Job description

• The Registrar provides leadership and oversight for the development, implementation, and management of activities and systems related to the provision of legal, statutory, administrative, institutional administration, and secretarial services to the Council, the Institutional Forum, the Senate, and their sub-committees, as well as the Executive Management Committee
• This position is also responsible for student academic administration, the management and coordination of graduation ceremonies, legal and statutory compliance, health and safety compliance, institutional security management services, and the management of institutional archives
• The Registrar also provides leadership and oversight of Campus Security Services, which incorporates the portfolio of Health and Safety compliance
• The role calls for considerable university administrative and general management skills. This is a highly complex and demanding position requiring considerable drive, intellectual flexibility, team leadership and managerial abilities, as well as identification with the University’s value systems

The Registrar will be responsible for the following:

• Legal Services, Administrative and Statutory Compliance
• Institutional Administration and Secretarial Services
• Student Academic Administration and Management of Graduations
• Institutional Archive and Document Repository Service
• Campus Security Services and Health and Safety Compliance
• Providing Administrative Leadership
• Deputy Information Officer for the purposes of POPIA, PAIA and PAJA
• Internal Audit, Forensic Services, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Institutional Planning

Minimum requirements

• Master’s Degree
• Eight (8) years proven managerial and leadership experience in a higher education environment
• Five (5) years managerial and/or leadership experience and demonstrated ability at a strategic level in the management of a complex large division/department/unit with a diverse workforce and portfolio (not necessarily additional to aforementioned 8 years’ experience)
• An in-depth knowledge and experience of, as well as demonstrated competencies, in the most effective processes of Academic Administration
• Knowledge of Higher Education Act and other related legislation
• Working knowledge of administrative, contract and copyright law
• Knowledge of USAF/CHE/SAUVCA/SAQA/NQF/HEQC policy matters
• An understanding of OHS legislation would be an advantage