Current Jobs at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose 

• To lead the talent ambition of attracting and recruiting the absolute best person for every role at Discovery 

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to 

• Benchmark and design best in class acquisition strategies, processes and systems in partnership with Heads of People, Center of Excellence/Expertise (COE) and business leaders. 
• Lead the talent acquisition and employer brand function working in close collaboration with Heads of People and Business Leaders to support them in shaping their acquisition and employer brand strategies. 
• Enable a memorable high quality candidate experience through the acquisition process: leverage data and feedback from surveys to continuously improve on the experience,  
• Elevate the company’s visibility as the employer of choice through amplifying the talent brand and EVP using the relevant sourcing and attraction channels. 
• Lead the talent acquisition function, COE and business teams to be brand ambassadors, identifying opportunities to build the Discovery brand;  
• Source and implement relevant tools to ensure the engagement of passive and active candidates for current and future business needs. 
• Develop and utilize metrics and reporting to ensure productivity and effectiveness of recruiting efforts. 
• Identify and manage external vendors and suppliers for candidate sourcing for the organization; contribute to vendor and agency selection contract negotiation and relationship management. 
• Build strong and dynamic relationships with the business and guide them on the agreed process and governance in place. 
• Lead and support the centre of expertise specialists and Business Unit Acquisition/Recruitment team members in building their capability, supporting growth and development.   

Key Competency Areas: 

Values Driven:  

• Committed to integrity and ethics in business 
• Behaves consistently with Discovery Values 

Optimistic:  

• Motivated by a positive future 
• Energized by challenges 

Learns on the Fly: 

• Embraces the unfamiliar 
• Experiments to find solutions 

Resilient:  

• Recovers quickly from setbacks 
• Grows from negative experiences 

Instils trust: 

• Follows through on commitments 

People Savvy:  

• High EQ with low ego 
• Works well with internal and external stakeholders 

Drives Results:  

• Energizes self and others to achieve 
• Consistently exceeds goals 

Problem Solver:  

• Looks beyond the obvious 
• Finds sustainable solutions 

Personal Attributes and Skills 

• Personally credible: Builds and delivers professionalism through combining commercial and HR expertise to bring value to the organisation, stakeholders and peers: 
• Considers how best to add value and ensures own expertise is sufficiently developed to do so.  
• Shows enthusiasm to broaden own experience, knowledge, skills and self-insight 
• Passes on own skills to others, sharing knowledge and experience readily. 
• Accepts and acts on feedback on own performance, reacting appropriately to both constructive criticism and praise.  
• Offers sensible, impartial advice and is considered as wise counsel.  
• Role Model: Acts with integrity, impartiality and independence, balancing personal, organisation and legal parameters.  
• Has a deep sense of own core values and operates within personal boundaries. 
• Consistently acts according to organisational and legal principles and agreed processes 
• Delivers to expectations and promises  
• Accepts responsibility and takes remedial and developmental action when mistakes are made.  
• Deals with personal data and information in a highly professional manner and within the boundaries of relevant legislation.  

Education and Experience 

• Relevant 3 year degree and / or post graduate qualification 
• Minimum 7- 10 years recruitment experience 
• Proven experience and successful track record in leading a Recruitment and/or Talent Management function 
• Experience in formulating talent acquisition strategies, processes and systems 

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Key Purpose

• To Service & Support the Discovery Business in a 24-hour operation by maintaining the availability and performance of the enterprise Database infrastructure systems in accordance with the business Service Level Agreements

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Operational user requests
• Account creations and management thereof
• Change Management - Implementation of infrastructure changes to business system servers
• Patch Management, OS upgrades etc.
• Server/system administration
• Good trouble shooting skills and working with Vendor support to resolve if required
• Server setup and deployment
• Monitoring of system availability and utilization and reporting thereof
• Monitor system performance continuously throughout the environment and identify any potential threshold breach- with corrective escalation management procedures to be followed.
• Ability to commission new servers
• Projects
• Involvement with basic tasks of project work.
• Project scoping and planning

Personal Attributes and Skills

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

Education and Experience

• Oracle Solaris Advanced Administration
• Linux Intermediate Administration
• Oracle Solaris Administration (3 – 5 years)
• RHEL Administration (3 – 5 years)
   

