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Financial Advisor: Funeral Cover

Discovery – Sales & Distribution

Funeral Financial Adviser

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Key Purpose

Marketing of the Discovery Funeral policies, through strategic opportunity identification and relationship building and to provide financial advice to existing and prospective clients.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Attend all meetings, seminars, training, and launches offered by Discovery Life and/or the Discovery Group.
• Identify and market appropriate funeral policies.
• Provide financial advice relating to funeral products to existing and prospective clients.
• Follow-up and follow-through to conclusion on all unpaid premiums to ensure business is retained.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Persuading and influencing
• Resilience and tenacity
• Sales and target driven
• Exceptional communication skills
• Opportunity and solution orientated
• Independent and highly adaptable to change

Education and Experience

National Senior Certificate (Matric/Grade 12)Minimum 2 years Funeral sales experienceMinimum 3 years within the Financial Services industryIndustry related NQF 5 – 120 credits (Advantageous)RE accreditation (Advantageous) Location SandtonPretoriaVereenigingBloemfonteinCape TownKlerksdorpGqeberhaPietermaritzburgDurbanVaal

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

Android Developer (Senior)

Senior Android Developer – Mobile Team

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Digital Channels

Working in a high performance organization that prides itself in attracting the finest talent, we challenge ourselves to find solutions that make a difference in the world. Our environment is always buzzing with energy and smart, motivated people working on finding the best way to move forward.

The Digital Channels team works on dynamic new projects and product enhancements within the web and mobile platforms in order to improve business inefficiencies, gain competitive advantage on our products and ultimately to provide better service to our clients. Using knowledge of the organization’s technology infrastructure and specific software applications, Application Platform Services helps the business to address changes through technologies.

Key Purpose

This team is responsible for the Discovery member application published to the Play Store. They work with other Discovery business units to deliver innovative solutions to all members.

Within the Digital Channels system area, the Android developer will work on the Discovery application together with Product Owners from various business units, Business Analysts, UX/UI designers & Content Teams, System Architect, and managers to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source code.

Android developers will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release, and post release support.

Android developers in the Digital Channels area must be able to technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments. 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

The senior Android developer must have a competent understanding of:

• The system development life cycle and can explain the Android developer role in each stage
• The defined system development tools, processes and workflows
• The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
• The importance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it
• The technologies used and the systems components structure
• The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations

The senior Android developer should be able to demonstrate that they can:

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure a successful, high-quality product and great user experience
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency.
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs. Participate in new business development through ideation, prototype development, and project estimates
• Research new techniques, tools, and best practices and share that knowledge with the team and community
• Maintain high standards
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments

Within 6 months of being in the position, an Android developer should be able to demonstrate strong domain knowledge and technologies in relation to the environment that they work in.

Personal Attributes and Skills

Behavioral Skills

• Stress Management
• Time management and prioritization
• Creativeness
• Learning orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Innovation
• Clean code thinking

Technical Skills

• Project Management
• Business Writing Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Solution Architecture
• Process Mapping
• Entity Diagram mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

Education and Experience

Minimum

• 3+ Year IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar)
• 4+ years’ experience developing Android applications
• Have worked on multiple published apps in the Play Store

Advantageous

• 4+ years of hands-on experience developing native apps for Android
• Deep understanding of REST, JSON, HTTP and related mobile networking frameworks
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks.
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Experience with automated testing tools and techniques
• Experience in Kotlin beneficial
• Experience with GIT
• Have worked on at least 1 app published in the Play Store

Methodologies

• Waterfall and Agile
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns

Tools

• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Android Studio
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Processes

• ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)

Technologies

• J2EE, Sprint Boot
• Android, Java, Kotlin
• WebLogic, Apache

• UML
• XML, JSON
• SOAP and REST Web Service Development

Other

• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques

Administrator (Senior)

Discovery Corporate and Employee Benefits

Administrator (Senior)

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Discovery Corporate and Employee Benefits

Discovery Corporate and Employee Benefits is the first and only employee benefits provider to be shaping employee behaviour, creating healthier and wealthier workforces. It is an exciting business to be in as we reimagine the way retirement savings and life insurance is brought to companies and employees.

