Job Vacancies at Hollard Insurance

Job Advert Summary    
Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the scope of what needs to be delivered and translate these into project plans and schedules
• Conduct/Facilitate Project Planning sessions with project teams
• Develop Project Management Plans, Charters, Progress & Status Reports
• Manage and control the Project Risk and Issue Register
• Plan and control project schedules (plans) in line with timelines and target dates.
• Control project quality during and beyond project delivery and execution
• Manage, lead, allocate and control project teams and their deliverables (including external delivery partners)
• Conduct Project Weekly meetings and/or Stand-ups with all project team members
• Establish, manage and maintain relationships with stakeholders across the organisation including Senior and Executive Management
• Control project scope and manage scope change requests and conduct Project Closeout sessions
• Monitor, control and report on Project Budget and Expenditure
• Ensure compliance to the Project Management Governance Framework and supporting processes
• Accurate and regular reporting on assigned projects (Steercom and Exco Reports)

Required Knowledge and Experience   

• 5 - 8 years’ experience as a Project Manager in the IT environment managing projects from inception to closeout, preferably within the Financial Services sector
• Experience within Insurance advantageous
• Sound understanding of short-term insurance
• Working knowledge of both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong leadership, conflict resolution, analytical and problem solving skills

Educational Requirements    

• Matric
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information systems or equivalent
• PMP or any Project management qualification

Closing Date    
2023/08/11

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• You will support the Southern Africa Head of Sales in the execution of the formulated distribution strategies where the result will be actual sales to clients.  You will work either with the local in-country insurance partner or with the broker market both in-country or in South Africa. The outcome of which is the achievement of the sales targets as set annually.
• You will need to become very knowledgeable of the complete line of products/services as well as client issues and needs. Your primary focus lies with seeking out new clients (direct or through brokers) and working to achieve sales targets.  To be successful in this role you will support the Africa Head of Sales in actively seeking out new sales opportunities in the targeted territories and broker channels to obtain new accounts.

Key Responsibilities:

• You support the identification and development of concrete business opportunities by actively networking, maintaining useful contacts and establishing business relationships with prospective brokers/ clients.
• You support the preparation of presentations, proposals, and sales contracts.
• You support the negotiation/closing of deals, complaints, or objections.
• You support the local partner in sales and renewal negotiations.

Required Knowledge and Experience    

• You have minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in financial services/sales.
• You have a thorough knowledge of the English language - being able to speak a second or third language such as Portuguese or French, is a distinct advantage.
• You have a clear understanding of how the broker market operates.
• Knowledge of international health insurance plans in the African market would be an advantage.
• Exposure to commercial and sales dealings in African Countries over and above South Africa is an advantage.
• You get motivated by working with targets.
• You are developing commercial, networking, and negotiating skills as well as the ability to convince brokers, in country partners and employer groups of the quality of the proposed Hollard Health solutions.
• You enjoy travelling into the rest of Africa.
• You enjoy doing presentations.
• You are a fast learner with a passion for relationship sales.
• You must be self-motivated with a result driven approach and an admin related level of attention to detail. 
• You will be a member of a small team and as such, will also need to understand the team dynamics and contribute to Hollard Health achieving more than just the sales target (a team player).

Educational Requirements    

• Matric or equivalent qualification.
• A 3-year degree/diploma in a Sales / Marketing or a relevant field of study will be a distinct advantage.

Closing Date    
2023/08/08

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Job Advert Summary    

• Lead the design of innovative organisational development projects, programmes and implement strategic learning solutions for the various Group Job Families. Focus on building capability that will enable and promote the delivery of the Group strategy, build learning capabilities for a future fit organisation through digital enablement and a comprehensive universal skills gap analysis; working closely with Talent Management to realise the full potential of the talent in the organisation. Draft learning policies to regulate learning and development across each function.  Ensure all learning solutions are aligned with the overall Hollard Learning & Talent strategy. Lead and promote embedding a learning culture by animating industry best practice, ensuring return on investment and building a skills-based workforce. Provide thought leadership and guidance to Hollardites, Group Business leadership and Human Capital Advisors regarding learning strategy and solutions that will enable a future fit talent within a high performance culture.

