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Key Purpose

• Coaching eligible members by making use of interpersonal communication and related techniques designed to engage clients actively and safely in health behavior change about evidence based clinical strategies and interventions to better self-manage their health, health risks(s), and acute or chronic health conditions resulting in optimal wellness, improved health outcomes, lowered health risk, and decreased health care costs.

Key outputs

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to:

• Build a strong relationship between the Health Coach and Covered Persons/Members.

Create a strong sense of purpose.

• Analyse member’s conditions, set appropriate goals for such members and create a mutually agreed upon plan focusing key principle goals such as –
• Weight and diet
• Exercise
• Mental Wellbeing
• Condition management.
• Custom (any goal a member may have that varies from the above categories)
• Provide guidance on how to create habits/sustained changes.
• Scenario-plan so that the member can adapt in the moment.
• Assess the environment in which decisions are made and look for opportunities to make healthy decisions in the path of least resistance.
• Achieve tangible metrics that demonstrates improvements on measurable short-and and medium-term outcomes.
• Contacting eligible covered persons/members and explain the benefits of joining a respective programme with the intention of enrolling covered persons onto the programme.
• Effective planning and organization of scheduled coaching interactions to optimize utilization of their time, in addition to driving adherence to their goals.
• Apply best industry practice coaching principles and techniques throughout a member’s coaching journey which includes but are not limited to behavioural change, change management, motivational interviewing, reflective listening, self-efficacy, cognitive behavioural therapy, goal setting and overcoming barriers.
• Assist members with unlocking/accessing benefits available to them across the Discovery Group Platform.
• Assist with necessary interventions and or onward referrals in the management of complex/and or multiple conditions.
• Accurately capture, record and track interactions and outcomes with members throughout their coaching journey.
• Meet set targets as per the business objectives.

Competencies

• Written communication:  Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles, can get messages across that have the desired effect.
• Self-Development: Is personally committed to actively work on continuously improve him/herself; understands different situations and levels may call for different skills and approaches; works to deploy strengths; works on compensating for weakness and limits
• Action Oriented:  Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full or energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.
• Interpersonal Savvy:  Relates well to all kinds of people – up, down and side-ways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can defuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Customer Focus:  Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; get first-hand customer information and uses if for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Learning on the fly:  Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyses both successes and failures for clues to improvement.
• Time management:  Use his/her time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities, gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.

Qualification and Experience (essential)

• Clinical Qualification and registration with appropriate health professions body e.g. HPCSA, SANC, AHPCSA, SACSSP
• At least two years work experience in your profession
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Qualification and Experience (advantageous)

• Knowledge of Discovery and Vitality products, benefits, funding, and policy rules
• Coaching experience and or coaching qualification

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Key Purpose

• Work closely with a passionate development team to design, develop and maintain Java based solutions for a dynamic, multi-national company that sets the benchmark in its industry.
• Must be a team player and have the ability to work with both vertical and horizontal colleagues both in a formal and informal setting. 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Develop, test, and maintain high quality application software.
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues. 
• Assist with the production of technical specifications and designs.
• Promote new technologies and share knowledge within the team.  
• Recommend improvements to development processes, contribute to implementation plans, and assist in rollout.
• Adhere to coding standards and know best practices
• Perform code reviews.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Passionate about technology and development
• Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and cope with multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to deal with complexity and migrate between detailed and high level requirements
• Self-starter who takes ownership and accountability, and is able to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education and Experience

Education:  

• Matric/Grade 12 and formal Java qualifications
• IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar).

Experience:

• 5 years Java systems development experience.
• Experience in Presentation layer development (HTML5, CSS, JSP, TypeScript / JavaScript, Spring MVC, Angular 1 & 2)
• Solid understanding of Java 1.6 and later
• SDLC
• Experience in application frameworks (Spring Framework)
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks.
• Integration experience
• Spring Framework 3.0 or later, Angular2
• Weblogic 10 & 12
• Maven
• Hibernate/JPA experience
• JMS, Tibco EMS experience.
• Oracle and PL/SQL knowledge.

Optional:

• ElasticSearch or SOLR experience
• Experience with Business Rules Management Frameworks.
• Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, ArchiMate etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise   Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)
• Exposure to Agile principles and methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development