Key Purpose of the role

The position is responsible for the day-to-day administration and, within the Retirement Funds business unit. This is a core administration function, and the incumbent would be required to holistically administrate a portfolio of different Retirement Fund disciplines, for example monthly contribution reconciliation and investment, Section 13A non-compliance letters and calculations, Default Reg requirements, T-day and new member processes. The incumbent must ensure that processes and procedures are implemented, maintained, and improved. The incumbent needs to ensure operational activity is conducted within regulatory frameworks, accurately, effectively, and efficiently. The incumbent must ensure that he/she has the knowledge, skills, tools, and competencies required to perform the required job within service level agreements. The incumbent must have an appetite to be part of a growing new business unit, continuous improvement, able to adapt to change easily and play a role in change management within the team, challenge the status quo, inspire, and motivate others. The incumbent will continually review existing processes and procedures to ensure the delivery of committed services to the Umbrella Funds Clients.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Manage adherence to Service Level Agreement. Implement processes and procedures and ensure all services in respect of the operations of Umbrella Funds are conducted timeously and efficiently.
• Dealing with the full Human Resources function for staff managed. Ensure others are trained on the processes and systems. Provides staff with clear direction. Sets appropriate standards of behaviour and outputs.  Delegates work appropriately and fairly. Motivates and empowers others.
• Ensure that the contribution / billing process (Section 13A, Default Reg, T-day) are accurate, compliant, and abreast with regulatory frameworks such as, Pension Funds Act, Tax Act, Rules of the Discovery Life Umbrella Pension and Provident Funds, Participating employer special rules. Ensures delivery of key operational attributes such as data completeness and data quality.
• Responsible to maintain and update SOP’s in line with business process developments and system enhancements. Assist with audits and appropriate responses to audit queries.
• Ensure regular, comprehensive and appropriate management reports are generated for submission to line manager and the broader business.
• Ensure productivity levels are optimised.
• Dealing with escalated calls or queries from internal stakeholders, communicate effectively with clients to resolve queries and escalations, ensure client expectations are met.
• Develop and maintain excellent business relations with internal and external brokers.
• Managing projects.
• The incumbent is the Subject Matter Expert in Retirement Fund areas under management. Produces new ideas, approaches or insights. Produces range of solutions to problems and do root cause analysis. Effective decision-making by “out of the box” thinking and weighing up risks involved.

Personal Attributes and Skills

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies:
 

• Communication Skills: able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Reporting Skills: ability to consolidate information and compile reports reflecting the necessary relevant information
• Ability to communicate logically and objectively is essential components of this role.
• Attention to detail
• Very organised
• Expresses opinions, information, and key points of an argument clearly.
• Probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem.
• Relates well to people at all levels.

Education and Experience

NQF level 5 equivalent qualification. 3 – 5 years operational leadership and management experience – Essential3 –  5 years umbrella retirement funds contribution / billing process experience (Section 13A of the Pension Fund Act, Default Reg, T-day) – EssentialNQF level 6 or B Com degree or similar is advantageousRelevant Industry Qualifications – Wealth Management, Introduction to Retirement Funds – AdvantageousMS Office – Advanced Excel skills, Accounting, Investments, People management, operational processes and process mapping. Retirement Fund and Umbrella Fund operations.Full compliance and legislative universe relating to employee benefits, FAIS and Umbrella Funds. 3 – 5 years’ experience in the employee benefits and 5 years in a senior role.

 EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.    

DCDS Risk and Compliance Support Administrator

Discovery – Connect

Risk and Compliance Support Administrator

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About the Area

Discovery Connect Distribution Services (DCDS) is a Call Centre environment that sells Discovery products to clients who are interested in taking a Discovery Product. To provide sound advice regarding legislation, regulation, industry standards, codes, guidelines and best practice to operational management/projects and business units through the application of Risk Management principles, policies, processes and procedures.

Key Purpose

The success of Discovery is made possible by our great people.

The Risk and Compliance Support Administrator role forms part of the Discovery Connect Distribution Services (DCDS) team and reports to the Head of Risk and Compliance and is responsible for providing administrative support to the risk and compliance department and business. 

The Risk and Compliance Support Administrator executes the sequence of activities necessary to complete the projects and objectives for the DCDS Risk and Compliance team within DCDS and has the accountability to ensure the “what” is delivered is specified.

Key Outputs

Compliance:

• Maintaining the FAIS Rep Register
• Providing support to the DCDS business based on the Group Compliance requirements
• Assist representatives with the CMS applications
• Communicating to business and provide feedback
• Attending to general queries and provide feedback to business
• Capturing and on-boarding of representatives on system
• Requesting to open commission code for Reps according to registrations at FSCA
• Checking and processing Supervision Signoffs
• Analysis of all fit and proper requirements on representatives
• All maintenance requirements on representatives
• Conduct investigations related to representatives,

Operational Risk:

• Add, follow up and update and Maintenance of Risk Incidents
• Follow up on KRI’s
• Update and Maintenance of BarnOwl
• Add and update BarnOwl with Risk Movement Information
• Add and update BarnOwl with New Risk Information
• Extracting Risk Register for GRM and Audit
• BarnOwl Quality Review
• Risk Catch-Up Sessions
• Risk Catch-Up Sessions Notes and Actions Documented and Reporting

Competencies

• Strong listening and communication skills;
• Work independently and as part of a team when required;
• Support management in achievement of team objectives as well as Group Compliance’s objectives;
• Efficient time management skills, including quick turnaround time on work;
• Attention to detail;
• Knowledge and Understanding of Business Procedures, Rules, Processes and Controls.

