Career Opportunities at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose of the role

Selling the Estate Preserver and collecting information for drafting of wills. Building relationships with Financial Advisors and identifying additional opportunities for the Financial Advisors. Offering superior client service and technical knowledge.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Gathering accurate information for the drafting of Wills
• Issuing of quotations
• Ensuring all compliance is complied with
• Liaising with internal departments on processing issues
• Follow-up and tracking of business submitted
• Developing and maintaining Advisor relationships
• Communicating effectively with the Advisor and Identifying opportunities
• Building relationships with internal departments to ensure superior service is offered to clients
• Participating in proactive sales and marketing initiatives

Personal Attributes and skills

• Assertiveness
• Self-confidence
• Honest and ethical
• Resilience
• Perseverance
• Able to manage stress and stressful situations
• Results driven
• Self -Disciplined
• Able to influence and negotiate
• Persuasiveness
• Build strong relationships
• Use own initiative
• Decisiveness
• Time Management
• Ability to meet Deadlines timeously
• Ability to report back with accurate and concise feedback
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to understand the client’s needs effectively
• Attention to detail

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum: 2 years of sales experience
• NQF5 in Wealth Management
• RE5
• Sound knowledge of the Insurance Industry (Advantageous)
• Broker consulting experience in an insurance company or investment house (Advantageous)
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite

Other

• Own insured transport, cell phone and valid driver’s license
• Willingness to undertake business travel across Gauteng
• Ability to conduct meetings online (Zoom / Microsoft Teams)

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.

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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 experience
• Minimum 3 years within the Financial Services industry
• Industry related NQF 5 - 120 credits (Advantageous)
• RE accreditation (Advantageous)

Location

• Sandton
• Pretoria
• Vereeniging
• Bloemfontein
• Cape Town
• Klerksdorp
• Gqeberha
• Pietermaritzburg
• Durban

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Key Purpose

Guide, manage, and maintain testing activities across VRSA Systems landscape .To manage the day-to-day testing activities and deliverables by applying test strategy, test plans and managing resources for Release Quality and timeous delivery.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Provide effort estimate to key stakeholders
• Defect management and reporting
• Management and delivery from a testing perspective
• Cross team sharing processes and tools
• Balancing resource allocations across teams
• Recruitment and hiring
• In depth product knowledge
• Contribute to and execute test strategy
• Define, Own and execute Test Plan
• Define, own and execute Testing Process
• Review Analysis of requirements, regression tests, root causes and scope for Automation
• Identify gaps in requirements & provide guidance
• Ensure comprehensive test scenarios and accompanying data permutations to facilitate optimal test coverage
• Effectively manage the upstream and downstream pipeline for the testing effort
• Monitor test case execution
• Identify potential risks
• Ensure that all Test processes are completed before go live
• Ensure confluence page check list is updated correctly
• Identify improvements in process, people, and technology
• Mentor juniors team members and provide required support
• Communicate clearly, constructively, and effectively
• Build relationships with other members of the team and the business
• Transfer knowledge and actively participating in building a testing knowledge base
• Attend squad meetings together with the leads to offer support and guidance
• Coaching of team members for performance, and coaching on management, leadership and career development
• Participating in MANCO, planning/strategy sessions, reporting
• Conducting forecasts, sizing and estimates on delivery initiatives and plans
• Managing of vendors that supply specialized services
• Performance management of own team (objective setting, feedback, appraisals, incentives and bonuses, addressing poor performance).
• Manage Test Cost Centre and associated budgets

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Behavioural Competencies:
• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Drives Results
• Problem Solver

Additional attributes:

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Accurate
• Ability to grasp concepts quickly
• Excellent written and verbal business communication skills
• An ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
• Proactive
• Must be willing to work overtime when required (including weekends where necessary)
• An openness to work with others and build on team input.
• Must have pride in their work and a desire to deliver perfection at all times. Quality is non-negotiable
• Able to establish a collaborative relationship with the systems area
• The individual must have a strong desire for self-learning
• Good work ethic

Education and Experience

Education:

• Matric
• Agile Tester Extension (Advantageous)
• IT related national diploma or tertiary degree
• Testing related certification -ISTQB

Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in the Systems Testing industry
• 3+ years of experience as a Test Lead
• 1+ year of test management experience (Advantageous)

Knowledge:

