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Key Purpose

• The purpose of this role is to contain the risk expenditure associated with mental illness by developing new risk management and/or disease management programmes, reduce inappropriate utilisation and optimising benefit design. A key feature of the role is also stakeholder management.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

• Develop, enhance and implement a population-based mental health risk management strategy for scheme populations (DHMS and in-house schemes)
• Understand and provider key insights into the population-based mental health risks of medical scheme plans and provider networks and implement mitigation plans
• Provide subject matter expertise across the Discovery businesses (Discovery Health, Vitality, Discovery Life, Group Risk, Employee Benefits, Healthy Company) and thought leadership at industry level
• Product development – new risk management programmes and initiatives
• Benefit design (mental health benefits) across all client schemes
• Ownership of mental health clinical pathways used in Personal Health Pathways and in other products
• Risk monitoring and reporting including oversight of provider profiles and outlier reports
• Stakeholder relationship management at senior executive level (medical scheme executives and trustees, medical specialists, GPs, psychologists, allied healthcare professionals, professional societies (e.g. PsychMG, FPAB, Clinical Psychology Forum), brokers, pharma, executives in other Discovery businesses)
• Procurement of services from 3rd party suppliers
• Contract management
• Management of set budgets and profitability margins
• Work closely with Systems and Ops to ensure that all requirements are aligned with strategy
• Create alignment across Discovery businesses on mental health strategies through the management and chairing of a cross-company forum
• Remain abreast of latest developments in healthcare delivery and healthcare transformation including technology and data science trends

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Strong Excel, Powerpoint and Word skills
• Proven problem-solving skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Good understanding of the mental health landscape
• Good understanding of the health and private health funding industry
• Strong analytical and research skills

Education and Experience

• Post-graduate (Honours or greater) in a health, analytical, engineering or project management field
• Further qualifications health, data science, health economics, behavioural science, neuroscience
• 2+ years experience in healthcare leadership, ideally with population health, mental health or risk-management experience
• Clinical background or work in the healthcare environment / healthcare related projects
• Proven track record of driving cross-collaboration design and implementation of large-scale health initiatives ​​​
• Experience in engaging with senior executives/stakeholders
• Management consulting or product development would be preferred

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Key Purpose

• The main purpose is to assess Income Protection (IP) claims in line with current UK industry best practice and within the required service levels.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following job functions:

• Medical and financial assessment of Income Protection claims.
• Assessing the contractual validity of a claim.
• Identifying possible fraud, misrepresentation and pre-existing conditions.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to reach claim decision.
• Provide input into product development and system enhancements
• Complaint resolution
• Support team through knowledge sharing (medical, technique)
• Coaching of administrators

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Deciding and initiating action
• Working with People
• Able to work unsupervised and to take initiative
• Adhering to Principles and Values
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Conflict handling and resolution
• Collaboration and team work
• Learning and Researching
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Following Instructions and Procedures
• Adapting and Responding to Change
• Coping with pressure and setbacks
• Achieving Personal Work Goals

Education and Experience:

Education

• Matric/Grade 12 is essential
• A minimum of 5 years prior experience within a claims environment in the life insurance industry is essential.
• COP (Certificate of Proficiency) in life insurance would be advantageous.
• Medical degree or diploma would be advantageous.

Knowledge:

• Microsoft Office skills, i.e. Outlook, Excel and Word are mandatory.
• Intermediate knowledge of the Life Insurance Industry.
• Experience within the UK Life Claims environment would be advantageous.
• An intermediate to advanced understanding of Medical conditions and diagnoses
• An intermediate to advanced level of Communication Skills (verbal & written)

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Key Purpose

• The main purpose is to assess Income Protection (IP) claims in line with current UK industry best practice and within the required service levels.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following job functions:

• Medical and financial assessment of Income Protection claims.
• Assessing the contractual validity of a claim.
• Identifying possible fraud, misrepresentation and pre-existing conditions.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to reach claim decision.
• Provide input into product development and system enhancements
• Complaint resolution
• Support team through knowledge sharing (medical, technique)
• Coaching of administrators