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Key Purpose

• Within the Health Benefit Solutions system area, the Java developer must work together with Business Analyst, 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 codes. 
• The Java Developer will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support. 
• The Java Developer in the Claims and Care area must be technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

The successful candidate will be required to perform but not limited to the following key outputs in respect of the Health Benefit Solutions portfolio:

• The system development life cycle and involvement in each stage the defined system development tools, processes and workflows 
• Part of the team in distinguishing between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them 
• Delivery of high quality source code and the technologies used and the systems components structure 
• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality 
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency 
• Perform accurate development estimation 
   

Competencies

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies:

• Software release management 
• Solution Design and Implementation 
• Software testing and Test Driven development 
• Software deployment and maintenance 
• Change control 
• Time management and prioritization 
• 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 

Education and Experience

• BSc Computer Science or equivalent 3-year IT qualification
• 3+ source code Java (version 8) development experience (support and maintenance)
• Deep understanding of the SpringBoot Framework, Hibernate
• WebLogic, JBoss Application Server experience  
• Presentation layer development (JSP, JavaScript, Angular 6, JQuery)
• SOAP, REST, XML, XSLT, Web Services experience  
• Maven, ANT build scripts
• JMS, Tibco EMS experience  
• Java Batch Scheduling (Flux, Quartz) experience 
• Knowledge with Business Rules Management Frameworks and continuous integration
• Experience with DevOps (Atlassian Suite) and Linux (L5, LVS, Apache) 
• Experience with containerization virtual systems (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker)
• Exposure to an agile methodology driven environment
• Experience in the delivery and deployment of projects within the SDLC within a high pressure complex environment 

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Key Purpose  

• Primarily handling Problem Incidents on the SNOW(Service Now) system raised by the Problem Management team (though may encompass other channels such as email or face to face interaction) by using knowledge of Discovery Health products, rules and systems to determine the validity of the reported issue. To facilitate this, the use and/or creation of ad hoc SQL / PLSQL reports to identify scope and risk of correctly reported problems is required. If issue is not a training issue or a known system function, then log this issue with the appropriate steam in the HBS / or even broader DHS team for correction with the BA/ Developer involved in the project/change. Impact analysis of said problem is also required.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:  

• Problem analysis and investigation of reported problems using technical tools eg: SQL
• Clear up ambiguity regarding a problem by using in depth analysis 
• If required, revert to stakeholders if technical issues require business decisions to proceed and answer any queries from the development team.  
• Identify the cause of unexpected system errors and run the Impact analysis 
• Liaise directly with developers and development managers to arrive at solutions 
• Solution proposal

Personal Attributes and Skills
Behavioral skills

• Tenacity, Stress management, Persuasion, Client orientated, Analytical thinker

Technical Skills

• Analytical, Troubleshooting techniques, Business writing (reports) and presentations

Education and Experience 

• Matric and/or relevant IT qualification
• Oracle SQL/PLSQL
• Product knowledge and understanding of the IT environment
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in an IT environment or Health Insurance Industry
• Understand SDLC process
• Technical knowledge of MS Office, CA (preferable) and Paradigm (preferable

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Key Purpose   

• Within the Health Benefit Solutions area, the Business Analyst must work to understand the overall business need, define the requirements, document the requirements using various approaches such as use cases then decompose the requirements to a sufficient level of detail allowing the implementation team to take action.   
• The Business Analyst will support the project throughout the project lifecycle and will manage the release as well as post release monitoring.   
• The Business Analyst in the Benefit Solutions area must be technically minded and be able to understand basic development principles.  