Required Knowledge and Experience    

• 5+ years’ experience managing a Learning function
• Insurance industry experience advantageous

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop and deploy a Group wide Learning Group Strategy for each function
• Provide strategic input to the Group Exco and BU People Strategy
• Develop and deploy Group and BU/Functional Induction Programme, Competency Framework and fit-for-purpose career progression solutions
• Learning Plans developed/implemented/measured to Business Strategic Objectives and Imperatives
• Provide input and support Group Talent Management for each job family
• Meet all regulatory requirements and assist with compliance (i.e TCF and accreditation training, BN194 etc)
• Critical skills defined and learning plans agreed with Business and HR Business Partner
• Define Business benefit per programme for each function – intervention to demonstrate/measure business value (ROI)
• Learning Dashboard (reporting) agreed and deployed in respectivejob family areas with the job family leads
• Learning budget and management of the training spend scorecard.
• Collaborate with Partners and Group Senior Management to execute initiatives to assist competence in our Partners.
• Drive technology to develop and acquire state of the art and cost saving learning initiatives.
• Draft learning policies for Hollard Group

Educational Requirements    

• Bachelor’s Degree - Learning & Development (or equivalent). Post graduate degree highly advantageous
• EDTP Professional Qualification

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Job Advert Summary    

• Lead the design of innovative organisational development projects, programmes and implement strategic learning solutions for the various common Group learning objectives (leadership, onboarding, Group wide competencies and compliance). Focus on building capability that will enable and promote the delivery of the Group strategy, build learning capabilities for a future fit organisation through digital enablement and a comprehensive universal skills gap analysis; working closely with Talent Management to realise the full potential of the talent in the organisation. Draft learning policies to regulate learning and development across each BU.  Ensure all learning solutions are aligned with the overall Hollard Learning & Talent strategy. Lead and promote embedding a learning culture by animating industry best practice, ensuring return on investment and building a skills-based workforce. Provide thought leadership and guidance to Hollardites, Group Business leadership and Human Capital Advisors regarding learning strategy and solutions that will enable a future fit talent within a high performance culture.

Required Knowledge and Experience    

• 5+ years’ experience managing a Learning function
• Insurance industry experience advantageous

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop and deploy a Group wide Learning Group Strategy for each general and leadership capabilities.
• Provide strategic input to the Group Exco and BU People Strategy.
• Develop and deploy Group and BU/Functional Induction Programme, Competency Framework and fit-for-purpose career progression solutions.
• Learning Plans developed/implemented/measured to Business Strategic Objectives and Imperatives.
• Provide input and support Group Talent Management for group wide leadership pipeline.
• Meet all regulatory requirements and assist with compliance (i.e TCF and accreditation training, BN194 etc).
• Critical skills defined and learning plans agreed with Business and HR Business Partner
• Define Business benefit per programme for each BU – intervention to demonstrate/measure business value (ROI).
• Learning Dashboard (reporting) agreed and deployed in respective capabilities across the group.
• Learning budget and management of the training spend scorecard.
• Collaborate with Partners and Group Senior Management to execute initiatives to assist competence in our Partners.
• Drive technology to develop and acquire state of the art and cost saving learning initiatives.
• Draft learning policies for Hollard Group
• Engage with Group Exco and BU leadership on learning plans, monitoring and execution against targets and plans

Educational Requirements    

• Bachelor’s Degree -  Learning & Development (or equivalent). Post graduate degree highly advantageous
• EDTP Professional Qualification

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• Hollard Health is looking for a passionate, energetic and self-motivated UI/UX Developer Graduate with proven experience in UI/UX design.
• Ensure delivery of user interfaces required for African roll-out of applications and websites.
• Support the delivery of the front-end team.
• Develop and maintain innovative solutions to meet business and integration requirements.
• Provide technical support relating to improvements, defects, and user issues in the company in-house software.
• Participate in every aspect of the development life cycle.
• Engage with copywriters and brand ambassadors, to update all external facing websites, media, marketing and social media.
• Build quick prototypes and wireframes to convey the vision of user interfaces.
• Ensure adherence to the brand and brand guidelines.
• Ensure consistency and usability in all user interfaces.
• Provide support and guidance to developers of other levels and/or disciplines.
• Participate in code-reviews and deployments.
• Ensure all work is logged and maintained using the Repos in Azure DevOps.

