Fresh Jobs at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• Oversee and manage the claims team in order to administer and validate claims and assist with queries and payments for personal lines insurance.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Ensure departmental targets are met by driving strategy and key business initiatives
• Implement new systems and enhancements and provide training on these to staff
• Set targets and deadlines to achieve operational efficiency, quality and optimal call center service levels
• Resolve escalated queries and complaints
• Monitor and submit monthly claims reports and performance statistics
• Daily operations of claims environment
• Manage claims cost and loss ratio

Personal Attributes And Skills
T he successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies :

• Personal lines Short term insurance
• Claims validations
• Risk Management
• Reinsurance
• Proficient in written and spoken English
• Facilitation
• Reporting
• Call centre management
• Resilience

Education And Experience

• Matric
• 5 Years’ Short term insurance claims experience (Essential)
• 3 Years’ Short term insurance call centre management experience (Essential)
• Degree (Advantageous)

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Key Purpose

• Designs, develops, and implements Android mobile applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, writes code and performs unit and functional testing of software. Contributes to the overall architecture and standards of the group, acts as an SME and plays a software governance role. Android developers 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 Java 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

Senior Android developers 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

Personal Attributes And Skills

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

Education And Experience

• Matric. A diploma or degree in IT would be advantageous

Experience Required

• 4 years of proven experience as an iOS developer
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Experience with software development in a test-driven environment
• Excellent understanding and application of design principles
• Familiar with UML
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Excellent communication skills and being able to work independently or in a full team
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude
• Attention to detail
• Have worked on at least 1 app published in the App or Play Store
• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• XCode
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)
• iOS
• UML
• XML, JSON
• SOAP and REST Web Service Development
• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques

Advantageous

• 2+ year user interface analyst experience
• Java related degree/qualification
• Honours degree
• Business experience and product knowledge

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Key Purpose

• Designs, develops, and implements Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, writes code and performs unit and functional testing of software. Contributes to the overall architecture and standards of the group, acts as an SME and plays a software governance role.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Work closely with business analysts to analyse and understand the business requirements and business case, in order to produce simple, cost effective and innovative solution designs.
• Implement the designed solutions in the required development language (typically Java) in accordance with the Vitality Group standards, processes, tools and frameworks.
• Testing the quality of produced software thoroughly through participation in code reviews, the use of static code analysis tools, creation and execution of unit tests, functional regression tests, load tests and stress tests and evaluating the results of performance metrics collected on the software.
• Participate in feasibility studies, proof of concepts, JAD sessions, estimation and costing sessions, evaluate and review programming methods, tools and standards, etc.
• Maintain the system in production and provide support in the form of query resolution and defect fixes
• Prepare the necessary technical documentation including payload definitions, class diagrams, activity diagrams, ERDs, operational and support documentation, etc.
• Driving the skills development of team members, coaching of team members for performance and coaching on career development, recruitment, staff training, performance management, etc.

Personal Attributes And Skills

• Customer-service orientation
• Concern for order
• Self-control
• Flexibility
• High standards for delivery
• Professionalism
• Teamwork and co-operation
• Self-driven
• Proactive
• Overtime will be required from time to time.
• Standby will be required on a rotational cycle.

Education And Experience
Minimum Education: 

• Matric. A diploma or degree in IT would be advantageous.

Specific Skills: 

• Learning orientation
• Structured and analytical problem solving
• Prioritization, planning and organizing