Current Vacancies at Hollard Insurance

Key roles/responsibilities

• Use research and analytical skills to deliver strategic insights as part of the Market Intelligence hub of the group
• Support the establishment and cascading of Group Goals
• Support the Group businesses and enablement functions on their strategy formulation, taking into account our Beacons as well as Pan-African and global considerations
• Drive execution of key strategic initiatives, providing executive updates to the appropriate forums where necessary
• Support incubation of new business

Required Experience

• Experience in the insurance industry highly advantageous
• Pan-African exposure preferable

Required skills/capabilities/competencies/knowledge

• Strategic/logical thinking
• Business/Financial analytic ability
• Market research skills
• Excellent communication skills (including Facilitation/Presentation)
• Visualisation of concepts
• Pan-African view, Mid-Long term view
• Resilience, Agility, Innovative

Educational Requirements

• University graduate (post graduate) with commercial or similar Honours degree
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the finance industry, strategy, consulting, or corporate development is essential

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Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain the Executive’s diary, setup and arrange meetings, liaise with internal and external parties requiring ad hoc audience with the Executive.
• Ensure that preparation has been made for all meetings.
• Maintain a 12-month corporate calendar for all formal meetings – weekly, monthly Excos, (noting the reporting cycles of key partners, HINT and Manzillo), plus HH strategy session. Included is to ensure our in-country partners in Africa   also have structured partnership meetings with Health set up (with meeting packs etc.) and that they get reminded of these sessions.
• Meeting notes / packs / documents have been received well in advance.
• Time has been scheduled for preparation.
• Ensure busy diary commitments, papers, and travel arrangements are managed effectively.
• Manage a daily folder with diary, necessary papers, reports, and memoranda for immediate attention.
• Conduct weekly diary meetings with the Executive to discuss upcoming engagements, invitations, and other requests.
• Schedule meetings for HH Executive team – between them and with teams, clients, committees, partners etc.
• Coordinate travel and accommodation requirements in connection with others.
• Filter general information, queries, phone calls and invitations to the Executive by redirecting.
• Ensure that the Executive is fully prepared for all engagements.
• Keep and maintain an accurate record of papers, notes, and electronic correspondence.
• Prepare business correspondence on behalf of the Executive, including the drafting of general replies.
• Minute general meetings as required and research matters on behalf of the Executive.
• Ensure guests meeting with the Executive are assisted and their needs addressed.
• Provide a service that is in line with the Executive’s work habits and preferences.
• Ensure that the calendar for the year ahead is comprehensively planned with the Executive covering daily / weekly / monthly and quarterly meetings.
• Ensure all deadlines are met and formally escalated to the Executive.
• Responsible to ensure that proper electronic recordings, action points, and signed minutes are produced and saved/filed in the Executive’s records.
• It is important to ensure that there is strict adherence to deadlines, and accountability to ensure that all standing information is required by the Executive on deadline.
• Attend to personal matters of the Executive (if required) in the strictest confidence.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• 10 plus years - Demonstrable experience in an administration/executive assistant/PA role in a highly pressurised environment requiring tact, judgment, and discretion in handling internal and external contacts (essential).
• Experience of diary management/researching and booking of travel and accommodation (essential).
• Experience of successfully working with senior management (essential).
• Organization skills: Well-organized, able to handle a number of different tasks simultaneously.
• Strong ability to follow detailed methodologies.  
• Capability to effectively multitask and strong co-ordination and planning skills. Strong ability to prioritize.
• Decision-making: Analytically evaluating information in a systematic manner to solve problems and make effective decisions. Detail orientated.
• Teamwork: Co-operates and works well with others in the pursuit of team goals; shares information; supports others
• Client orientation: Identifies and addresses the needs of internal and/or external clients appropriately and speedily.
• Interpersonal impact: Builds trusting relationships between individuals and teams through open and honest communication.
• Work & self-management: Displays energy, drive, and initiative to achieve personal and/or team objectives. Manages & completes    agreed tasks, on time, to required standard and overcoming obstacles.   Ability to handle last minute changes.   Well-presented / representative of Hollard’s image.
• Communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written forms.

Other: 

• Demonstrate common sense, self-motivation, with a can-do take-charge approach.

Educational Requirements

• Demonstrable experience is more important, but the following is a minimum:
• Matric and relevant Certificate or Diploma in secretarial field.
• Proficient in MS Office and relevant software programmes.

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Key Responsibilities 

Marketing and Technical Marketing:

• Formulate, communicate and execute a marketing and communication plan for the business across all client touchpoints.
• Drive the creation of content for technical marketing material, editorial and insight/viewpoint pieces;
• Management of media and social media presence, including the production of videos, webinars and podcasts that support the business objectives of the various sales channels.
• Construction and delivery of weekly, monthly and quarterly client investment and economic communications including liaison with the investment team on research reports and investment commentary, when required.
• Responsible for public relations content editing / approval for the company’s division and coordinating media activity with spokespeople;
• General input on group projects that require a technical marketing and client experience consideration.
• Successful applicant will be required to brief the creative marketing team to deliver quality marketing outputs for the client group within agreed time frames and on budget;
• Assist with planning and running of HI client events and HI representation at relevant industry events;

Distribution support:

• Drive business development / distribution of the HI Funds and Products by supporting consultants with their client engagements where necessary;
• Provide the business with client introductions and play a supportive role in creating awareness of the Hollard offering, where you hold existing relationships.
• Play a supportive role in building the distribution capability for the business including the formulation, execution and monitoring of respective company retail channel strategies;
• Will be responsible for researching organisations and individuals, attending relevant conferences, meetings and industry events to find new opportunities for the business;

Knowledge & Skills:

• In depth knowledge of Financial products and funds and Economic markets.
• Strong understanding / knowledge of the various distribution channels, financial advisors across these channels.
• Technical Marketing knowledge and skills
• Possess a keen eye for detail; and are able to write in plain easy language; ‘simple, clear, easy to understand’
• Business development acumen and orientation

Experience: 

• 10+ years’ experience in a similar or related role
• Investment Industry experience essential
• Educational Requirements
• B-Comm (Investments)
• B Comm (Marketing)