Jobs at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

Provides project administration and project office administrative support to the GSS PMO team. This will include ensuring that all project administration is managed, minutes of meetings and project plans are captured.

 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Provide administration support to Project Managers on specific projects

• Project Online (PMO Tool) – Drive the use of the tool. Create and maintain project sites. Ensure all relevant documentation saved onto Project Online aligned to the project governance approach.

• Meeting minutes, Issue, Action, Risk and Decision logs - Ensure the correct documentation standards are applied to all projects. Assist in meetings with capturing and distributing minutes and other project related outputs. Assist with preparation of project meeting materials and presentations. Assist with meeting scheduling and venue arrangements. Assist with follow up on actions and updating relevant logs.

• Schedule maintenance – project plans

• Distribute relevant documents to project stakeholders

 

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Strong Attention to detail

• Microsoft Office

• Highly organised and good planning skills

• Proactive, flexible and adaptable to a varied environment

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Good written and verbal communication skills and strong organizational skills.

• Team player

• Personal insight and a natural capacity to self-reflect, learn and develop

• Ability to work in pressurized environment and meet deadlines

• Ability to adapt to constant change

• Customer Focus. Dedicate to meeting expectations of our client. Develop and sustain productive relationships

• Drive to results, with a desire to attain standards of excellence

• Problem solving. Ability to see the detail, set priorities, anticipate consequences and identify solutions. Look beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answer

• Enthusiasm and initiative. Openly contributes to and participates in debates for process improvements, new initiatives and their implementation

• Personal learning. Knows personal strengths, weaknesses and picks up on the need to adapt personal and interpersonal behaviours quickly

Education and Experience

Essential

• Matric

• Business / IT Degree

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose

The role is principally  responsible for gathering and compiling relevant data sets for the HR team to understand important trends from various projects

 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

• Capturing of relevant HR data

• Exit and Orientation Interview trending and presentation

• Analysis of performance data and drive completion

• Update and maintain headcount data to ensure all relevant fields are complete

• Liaising with relevant staff to source relevant information

• Driving of various ad hoc projects as requested

• Logging of relevant calls on the CA system

• Researching relevant topics and compiling communication for this

 

Education and Experience

Essential:

• Matric

• Relevant analytics qualification

• Diploma in HR or relevant Hr courses (Advantageous) 

 

Technical Skills and Knowledge

Essential:

• Advanced proficiency in MS suite (MS Excel and PowerPoint Essential)

• Experience in doing v-look up, formulas on excel, PowerPoint presentations

• Understanding of Long term insurance (Advantageous)

 

Please Note - This is a Talent Pool with no active vacancies available at the moment. Only South African candidates by birth will be considered.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose

Design and implement robust, scalable and optimally performing systems using Java related technologies, according to provided specifications, standards and procedures, while ensuring compliance with the architectural standards and guidelines laid out by Discovery.

 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Design:

• Translate business requirements into technical designs adhering to Discovery Insure processes, standards and guidelines, taking cognisance of performance, security and scalability requirements. Deliver within agreed timeframes.

• Liaise with relevant parties where clarification of business requirements or resolution to technical issues is needed

• Research and find effective solutions to technical issues that arise

• Estimate development timelines based on business requirements

Development:

• Construct robust, maintainable, scalable, optimally performing system code in line with technical specifications, following prescribed process, standards and procedures. Deliver within agreed timeframes

• Conduct unit testing and fix any defects found

Testing:

• Verify build stability and quality with development team before releasing to test team, aiming to release with zero defects

• Assist the Business analyst in ensuring the test pack includes relevant scenarios and test data.

• Consult and assist in reviewing risk / impact of defects found in testing, and assist with fixing where necessary

Support / Troubleshooting:

• Assist system users with technical support issues and handle according to defined procedures

• Ability to effectively analyse root cause of system errors (data errors, performance and stability issues)

Mentoring / Team development:

• Actively coach other developers to understand and apply the Insure coding and architectural standards correctly, as well as any technologies in use

• Perform code review to ensure logical correctness, maintainability, scalability, performance, compliance with architectural standards and frameworks

• Assist in identifying training needs of team members

Personal development:

• Keep abreast of current technological trends and how these might be applied in the Discovery environment

• Constant improvement of knowledge of the various applications, their functionalities and data models

General:

• Ability to communicate clearly, constructively and effectively. Easily able to follow and participate in technical, business process, and other discussions

• Able to build business relationships with other members of team and the business areas we support.

 

Personal Attributes and Skills

Technical Competencies

• Excellent understanding of Object Orientated principals and Java language fundamentals

• Knowledge of commonly used design patterns

• Broad understanding of how to put together an EE-based business solution from scratch

• EJB

• HTML

• JSF

• JQuery

• JAXB

• SOAP Web services

• Message Driven Beans

• UML

• XML/XSD

• SQL 

Behavioural Skills:

• Action orientated go-getter, hungry to learn and add real value

• Structured and analytical problem solver: Obsessive about finding solutions to problems: action oriented problem solver.

• Able to plan, organise and prioritize own work

• Able to multitask

• Able to work independently

• Team player: reliable, works actively with others towards common goal, communicates constructively, shares information, knowledge and experience, treats others in a respectful and supportive manner

 

Education and Experience

Essential:

• 6+ years’ experience in Java development with exposure to core competencies listed

 

Advantageous Experience

• REST Web services

• JSON

• Business Process Management Tools

• Apache Camel

• Apache Webserver Configuration

• JBOSS Configuration

• CSS

• GIT

• Integrated Build Tools

• HTML 5

• Knowledge of Short Term Insurance industry

 

Working knowledge of:

• Software development within SDLC

• Unit Testing

• Data modelling and design of database structures

 

• BSc Computer Science /Information Systems degree

• Formal Java qualification

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.