• Project management
• Experience in Agile testing methodologies
• Experience in JIRA and Quality Centre
• Defect Management Tools (HP Quality Center, Atlassian JIRA, Bugzilla, IBM Rational ClearQuest, etc.)
• Testing Web based applications
• Testing Message based systems
• Testing Desktop applications
• Testing Back-end
• Testing Mobile applications
• SQL
• Scripting in VBScript, Groovy, Python, or JavaScript will be advantageous
• Selenium (will be advantageous)

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Key Purpose

The primary element of this role is to provide support to the Conservation (Retentions) Strategy team by completing data extraction and analysis, which informs strategy development and implementation.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Extract data and analyze to determine key trends in Distribution, product take-up, lapses, Vitality engagement and other areas
•  Brainstorming and researching new and emerging fields to provide input for innovative solutions
• Utilize technical product knowledge, including understanding of competitors, to identify business opportunities
• Motivate and support Conservation (Retentions) related initiatives within different prioritization forums, drive implementation thereof in a timely and effective manner
• Set up and check monitoring to determine effectiveness of strategy; to determine updates to current strategies and drive further strategies

Education and Experience

Essential:

• Matric with Mathematics
• Relevant Bachelor’s/Honours degree in Actuarial Science from an accredited institution
• At least 6 or more exams passed
• At least one year of working experience as an Actuarial Analyst in the Life Insurance industry

Advantageous:

• Qualified Actuary
• At least 6 months of working experience as an Actuarial Analyst in the Financial Services Industry
• One to two years’ post-qualification experience as an Actuary within the Life Insurance industry

Technical Skills and Knowledge

Essential:

• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook
• Effective communications skills
• Strong data analysis skills
• Problem Solving skills

Advantageous:

• Knowledge of the Life Insurance market
• Experience in coding, monitoring and reporting

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.

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Key Purpose

Design and implement robust, scalable and optimally performing systems using Java related technologies, according to provided specifications, standards and procedures, while ensuring compliance with the architectural standards and guidelines laid out by Discovery.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Design:

• Translate business requirements into technical designs adhering to Discovery Insure processes, standards and guidelines, taking cognisance of performance, security and scalability requirements. Deliver within agreed timeframes.
• Liaise with relevant parties where clarification of business requirements or resolution to technical issues is needed
• Research and find effective solutions to technical issues that arise
• Estimate development timelines based on business requirements

Development:

• Construct robust, maintainable, scalable, optimally performing system code in line with technical specifications, following prescribed process, standards and procedures. Deliver within agreed timeframes
• Conduct unit testing and fix any defects found

Testing:

• Verify build stability and quality with development team before releasing to test team, aiming to release with zero defects
• Assist the Business analyst in ensuring the test pack includes relevant scenarios and test data.
• Consult and assist in reviewing risk / impact of defects found in testing, and assist with fixing where necessary

Support / Troubleshooting:

• Assist system users with technical support issues and handle according to defined procedures
• Ability to effectively analyse root cause of system errors (data errors, performance and stability issues)

Mentoring / Team development:

• Actively coach other developers to understand and apply the Insure coding and architectural standards correctly, as well as any technologies in use
• Perform code review to ensure logical correctness, maintainability, scalability, performance, compliance with architectural standards and frameworks
• Assist in identifying training needs of team members

Personal development:

• Keep abreast of current technological trends and how these might be applied in the Discovery environment
• Constant improvement of knowledge of the various applications, their functionalities and data models

General:

• Ability to communicate clearly, constructively and effectively. Easily able to follow and participate in technical, business process, and other discussions
• Able to build business relationships with other members of team and the business areas we support.

Personal Attributes and Skills

Technical Competencies

• Excellent understanding of Object Orientated principals and Java language fundamentals
• Knowledge of commonly used design patterns
• Broad understanding of how to put together an EE-based business solution from scratch
• EJB
• HTML
• JSF
• JQuery
• JAXB
• SOAP Web services
• Message Driven Beans
• UML
• XML/XSD
• SQL 

Behavioural Skills:

• Action orientated go-getter, hungry to learn and add real value
• Structured and analytical problem solver: Obsessive about finding solutions to problems: action oriented problem solver.
• Able to plan, organise and prioritize own work
• Able to multitask
• Able to work independently
• Team player: reliable, works actively with others towards common goal, communicates constructively, shares information, knowledge and experience, treats others in a respectful and supportive manner

Education and Experience

Essential:

• 6+ years’ experience in Java development with exposure to core competencies listed

Advantageous Experience

• REST Web services
• JSON
• Business Process Management Tools
• Apache Camel
• Apache Webserver Configuration
• JBOSS Configuration
• CSS
• GIT
• Integrated Build Tools
• HTML 5
• Knowledge of Short Term Insurance industry

Working knowledge of:

• Software development within SDLC
• Unit Testing
• Data modelling and design of database structures
• BSc Computer Science /Information Systems degree
• Formal Java qualification

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What you will do

The successful applicant will be working within a highly specialized and growing team to enable delivery of advanced analytics capability.