Qualification & Experience

• Recognised Qualification
• 1- 3 years of similar tasks/ similar environment Understanding of the Discovery business
• Expectations within working in a team
• Understanding of the Discovery business
• Working with administrative tasks across numerous stakeholders and concurrent activities

Indexer – Talent Pool

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Discovery Invest

Discovery Invest is an ever growing fast-paced and dynamic environment that provides innovative products. This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our brokers and other stakeholders. It is important for our employees to provide world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships.

Key Purpose

The main purpose of this role is ensuring the accuracy in classifying, registering, routing and indexing documentation according to required business specifications.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following broad Job functions:

• Verification of documentation received and assessment thereof.
• General administration of documents and information.
• Continuously updating your own knowledge relating to Product and Clinical knowledge.
• Creating a multi-skilled knowledge of other specialized environments.
• Classifying, registering, routing and indexing of documentation to Vitality, Invest, Health, and Life.
• Working toward targets per day whereby quality and quantity among others are measured.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Ability to work under pressure.
• Organised and focused.
• Detail orientated.
• Reliable.
• Good communication skills.

Education and Experience

• Matric.
• Ability to capture 30 words per minute and at a 60% accuracy rate.
• Good command of the English language.
• Computer Literacy: MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

The following are advantageous requirements:

• Previous Capture / Indexing experience.
• 1 year Administration or Customer Service Experience in a Large Corporate.
• Track record of low error rate and meeting targets.
• Experience working with Discovery’s in-house system Paradigm.
• Bilingual – ability to understand Afrikaans (read).

Linux Administrator (Senior)

Discovery – Technology Services

Linux Administrator (Snr)

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Technology Services

Key Purpose

The role of the Linux Administrator (senior) entails the administration and maintenance of the Linux infrastructure for Discovery Limited, which includes the Sandton Campus, cloud and all international business units.  The suitable candidate should also have the ability to plan and implement new solutions based on business requirements and should have strong networking and development knowledge. Automation will play a big part of your contribution towards building and achieving the vision of this team.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Administration of Linux infrastructure
• Administration of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure etc.
• Automation of repeatable tasks and processes
• Working against project timelines
• Develop and implement new solutions based on business requirements

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Strong focus on deliverables
• Strong ownership and accountability
• Ability to work according to project deadlines, under pressure and cope with a highly stressful environment.
• Mature, optimistic, energetic and positive
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail essential
• Self-motivated , self-thinker and pro-active
• Deadline driven and willing to work overtime when necessary
• Sound work ethics
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High degree of literacy
• Team player
• Willing to learn and develop one self
• Excellent troubleshooting skills

Education and Experience

• Grade 12
• Linux certifications such as LPI, RHCE, etc
• 8+ years Linux experience
• Automation Experience with tools such as Ansible, SaltStack, etc
• 1+ year development experience preferable
• Cloud and container experience

Employment Equity 

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply

Knowledge Management Consultant

DISCOVERY INSTITUTE OF TRAINING

kNOWLEGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

sANDTON

Key purpose

The Knowledge Management Consultant is responsible for ensuring all training materials accurately reflect updates or enhancements to the assigned Discovery products. Working closely with Instructional Designers, this role ensures that learning materials remain relevant, accurate, and aligned with product amendments. The individual must develop a thorough understanding of the products they are responsible for and produce high-quality written updates in a timely manner.

Key outputs

All work must be done accurately, comprehensively and in-line with set quality standards.

• Update and maintain training material to reflect product changes and enhancements.
• Collaborate with instructional designers to ensure consistency and quality across all learning materials.
• Conduct thorough reviews to ensure updates are accurate, comprehensive, and clear.
• Learn and understand relevant Discovery products to effectively update related training materials.
• Manage timelines and deadlines to ensure materials are updated promptly within specific timeframes.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to gather necessary information for updates.
• Ensure compliance with Discovery’s standards for training materials.
• Ensure that updated material is uploaded by the Learner Management System (LMS) Team to the learner portal.
• Maintain the Material Matrix tool with updated records based on the updates actioned.
• Maintain SharePoint folders with updated training material.

Competencies

• Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Ability to identify and correct errors in documentation.
• Written Communication Skills: Exceptional ability to write clearly and concisely.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Ability to work closely with instructional designers and other stakeholders.
• Time Management: Effectively manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Adaptability: Ability to quickly learn and understand Discovery’s products and translate this knowledge into training material.
• Analytical Thinking: Capability to evaluate product changes and determine the impact on training material.
• Problem-Solving: Skill in identifying and resolving discrepancies in material updates.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 2 years of experience in a role involving content development or technical writing.
• Proven ability to work on multiple projects with tight deadlines
• Degree/Diploma/Certificate related to Business Communication/ Professional writing/ Technical writing/ Copywriting/ Editing or Publishing.
• Experience in the insurance or financial services industry is highly desirable
• Familiarity with Instructional design principles and methodologies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant content development tools

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