diff --git a/alembic/versions/0f529c470393_add_pending_role_ids_to_notifications.py b/alembic/versions/0f529c470393_add_pending_role_ids_to_notifications.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d734e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/0f529c470393_add_pending_role_ids_to_notifications.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""add pending_role_ids to notifications
+
+Revision ID: 0f529c470393
+Revises: 98df8301ae46
+Create Date: 2026-02-16 22:35:37.433719
+
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = '0f529c470393'
+down_revision: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = '98df8301ae46'
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    """Upgrade schema."""
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.add_column('notification', sa.Column('pending_role_ids', sa.JSON(), nullable=True))
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    """Downgrade schema."""
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_column('notification', 'pending_role_ids')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/database_utils/models/auth.py b/database_utils/models/auth.py
index a2233a1..951a3a8 100644
--- a/database_utils/models/auth.py
+++ b/database_utils/models/auth.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from ..utils.timezone_utils import now_gt
 
 from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional
 import uuid
 
 # Association table for many-to-many relationship between Role and Permission
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ class Notification(Base):
     email = Column(String, nullable=False, unique=True)
     age = Column(Integer, nullable=False)
     password_hash = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    pending_role_ids: Mapped[Optional[list]] = mapped_column(JSON, nullable=True)
     # --- [END] Possible User data: Add User Fields ---
 
     company_id: Mapped[uuid.UUID] = mapped_column(Uuid, ForeignKey("company.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False)
diff --git a/database_utils/utils/audit_utils.py b/database_utils/utils/audit_utils.py
index a6aa0c0..af7e782 100644
--- a/database_utils/utils/audit_utils.py
+++ b/database_utils/utils/audit_utils.py
@@ -258,3 +258,31 @@ def log_custom_operation(
         details=details,
         ip_address=ip_address
     )
+
+
+def serialize_for_audit(data: dict) -> dict:
+    """Convert a model column dict to JSON-safe types for audit logging.
+
+    Handles UUID, datetime, date, and Decimal types that are not
+    JSON-serializable by default.
+
+    Args:
+        data: Dictionary of model column values to serialize.
+
+    Returns:
+        A new dictionary with all non-JSON-serializable values converted to str.
+    """
+    from uuid import UUID
+    from datetime import datetime, date
+    from decimal import Decimal
+
+    def _convert(v):
+        if isinstance(v, (UUID, datetime, date, Decimal)):
+            return str(v)
+        if isinstance(v, dict):
+            return {k: _convert(val) for k, val in v.items()}
+        if isinstance(v, list):
+            return [_convert(item) for item in v]
+        return v
+
+    return {k: _convert(v) for k, v in data.items()}
diff --git a/database_utils/utils/pagination_utils.py b/database_utils/utils/pagination_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..353894f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database_utils/utils/pagination_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import math
+
+
+def compute_pagination(page: int, page_size: int, total_count: int) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+    """Compute pagination values for a SQLAlchemy query.
+
+    Args:
+        page: Current page number (1-indexed).
+        page_size: Number of records per page.
+        total_count: Total number of records matching the query filters.
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple: (skip, total_count, total_pages)
+            - skip: number of records to offset
+            - total_count: same as input (passed through for convenience)
+            - total_pages: total number of pages (minimum 1)
+    """
+    skip = (page - 1) * page_size
+    total_pages = math.ceil(total_count / page_size) if total_count > 0 else 1
+    return skip, total_count, total_pages