Responsibilities will include:

• Work comfortably with structured and unstructured data in a variety of different programming languages such as SQL, R, python, Java etc
• Work collaboratively as part of team engaging with system architects, data scientists and business in a healthcare context
• Connecting with a multitude of stakeholders to understand the data, systems, and analytical architecture in a healthcare context
• Present data and model findings in a way that provides actionable insights
• Technical analysis and reporting deliverables produced by the analytics unit
• Producing regular monitoring reports, as well as detailed investigations
• Work with a range of stakeholders to ensure to present and apply insights effectively in the environment
• Improve processes and analytical outcomes where opportunities arise

What skills you will need

Technical skills core:

• Excellent conceptual and technical ability
• Excellent communications, both written and verbal
• Ability to extract insights from data to guide decision making
• Experience working on large and complex datasets
• Experience in using SQL, MS Office
• Experience in programming languages such as R, Python etc beneficial

Behavioural skills:

• A passion for data exploration and complex healthcare environment
• Self-starter
• Willingness to learn and grow exponentially
• A restless curiosity towards data and uncovering unknown correlations
• Ability to work cohesively in a team environment and balance multiple priorities
• A team player who can work alone when required and without supervision
• High level of attention to detail, resilience, enthusiasm, energy and drive
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Ethical and able to maintain confidentiality and manage boundaries
• Aligned to Discovery values and core purpose

Professional Qualifications & Experience

• Honour's or Master’s degree in either Data Science, Statistics, or Applied Mathematics
• Statistical and Healthcare experience is beneficial
• Other qualifications will also be considered if accompanied by the relevant 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.

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Where you would add value

Performing the role of a Systems Development Manager and act as a technical owner of product delivery. Managing relationships with Business Product Owners and external clients to ensure that business objectives are reflected in the technical processes which they manage. Managing and leading several streams of IT specialists and scheduling in the SDLC process. Managing a set of projects (potentially across teams). Ensuring that the software products remain adaptive to emerging client needs in its lifetime.

How you would make a difference

Development delivery and support specific software products

• Contribute to product strategies

Client relationship management and networking

• Ensuring alignment to business requirements from different stakeholders
• Building trust with clients by displaying managerial competence
• Understanding business requirements, business strategy and direction, risks, impact, and mitigation.
• Participating in different forums (MANCO, workshops/JAD sessions, reporting)
• Acting as consultant to internal and external clients
• Interfacing to other teams where required

Project Management

• Management of activities within SDLC (Acting as the process owner)
• Participating and enabling the business deliverables prioritization process
• Scheduling and prioritizing tasks and resources
• Capacity management for the teams
• Project budget tracking and management
• Taking ownership of issues and driving to resolution
• Adherence to Quality, Standards, SLA’s and SDLC standards

Human Capital Management

• Team management
• Capacity planning
• Driving skills development
• Mentoring/Coaching of team members
• Recruitment and Vendor management
• Conflict management
• Performance management
• Developing high performing teams – build quality products, delivering customer value in fast paced environment

What you need to be successful

• Tertiary Degree (B. Engineer, B.Com, BSc in information systems or computer science)
• Knowledge of ITIL, CMMI, PCMM
• Any Project Management or Scrum Master certifications will add value (CSM / PSM / CSPO / PSPO / PMP)
• Any Agile Certification (SAFe – highly preferred)
• Minimum 3 – 5 years’ experiences in software development for large commercial entities and demonstrated leadership capability
• Experience in managing a software product development team essential
• Project Management knowledge and experience
• Understanding of software development principles
• Experience in Health Insurance
• ITIL services framework
• Leading diverse teams
• Knowledge in Agile management tools, techniques, and systems
• Exposure to a Pre-Sales environment including RFP’s
• Strong consulting experience and business acumen
• Business experience and product knowledge
• Exposure and knowledge of industry standards and legislation

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.