In this paper, we reconstruct the late-time cosmological dynamics using a purely kinematic approach. In particular, considering a divergence-free parametrization for deceleration parameter [Formula: see text], we first derive the jerk parameter [Formula: see text] and then confront it with combination of various cosmological datasets. We use the most recent observational datasets consisting of the 1048 Pantheon Supernovae Ia data points in the redshift range [Formula: see text], the 51 data points of observational Hubble parameter (OHD) measurements in the redshift range [Formula: see text], the Hubble constant [Formula: see text] (R19) and the CMB shift parameter measurements. We study the evolution of different cosmological quantities for the present model and compare it with the concordance [Formula: see text]CDM model. We find that only the combined Pantheon+OHD+R19 data shows good agreement with the [Formula: see text]CDM [Formula: see text] model within [Formula: see text] confidence region. We also find that our model successfully generates late time cosmic acceleration along with a decelerated expansion in the past.