Fresh Openings at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• We are looking for a seasoned legal professional to join our Legal team. The successful candidate will provide precise, practical and high-quality legal advice and formal legal opinions to both internal and external stakeholders. The role demands sound judgement, a strong grasp of insurance and financial services law and the ability to identify, assess and mitigate legal risk across complex matters affecting the business. This role is suited to someone who can think clearly, write persuasively and operate independently in a high-stakes environment.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Represent Discovery in resolving legal disputes, ensuring commercially sound and legally defensible outcomes
• Conduct legal research and analysis across a wide range of matters, offering clear and actionable insights
• Provide proactive legal guidance in line with applicable legislation and regulatory frameworks, with a view to minimising risk and ensuring compliance
• Draft, review and refine legal documentation, including formal opinions, correspondence and internal advisory notes, often under time-sensitive conditions
• Prepare, review and negotiate a broad range of contracts, ensuring alignment with business objectives and legal standards

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Sharp analytical thinking with a structured, solutions-driven approach to complex legal and business problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey legal concepts clearly to both legal and non-legal audiences
• Strong time management and organisational discipline, with the ability to prioritise effectively in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a commitment to accuracy and quality in all work produced
• Confident interpersonal and client engagement skills, with the ability to build trust and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Resilience under pressure, with a proven ability to deliver high-quality work within tight timeframes and competing demands

Essential Technical Competencies

• At least 5 years of demonstrable legal experience within the financial services sector, with direct exposure to operational and regulatory matters in Life and Non-Life Insurance.
• Sound working knowledge of applicable legislation, including the Long-term and Short-term Insurance Acts, FAIS, PPR, LTIA and related frameworks
• Practical experience advising on both long-term and short-term insurance products, structures and distribution arrangements
• Proficiency in drafting and interpreting a wide range of legal instruments, including contracts, commercial agreements, policy wording and formal legal opinions
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a high-demand environment, managing multiple priorities and engaging with stakeholders across varying levels of complexity

Education and Experience

Qualifications:

• Matric
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree (Required)
• Admitted Attorney / Advocate (Required)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning (Advantageous)

Essential Experience:

• 5 to 7 years post-articles experience in the Financial Services Industry
• Solid grounding in insurance law, financial regulation and commercial legal work, gained through direct industry exposure.

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Key purpose of the role

• The role requires a Multimedia Designer that is sought to generate engaging visual training content for the financial advisers within our Sales and Distribution force, leveraging skills in graphic design, video production, post-production, and basic motion graphics, predominantly using the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.

Key Responsibilities and outputs

All work must be done accurately, comprehensively and to an acceptable quality.

• Design and develop visual content for the Sales and Distribution teams so that information is communicated effectively and engagingly.
• Utilise the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite to create graphics, videos, and basic motion graphics so that training content is visually appealing and aligns with brand guidelines.
• Collaborate with various teams to understand their needs and objectives so that design solutions are tailored and effective.
• Stay updated with latest design trends and technologies to continually improve and innovate design solutions so that the company/team/department stays competitive and relevant.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously to ensure timely delivery of design solutions so that project timelines are met.
• Continually learn and upskill to stay proficient in the use of design tools and software so that the quality of work remains high. 
• Follow and maintain design best practices and platform standards to ensure consistency and quality across all designs so that the brand image is upheld.
• Seek and incorporate feedback to improve design solutions so that the designs continually improve and evolve.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Graphic Design (Technical Competency – Intermediate Level) Ability; create visually appealing designs, proficiency in using design tools, and understanding of design principles.
• Video production and post-production (Technical Competency – Intermediate Level) Ability; shoot and edit videos, understanding of video formats and codecs, and knowledge of video storytelling techniques.
• Motion Graphics (Technical Competency – Basic Level) Ability; create simple animations and motion graphics, understanding of animation principles, and familiarity with animation software.
• Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Technical Competency – Intermediate Level); proficiency in using Adobe Creative Cloud tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere Pro, and After Effects.
• Communication (Soft Competency – Intermediate Level) Ability; effectively communicate design ideas and concepts, ability to understand and interpret project requirements, and ability to provide and receive constructive feedback.
• Time Management (Soft Competency – Intermediate Level) Ability; manage multiple projects simultaneously, ability to meet project deadlines, and ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• Creativity (Soft Competency – Intermediate Level) Ability; come up with innovative design solutions, ability to think outside the box, and ability to keep up with design trends while maintaining brand consistency.
• Teamwork (Soft Competency – Intermediate Level) Ability; work effectively in a team, ability to collaborate with various teams, and ability to contribute positively to team dynamics.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum

• 2 years’ experience as a Graphic Designer or similar role.
• Design qualification, specifically Graphic or Visual Multimedia Design.
• Basic to intermediate Graphic or Multimedia Design experience.
• Basic Knowledge and experience working with Animation.

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Key Purpose

• A SQA is responsible for designing, executing, and managing test cases to ensure software meets business and functional requirements. They identify defects, report issues, and collaborate with developers to resolve them. Their role includes functional, system, integration, and regression testing. They also ensure test documentation is maintained and aligned with project standards.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Test Planning

• Actively participate in JAD Review sessions with the SQA leads & SQA team members and identify test requirements gaps and key impact areas to focus on 
• Daily attendance to Pod stand ups and effective participation in scope discussion where required
• Deliverables and planning tasks in SDLC tool and due dates according to agreed milestones
• Participate in backlog grooming

Test Case Analysis & Development

• Understand the requirements, regression tests, root causes and how automation can assist
• Understand impact analysis
• Execute manual test cases and identify test cases that are most likely to unveil defects (Way of Work).
• Identify test data permutations to facilitate optimal test coverage and communicate to the SQA Lead
• Identify opportunity for automation on repeatable test cases
• Ensure traceability between requirements and test cases.

Test case Execution and Monitoring

• Assist in Preparation of data required for the various test scenarios
• Execute test cases from the tool                                                                                              
• Ensure execution is fully completed before the code is implemented.
• Monitor defect management to resolution   
• Defects logged are correctly categorized, prioritized and correct information to reproduce the bug is provided
• Identify risks and issues and escalate early on                                                    
• Understand JIRA filters and Dashboards in the Test and SDLC tools show our testing efforts.
• Ensure admin on requirements and ensure that admin is done within SLA

User Acceptance Testing

• Ensure that the User Acceptance tests are executed from the testing tool.
• Assist Users during UAT phase where necessary
• Monitor that the Users update JIRA with the test status.
• Ensure where applicable a known issue list is communicated and acknowledged.

Release implementation

• Ensure confluence page check list is updated correctly

Post-release

• Handle all outstanding admin and ensure that the release is closed appropriately to meet audit requirements

Team Collaboration and Leadership

• Manage own work
• Communicate clearly, constructively and effectively
• Build relationships with other members of the team and the business users we service
• Attend squad meetings and contribute with your testing update

Technical Skills

Intermediate knowledge of:

• ISTQB Foundation
• Jira & Agile process knowledge
• PL SQL
• Root Cause Analysis process

Education and Experience

Essential:

• Matric
• Foundation Level ISTQB in manual testing
• At least 1 – 4 years’ experience in Software testing
• Quality assurance / software testing methodologies
• Experience in Agile testing methodologies
• Experience in JIRA and Xray

Advantageous:

• UAT and Business Handover Skills
• Diploma or University degree in IT/Software or technical discipline such as Computer Science

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Key Purpose

• The Systems Coordinator supports the successful delivery of systems-related initiatives by coordinating tasks, tracking progress, facilitating communication, and ensuring alignment between technical teams and project stakeholders. This role plays an integral part in maintaining delivery momentum across multiple projects and ensuring adherence to quality and governance standards.
• The Systems Coordinator ensures the seamless delivery of value by collaborating closely with the Systems Teams. Their primary role is to support the construction and integration of system components that fall under the delivery team's responsibility, while adhering to agreed architectural principles and standards. 

Key Outputs / Job Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

Project Coordination:

• Oversee the delivery of all prioritised IVS projects in a specific Project Stream (Ie.Digital, CORE, Contractual Debt, etc) from initiation to completion. Support the planning and execution of systems delivery activities, including scheduling solution workshops, tracking action items, updating delivery boards, organizing stand-up meetings. Supervising the coordination and delivery of tasks across the different delivery teams in systems(DEV’s BA’s and UT).

Removing Impediments:

• Acts as a facilitator and problem-solver, working to remove any impediments that hinder the System Team's progress or the overall ability to deliver value.

Managing Dependencies:

• Identify and manage dependencies between the System Team and other teams, as well as with external teams or systems.

Foster Collaboration:

• Promotes collaboration and communication between the System Team and other teams, as well as with stakeholders, ensuring a shared understanding of the system and its components.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:

• Maintain effective communication with Development, Business Analysis, UT/UAT teams, and PMO to ensure coordinated delivery efforts and accurate reporting. Acting as a key point of contact between the Invest Systems delivery team (DEVS, BA’s and UT) and other departments (Discovery PH, UAT, Marketing, Legal, etc), ensuring seamless collaboration and delivery of the project.

Performance Monitoring:

• Evaluating the performance of the Invest Systems delivery team (DEVS, BA’s and UT), offering feedback to Line Mangers with regards to suggested training and development needs.

Documentation & Reporting:

• Prepare delivery reports, status dashboards, meeting minutes, action plans where required and input for steering committees. Assist in determining and compiling capacity data.

Technical Solution Oversight

• Co-ordinate, facilitate and record outcomes of solution workshops to ensure solutions adhere to defined architectural principles and patterns
• Ensure appropriate artifacts drafted and solution presented and signed-off at the Solution Governance Forum to ensure compliance with architectural standards and business objectives

Risk & Issue Monitoring:

• Escalate delivery risks and issues proactively to the Head of Systems Delivery.
• Maintain issue logs and ensure timely resolution updates.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate potential risks that could impact project timelines or deliverables
• Implement contingency/action plans to proactively address/mitigate critical risks

Process Support and Continuous Improvement:

• Follow and enforce delivery processes, including drafting of appropriate artifacts, quality checks/reviews and compliance/legal/marketing sign-off where required.
• Continuously refine delivery methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Conduct post-mortem analysis on delivery challenges to identify process gaps and agree on corrective actions

Resource Alignment:

• Help track team allocation and availability, providing updates to delivery managers and escalating resourcing challenges as needed.
• Prioritization Support:
• Assist in coordinating prioritization forums (e.g., Contractual Debt forums).

Skills & Experience Required:

• 2–4 years' experience in systems coordination, or IT delivery support roles
• Familiarity with project management and agile methodologies
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint

Required Competencies

• Delivery Management: Expertise in leading complex, cross-functional projects from conception to completion within scope, time, and budget.
• Solution-Oriented Thinking: Strong problem-solving abilities with a focus on delivering high-quality technical solutions aligned with architectural principles.
• Collaboration & Influence: Ability to build trusted relationships across stakeholder groups and effectively manage upward, laterally, and downward.
• Resource Planning: Capacity to forecast, allocate, and monitor delivery resources efficiently, ensuring project prioritization aligns with business needs.
• Risk Management: Skilled in identifying delivery risks early and implementing pragmatic mitigation plans.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable presenting to executive leadership and steering committees.
• Quality & Continuous Improvement: Deep commitment to delivery excellence and process improvement.
• Decision-Making: Ability to make sound, data-informed decisions under pressure and in complex delivery environments.he Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets people with various disabilities to apply.

Education and Experience

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in systems delivery or technology leadership roles.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and overseeing large-scale, complex projects within digital transformation, risk, legislative, contractual debt and CORE streams.
• Strong background in solution architecture, ensuring solutions align with organizational standards.
• Extensive experience in stakeholder management, including working closely with DEV and BA delivery managers, PMO, UAT teams.
• Expertise in workflow optimization and continuous improvement, driving operational efficiency across delivery teams.
• Risk management proficiency, with experience identifying, mitigating, and resolving project delivery risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Certifications in Agile frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum, or Kanban.
• Strong knowledge of solution architecture and governance best practices.
• Familiarity with risk and compliance frameworks, particularly within legislative and contractual projects.
• Advanced proficiency in business analysis and system development methodologies.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management capabilities, overseeing delivery teams and ensuring performance optimization.