Required Knowledge and Experience   

• Knowledge of C#, SQL, Blazor, React, Node, Bootstrap and front-end frameworks.
• Demonstratable Experience in UI/UX design and optimisation.
• Good knowledge of Mathematics, Insurance, and Health Care.

Technical skills:

• Experience in styling, skinning, and building of user interfaces, using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and other frameworks.
• Experience in designing interfaces for usability and friendliness.

Behavioural Skills:

• Curious.
• Extreme willingness to learn.
• Customer and User-Centric.
• Attention to detail.
• Motivated and Self-Driven.
• Ability to Work Under Pressure and Deliver Against Project Timelines.
• Artistic eye for design.
• Ability to think creatively.
• Team spirit; must work well with a team, and
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders.

Educational Requirements    

• Relevant Tertiary IT Degree/Diploma in development from an industry-recognised training institution.
• Certification in UX/UI design preferable.
• Examples available of personal or professional websites.

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Job Advert Summary    
Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to drawing up Hollard Insure’s IT Strategy, based on business strategy, as well as giving input into Hollard overall strategy and product development and product development solutions.
• Primary responsible for defining technical solutions
• Design complex systems at the conceptual (business), component (logical) and infrastructure (physical) level
• Facilitate the development and evolution of the architecture and global governance processes
• Facilitate the process for approving architecture standards
• Research and development of new products, that are of competitor edge value to match or better our competitors. Products include but are not limited to; new systems, social media, artificial intelligence, and making using of the best or new systems, social media, artificial intelligence, and making using of the best or new technology
• Development of products for our partners and for their products to interface with policy holders
• Arbitrates disagreements among engineers, vendors, IT and Insurance specialists and make decisions where needed without damaging relationships

Required Knowledge and Experience  

• 8-10 years’ Experience with architecture framework and tools such as TOGAF, Zachman and ArchiMate
• 8-10 years’ Experience in relevant technologies (particularly Microsoft technologies), development, design, architecture and modeling processes
• Domain knowledge of insurance, reinsurance systems and pertinent technologies
• Software development background
• Stakeholder engagement & Strong leadership skills

Educational Requirements    

• Matric
• Relevant degree/diploma, in a technical discipline such as Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent

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Job Purpose

• The Legal Advisor supports the Hollard Life Solutions business with managing legal risk and providing sound legal advice. 

Job responsibility

• Provide appropriate, proactive legal advice through the interpretation of regulation, acts and other appropriate standards and policies.
• Interpret all new legislation and regulation and prepare high level impact analyses
• Identify, evaluate and advise on potential current or future legal risks
• Draft and review contracts to ensure that the contracts entered into by Hollard are effectively drafted, reviewed, interpreted, and vetted
• Review and sign off policy documents as requested by the business
• Provide legal opinion on all matters as instructed to ensure that the business’ interests are protected
• Litigation management
• Research and analyse the implications of case law, legislation and regulatory matters that affect the company
• Assist and advise on complaints and queries from the Ombudsman / Financial Sector Conduct Authority (previously the FSB) where matters are escalated to Legal

Required Knowledge and Experience  

• 3 years of experience in Legal in the Life Insurance Industry experience
• Customer: Daily behaviours and activities should be customer orientated. All customers internal & external to be treated fairly in all executions of duties.

Educational Requirements    

• LLB
• Admitted attorney of the High Court (Advantageous)

Closing Date    
2023/08/14