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:  

The successful candidate will be required to perform but not limited to the following key outputs in respect of the Health Benefit Solutions:  

• Run a requirements gathering/JAD workshop to gather new requirements   
• Document business requirement specifications under supervision of a Senior BA   
• Accurately document functional requirements specifications clearly defining project objectives   
• Construct complex process models and can create UML models   
• Execute user acceptance or system testing   
• Resolve requirements conflict through effective stakeholder engagement   
• Present options and recommendations to stakeholders   
• Offer support and guidance to junior business analysts   
• Identify and document project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies   
• Identify and perform process improvement work   
• Perform quality assurance of business analysis deliverables   

Competencies  

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies:  

• Project Management  
• Requirements development  
• Change control  
• Release management  
• Solution development  
• Software Testing  
• Analytical thinking and conflict management  
• Personal organisation and time management skills   
• Business writing skills and presentation and facilitation skills   
• Communication skills (written, verbal/presenting and listening)   
• Stress management skills and negotiation skills   
• Problem Solving  
• Deadline driven  
• Innovative  
• Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels   

Education and Experience  

• Diploma in Business Analysis, BSc Information Systems or am equivalent 3-year IT qualification.  
• 5 years ‘experience as a Business Analyst   
• Certification in UML and BPMN course  
• Experience in PL/SQL   
• Experience in Testing, Process mapping and UML modelling. 
• Requirements analysis experience  

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Job Purpose

• Responsible to transfer the correct product, processing, legislative, behavioral and systems knowledge to staff, ensuring they are adequately prepared to function in the various Discovery Commissions positions. Accountable for the creation, design, and development of training content and e-learning course’s using the various Software programs available.

 Key Outputs may include but are not limited to:

• Facilitation of training interventions and training-related projects that arise within the Commissions team.
• Manage the yearly training plan to ensure all deliveries are met in the required timeframe and adhoc updates are regularly added.
• To assist with identifying leadership and staff development needs and facilitate sessions accordingly aligned to the business strategy.
• Design, develop and report on on-line courses on relevant Software and Systems as per needs analysis.
• Assessment development: develop both written and online assessments i.e., monthly incentive assessments and Induction assessments ensuring quality assurance is done prior to go-live.
• Capture training stats monthly to ensure compliance with Skills Development requirements and compile learning stats and reports.
• Develop and update learning material and information, ensuring Pinpoint and all content platforms are maintained and updated.
• Manage the full function of Business Unit induction training monthly from design and development to ensuring staff are competent and meeting is objectives.
• Deliver adhoc training requests and assist with other adhoc training admin functions.
• To ensure that all Training admin pre and post training sessions are compiled and reported on and saved for record keeping.

 Job / Role Requirements

• Matric
• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Advanced MS Office Skills
• E-learning software development Knowledge/Certification
• 3- 4 years’ experience in a Training consultant role at a senior level

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Key Purpose

• Understanding the business requirements, and through a structured process documenting, validating and translating it into functional specifications that are used by developers to craft a technical solution. Testing and validating the functionality of the technical solution against the business requirements. Interfacing between the business client and the development team with regards to the business and functional requirements. Ensuring that the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution. Working with multiple business areas and multiple teams that require deep integration of solutions. Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, and acting as consultant on the application.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Business Case

• Assist business to articulate the benefits they wish to realize with the solution. Facilitating the development of a Business Case.

Product Requirements Specification (PRS)

• Design and validate the functional solution.
• This involves interpreting the CRS into a set of Product Requirements Specification (PRS).
• Apply knowledge of the system, interfaces and dependencies to highlight integration aspects that must be considered.
• Identify a set of stakeholders that need to be involved in creating and validating the PRS. Interview business and technical owners, as well as experienced members of the development team (Development Manager, Architect, Snr BA).
• Design a set of test cases/scripts, test scenario's and test data sets to accompany the PRS.
• Validate the PRS and Test Basket with the client and identified stakeholders and obtain sign-off.

Release Notes & Training Material

• Update and publish release notes related to the current system changes implemented, and notify impacted parties. Maintain and update the BRS and PRS with any added content.

Personal Attributes and Skills

Behavioral Skills

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

Technical Skills

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

Education and Experience

Minimum

• Informatics or other relevant degree
• 3 year business analyst experience
• Mobile App project delivery experience (Android and iOS)

Advantageous

• Dip.BA (FTI or equivalent)
• Business experience and product knowledge

Methodologies

• Agile

Tools

• Enterprise architect
• Visio
• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Processes

• ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)

Technologies

• SQL (Oracle and IBM Netezza)
• UML
• XML
• JSON

Other

• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques