Job Openings at Six Senses

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Post graduate qualification in Human Resources with Learning and Development.
• Learning and Development/Training certificate.
• Agricultural National Diploma/Degree and/or agricultural farm business management experience
• 5 – 8 years Post qualification experience which will typically include the following:
• 5 years experience in designing and developing learning programs and courses
• 5 years managerial level of experience in learning and development/training.
• 5 years experience in agricultural farm business management.
• 8 years executing/conducting training in organisations
• Eductaion,Training and Program management and development
• Planning and Coordination
• Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships
• Farmer Support and Guidance
• Accredited by AgriSETA as an Assessor and/or Moderator

Critical Competencies

• Policies and Procedures
• Business Environment
• Skills Development
• Curriculum Design
• Legislation

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge / Experience of the Agricultural Industry
• Knowledge and familiarity with agricultural regulations, food safety standrads and quality control procedures.
• Knowledge of Land Bank Act
• Ability to ensure all governance and compliance requirements are met with the aim to eliminate potential inappropriate and corrupt practices.

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Minimum Education and Experience:

• Postgraduate Commercial Degree (BCom) / Business Management / Economics / Law or Risk Management
• FSB Registered RE (Representative)
• FSB Registered KI (Key Representative)
• Relevant Agricultural Qualification 
• 10 years Senior Management Operations Insurance Experience including:
• Entire Insurance Value Chain
• Product development
• Distribution channels
• Policy administration
• Underwriting
• Claims
• Reinsurance (Planning and structuring)
• Strategy Development
• UMA / Binder-holder (transaction structuring)
• Leadership and Management Impact (Board & sub-board committee contribution)
• Risk Management
• RE (Representative) & KI (Key representative) Experience
• Strategy planning and structuring for: Crop, Assets & Life business
• Reinsurance placement and renewal terms negotiation for: Crop, Assets and Life business
• Must have crop insurance experience in relation to agricultural sector for crops and assets relating to farmers
• Strong IT & Data - Management Information/Data Analytics

Technical Competencies

• Crop, Asset & Life insurance industry
• Reinsurance Planning and structuring
• Insurance Legislation
• Underwriting Management Agency (portfolio management)
• Stakeholder/Partners management - UMA, Admin, Premium Collection, etc.
• Operations value chain
• Strategy formulation

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Minimum Education and Experience:

• 4 year LLB Degree or equivalent.
• Admitted Attorney having served articles of clerkship or Admitted Advocate, having served pupillage.
• 3 – 5 years Post admission experience.
• Custodian of legal agreements as applicable and responsible for developing and reviewing them from time to time to ensure legal compliance
• Drafting of Legal Agreements and SLA’s
• Assessment of impact of any new legislation and providing training to Legal and affected Business Units from time to time
• Providing legal advice and opinions to Divisions and within the regionalisation model
• Legal research and legal reviews and due diligence investigations
• Receive requests for the drafting of Contracts
• Assess and discuss requirements with the client and draft initial contracts
• Review inputs and amend according to comments received
• Prepare execution versions of the contract, together with control sheets, acquire internal signatories and submit for external signatures

Critical Competencies

• Legislation
• Legal opinions
• Report writing
• Compilation of policies and procedures
• Legal reviews and due diligence
• Research
• Drafting
• In depth knowledge of the Companies Act, National Credit Act, Consumer Protection Act, Land Bank Act, and other legislation related to financial institutions and employee relations.

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Minimum Education and Experience:

• 4 year LLB Degree or equivalent.
• Admitted Attorney having served articles of clerkship or Admitted Advocate, having served pupillage.
• 3 – 5 years Post admission experience.
• Custodian of legal agreements as applicable and responsible for developing and reviewing them from time to time to ensure legal compliance
• Drafting of Legal Agreements and SLA’s
• Assessment of impact of any new legislation and providing training to Legal and affected Business Units from time to time
• Providing legal advice and opinions to Divisions and within the regionalisation model
• Legal research and legal reviews and due diligence investigations
• Receive requests for the drafting of Contracts
• Assess and discuss requirements with the client and draft initial contracts
• Review inputs and amend according to comments received
• Prepare execution versions of the contract, together with control sheets, acquire internal signatories and submit for external signatures

Critical Competencies

• Legislation
• Legal opinions
• Report writing
• Compilation of policies and procedures
• Legal reviews and due diligence
• Research
• Drafting
• In depth knowledge of the Companies Act, National Credit Act, Consumer Protection Act, Land Bank Act, and other legislation related to financial institutions and employee relations.

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• The purpose of the job role is to assist, develop, monitor and report on the implementation of the Credit Risk Management Framework which includes credit policies, credit committee governance charters, portfolio monitoring and reporting within the organisation, thereby assisting to maintain credit exposures within approved parameters.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Relevant 3-year tertiary qualification (B Com or similar)
• Postgraduate qualification – relevant to Credit Risk
• Banking/ portfolio reporting/ credit assessment/ policy/ governance/ quantitative/ agriculture/ credit risk management
• Minimum 5 years within credit risk management
• Banking experience 5- 8 years
• Portfolio monitoring and reporting 5 – 8 years
• Credit analysis/ credit risk management 5 – 8 years
• Credit policies 2 - 4 years
• Agriculture 2 - 4 years
• Assist in developing and refining credit risk management policies and governance charters

Critical Competencies:

• Microsoft Office
• Business Acumen
• Risk Management Principles
• Research and Analysis principles
• Written and verbal communication
• Credit granting systems / tools
• Credit granting regulations

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Minimum Education and Experience:

• Relevant 3-year tertiary qualification (B Com or similar)
• Postgraduate qualification – relevant to Credit Risk
• 5 years experience within credit risk management
• Assist in developing and refining credit risk management policies and governance charters
• Portfolio monitoring of all segments
• Credit risk assessment monitoring

Critical Competencies:

• Microsoft Office
• Business Acumen
• Risk Management Principles
• Research and Analysis principles
• Written and verbal communication
• Credit granting systems / tools
• Credit granting regulations

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Minimum Education and Experience:

• Relevant 3-year tertiary qualification (B Com or similar)
• Postgraduate qualification – relevant to Credit Risk
• 5 years experience within credit risk management
• Assist in developing and refining credit risk management policies and governance charters
• Reviews and maintains the credit risk management framework for best practise risk management and governance
• Credit risk assessment monitoring

Critical Competencies

• Microsoft Office
• Business Acumen
• Risk Management Principles
• Research and Analysis principles
• Written and verbal communication
• Credit granting systems / tools
• Credit granting regulations

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• A well-established engineering, science and construction business is seeking to appoint a Snr Control Software Engineer. The Senior Control Software Engineer plans, implements, modifies, administers and evaluates Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)software and systems for the SKA-Mid telescope.

Qualification:

• BTech/ BEng/ MTech/ MEng/PHD in Mechatronics, electronic engineering, Control systems, Computer Science, or such relevant qualifications

Experience:

• BTech coupled with 13 years full-time experience in a software engineering environment, preferably in an engineering development project environment with a strong control systems software development focus; or
• BEng/ MTech coupled with 9 yearsfull-time experience in a software engineering environment, preferably in an engineering development project environment with a strong control systems software development focus; or
• MEng coupled with 7 yearsfull-time experience in a software engineering environment, preferably in an engineering development project environment with a strong control systems software development focus; or
• PHD coupled with 5 yearsfull-time experience in a software engineering environment, preferably in an engineering development project environment with a strong control systems software development focus.
• Python or C/C++ programming language and experience in development, testing, deployment, commissioning, release and support of projects in Python or C/C++.
• Specialization or leadership in one or more required Job Knowledge areas
• Experience in programming in Python.
• Experience in developing SCADA, Control systems and plc development
• Experience with control systems frameworks, e.g. TANGO toolkit including TANGO device development and client-side tools, or comparable toolkits
• Software development, including database development, real-time sensor messaging management, Behaviour Driven Development
• Computer and environment setup and configuration, including the use of containers, Kubernetes, Gherkin, etc.
• Practical experience configuring instrumentation, integrating and commissioning control systems, and operator training.
• Willingness to transition between system development and system support and operations team

SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES/ ABILITIES:

• Extreme Importance/ Essential:
• Control systems software engineering and development
• IT and Information systems analysis, design, implementation, integration, delivery and operations
• Agile approaches to systems development
• IT systems architecture concepts
• An understanding of DevOps processes
• Data curation, transfer, management, archival and governance
• IT Services, Operations and Support management
• Risk management

Skills:

• Modern software collaboration tools such as Github, Containers, Google Drive, JIRA etc.
• Understanding and experience in implementation of project management and system engineering principles.
• Experience with test-driven development and integration testing techniques, methodologies and frameworks; and supporting systems like revision control and build systems.
• Experience with quality assurance processes and software development processes and willingness to participate in improving software development processes and software quality procedures.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Cooperates with others to achieve organisational objectives and may share team resources in order to do this. Collaborates with other teams as well as industry colleagues.
• Judgement and Problem Solving: Anticipates and manages problems in ambiguous situations. Develops and selects an appropriate course of action and provides for contingencies.
• Evaluates, interprets and integrates complex bodies of information and draws logical conclusions, synthesises proposals and defends options with reasoned arguments.
• Adaptability: Demonstrates flexibility in thinking and adapts to and manages the increasing rate of organisational change by adjusting strategies, goals and priorities.

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• A specialist Development Finance Institution is seeking to appoint a receptionist to contribute towards the image of the institution by welcoming clients and stakeholders visiting the office in a professional manner, direct and help them as well as ensure the hosts are timeously informed about their visitors. Additionally, answering the switchboard promptly and direct calls in an efficient manner. Also, to offer clerical support such as distribution of documents/parcels and maintaining records pertaining to the reception area.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Grade 12 / Matric is essential
• Secretarial Certificate/Diploma
• Tertiary qualification (Business Administration or relevant field) would be an advantage
• Minimum of 3 years proven work experience as a receptionist in financial services, development finance or similar industry
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a switchboard operator in a customer services environment.
• Ability to remain confidential and treat sensitive information with the highest level of diplomacy
• Must have a professional and confident telephone etiquette
• Ability to always maintain a high level of customer service
• Must be dependable, friendly and have a personable demeanour
• Meticulous organizational skills, ensuring the front desk always operates smoothly
• Experience with administrative and clerical procedures will be advantageous
• Well-spoken, professional appearance and attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Great attention to detail
• Problem-solving abilities
• Multitasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite i.e. Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, MS Projects, Excel
• People living with disability will be given preference

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QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Newly qualified CA or BCom graduate
• A generalist in the area of corporate finance with some experience in private equity
• An expert Analyst demonstrating a good to high command of the abilities required to perform the role
• 2 – 5 years Financial Analysis experience
• Applies standard investment analysis (under the advice / assistance of senior team members) on deal structuring techniques, market analysis and valuation principles.
• Provide comprehensive financial analysis, through the use of approved financial modelling tools, to the Deal Team on transactions
• Analyse, compile and report on market information on a deal-by-deal basis
• Provide comprehensive valuation analysis on all transactions in order to mitigate risks to the institution and the parties it supports by using industry best practice in valuation analysis
• Mobilise, coordinate and guide internal and external resources to appraise deals / applications
• Leverage relationships within the industry to create on-going industry analysis inflow from other institutions
• Manage and influence internal decision–making and project process to obtain investment approval