in service delivery. streamlining admissions, registration, examinations, and curriculum development to enhance efficiency and student satisfaction.
- Directed critical academic functions including transcript processing, certification issuance, and graduation list management, student support & services, ensuring accuracy and timely execution across all academic records and examinations.
- Spearheaded the centralization of University examination management and administration, standardizing examination processes, enhancing security protocols and improving coordination between departments to ensure smooth examination cycles.
- Oversaw the design and implementation of a robust data management and archiving system, ensuring accurate electronic record-keeping, improved data security and better accessibility for student records, grades and academic information.
- Provided comprehensive secretarial support to academic decision-making committees, including agenda preparation, documentation of proceedings, ensuring prompt follow-up on action items.
- Collaborated with various departments, monitored performance, and introduced innovative solutions that supported the University's broader goals, ensuring the timely, accurate, and student-centric delivery of academic services.
Lecturer, Research Supervisor, and Curriculum Coordinator - St. Paul's University - Kenya
(2015-08)
Deliver comprehensive instruction and foster critical thinking by imparting knowledge and skills in the School of Business and Leadership Studies, utilizing a diverse range of teaching methods to engage and inspire active learning.
- Deliver dynamic, high-quality lectures, seminars, and tutorials for both undergraduate and postgraduate cohorts, creating an interactive and student-centered learning environment that enhances academic success.
- Coordinating the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of curricula, including the creation and improvement of academic programs.
- Set, moderate, invigilate, administer examinations to test the understanding of course content and give progressive report to the department.
- Supervising PhD thesis and Master's dissertations, guiding students in producing research papers, and disseminating research findings through publications.
- Present examination results to the Departmental Board of Examiners, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and thorough analysis of academic performance to support informed decision-making and uphold academic integrity.
Senior Administrative Assistant – Registry - St. Paul's University - Kenya
(2010-02 - 2014-02)
Spearheaded the efficient management of critical administrative functions, including student recruitment, registration, examination processing, academic records, and faculty coordination. Championed the restructuring of the Registry Department by implementing campus-specific registries, significantly enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of student record management, academic administration, and service delivery across all University Campuses.