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Key Purpose

• To perform a legal advisory function and deliver legal advisory services to the Employee Benefits and Invest business units on all legal aspects pertaining to the umbrella retirement funds, retail retirement funds, retail investments and group life insurance products.
• To perform a legal and regulatory oversight function with a key focus on advising business on the legal and regulatory framework, identifying, mitigating and managing legal risks, and advising business on implementing legislative requirements.
• To provide legal advice to the administrators of the Discovery retirement funds (Discovery Invest and Discovery Life), the Board of Trustees, and the Principal Officer of the Discovery retirement funds.
• To provide commentary on draft legislation relating to the financial services sector and to provide support to first line compliance team in the business with the analysis and implementation of promulgated legislation.
• Contribute to the leadership, management and strategic direction, professional expertise, operational delivery, and continuous improvement and development of the legal function.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Conducting legal research and preparation of legal publications, legal updates, and guidance notes to business.
• Preparation of reports for board meetings of the various retirement funds.
• Providing oversight on the drafting of General and Special Rules for the Funds
• Providing legal oversight over the allocation of death benefits in terms of the Pension Funds Act and mentoring the service consultants and junior legal advisors in relation to the investigation of death claims and preparation of recommendations for resolutions of the Board of Trustees.
• Providing advice on regulatory compliance matters and identifying and mitigating risks associated with regulatory non-compliance.
•  Pro-active analysis of legislation, regulatory updates and research on legal matters to ensure the best possible outcome for the various entities
• Responsible for external dispute resolution, including handling disputes referred to the ombudsman for long-term insurance, the Pension Funds Adjudicator, Financial Services Tribunal, and litigation in South African courts. This includes the preparation of written legal arguments, as well as instructing attorneys to deal with court proceedings brought against the various retirement funds and the business.
• Drafting and negotiation of contracts relating to collective investment schemes, retirement funds, and group risk schemes, including, custodian agreements, portfolio management agreements, agreements relating to setting up investment platforms, service level agreements, policy documents, etc.
• Represent Discovery at industry bodies as a member of the Legal and Technical Working Groups and fulfil assigned tasks relating to reviewing and commenting on legislation affecting retirement funds and presenting at industry seminars, where required. 
• Oversight of the Fund processes and to act as liaison for submission of regulatory reports to the FSCA. 
• Reviewing marketing material and providing legal oversight over the preparation of marketing material for Discovery Employee Benefits and Discovery Invest.
• Providing work leadership and mentoring to less experienced attorneys in the legal team.
• Submission of comments on proposed legislation issued by National Treasury in so as far as it relates to the retirement funds and insurance industries.
• Analyse legislation and its impact for business and assist business in implementing new legislation into business processes.
• Building and maintaining relationships within internal business units and the relevant Regulatory bodies

Personal Attributes

• Analytical and problem solving
• Communication Skills: able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Customer Focus
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Innovation
• Integrity
• Attention to detail
• Planning, prioritising and organising
• Teamwork/Collaboration
• Stress Tolerance
• Analytical thinking
• Solution driven

Education and Experience

Essentials:

• Matric
• Bachelor of Laws qualification (Legal)
• Knowledge of Insurance legislation
• Knowledge of the Pension Funds Act and related legislation
• Knowledge of Income Tax legislation
• Knowledge of Financial Services legislation
• Knowledge of legislation for Collective Investment Scheme

Advantageous:

• Post graduate qualification in insurance and/or financial services
• Admitted attorney with litigation experience
• Minimum 8 years’ experience within the financial services industry dealing with employee benefits, investments and/or group risk
• Knowledge of Retirement Fund Compliance and Governance
• Experience in drafting of contracts and fund rules
• Experience in the application of the Policyholder Protection Rules and other insurance Law Provisions
• Experience with Group Risk Insurance cover
• Knowledge of the King IV Principles of Corporate Governance

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Key Responsibilities

Your tasks will typically involve:

• conducting in-depth reviews of clients' financial goals, from risk protection to wealth creation
• conducting a financial needs analysis and preparing proposals best suited to meet individual clients' requirements
• providing clients with information on new and existing products, benefits and services
• designing financial strategies
• assisting clients to make informed decisions
• reviewing and responding to clients changing needs and financial circumstances
• contacting clients with news of new financial products or changes to legislation that may affect their savings and investments
• Review client policies regularly to determine if adjustments are needed because of personal or financial changes

Personal Attributes and skills:

• Strong Customer focus
• Networking skills
• Proactive engagement
• Service orientated mind-set is critical
• Strong Planning and organisational skills

Qualifications and Experience:

Minimum

• Wealth management qualification with at least 120 credits
• RE5 qualification
• At a minimum 2 years’ experience as a Financial Advisor

Beneficial:

• Understanding of Financial Planning
• Knowledge of insurance (short-term, health, risk and investment industry)

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Key Purpose

• Involved in the development and dissemination of effective sales strategies, compelling product positioning and tools for Discovery Insure products for clients, advisors and other stakeholders including media.

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to

• Provide customised support for specific sales opportunities and new business initiatives
• Package and drive the roll-out of new products and benefits through the annual launch cycle
• Develop and present roadshow, PPD and training material
• Provide technical product support to distribution and servicing channels.
• Develop compelling analytical content and product toolkits to demonstrate how the Discovery Insure value propositions deliver exceptional value to clients, advisors and other stakeholders
• Produce objective industry analysis and market insights which clearly position Discovery Insure as the authority on: how the industry operates and the broader competitor landscape
• Utilise technical product knowledge, including understanding of competitors, to identify 
• business opportunities
• Support R&D decision-making and strategy through distribution and client insights

Skills

•  Modelling skills preferred (Basic)
• Programming Skills: VBA & SQL (Intermediate)
• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word) (Advanced)

Education and Experience

Education:

• Matric
• Actuarial education – Good progress with Actuarial exams

Minimum Experience:              

• At least 2 -3 years business experience, with a proven record of innovation, delivery and performance.