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Deciding and initiating action
• Working with People
• Able to work unsupervised and to take initiative
• Adhering to Principles and Values
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Conflict handling and resolution
• Collaboration and team work
• Learning and Researching
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Following Instructions and Procedures
• Adapting and Responding to Change
• Coping with pressure and setbacks
• Achieving Personal Work Goals

Education and Experience:

Education

• Matric/Grade 12 is essential
• A minimum of 3 years prior experience within a claims environment in the life insurance industry is essential.
• COP (Certificate of Proficiency) in life insurance would be advantageous.
• Medical degree or diploma would be advantageous.

Knowledge:

• Microsoft Office skills, i.e. Outlook, Excel and Word are mandatory.
• Intermediate knowledge of the Life Insurance Industry.
• Experience within the UK Life Claims environment would be advantageous.
• An intermediate to advanced understanding of Medical conditions and diagnoses
• An intermediate to advanced level of Communication Skills (verbal & written)

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The Group Tax Department is responsible for the Tax Strategy of Discovery. This encompasses the following functions:

• Responsible for tax planning, compliance, reporting throughout the group
• Provides technical advice to business to ensure compliance with existing and new legislation
• Responsible for tax calculations, tax return submissions,  tax accounting and reporting
• Engaging with and managing relationships with SARS

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Preparation/review of various tax reporting requirements for the Corporate and International Tax Function.
• Assist in the preparation/review of various section 9D CFC controlled foreign company calculations
• Assist in researching and advising business of corporate tax implications for various business transactions
• Keep up to date with relevant Income Tax Act and Tax Administration Act guidelines
• Provide training on technical corporate tax matters to business units as required.
• Preparation of the Income tax and deferred tax computations of various subsidiaries in the Gorup to assist with interim and year end reporting requirements
• Preparation of tax returns for various subsidiaries within the Group.
• Liasing directly with auditors (internal and external)
• Liase directly with external legal advisors on technical matters as appropriate.
• Preparation of various reports and internal memorandums
• Any other ad-hoc items to support the Group Tax Function as necessary.  This may include tasks related to other taxes as well including for example international tax aspects, VAT and other indirect taxes.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent Excel knowledge
• Detailed knowledge, understanding and application of South African tax legislation, including international tax related concepts.
• Knowledge and understanding of IFRS

Education and Experience

• Bcomm (Accounting) or CA(SA)
• 2-5 years experience in a tax department within a large corporate, (financial services is preferable) dealing primarily with local corporate income tax matters
• Advanced postgraduate qualifications in tax (preferable).
   

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Key purpose

To effectively coach eligible members in various programs ensuring that:

• The coaching program outcomes and objectives are achieved.
• Members achieve sustainable health and lifestyle improvements in addition to their personal key objectives.

 Key outputs

• Applying various coaching techniques to allocated members to ensure program and personal goals are achieved
• Building positive relationships to ensure successful outcomes
• Effective planning and organizing of schedules and sessions to optimize program adherence and completion rates.
• Assist members with benefit navigation, referrals and activations to optimize benefits available to them under their scheme and non-scheme products.
• Health and Lifestyle education, tracking and monitoring to achieve sustainable improvements.
• Educate members on how to manage certain chronic diseases to avoid relapses, hospital admissions and disease progression with the necessary referral to the relevant health care professional and or other therapeutic interventions.
• Accurate tracking, reporting and capturing of coaching sessions.
• Meeting set targets: productivity, quality, customer satisfaction scores.
• Calling eligible members to enroll into the various coaching programmes
• Keeping up to date with industry updates and developments
• Applying professional verbal and written communication skills required through all coaching interactions with members.

 Competencies

• Written Communications: Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communications settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect.
• Self-Development: Is personally committed to and actively works 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 acti on oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acti ng with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others
• Interpersonal Savvy : Relates well to all kinds of people—up, down, and sideways, 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; gets first-hand customer information and uses it 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; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything
• Time Management: Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates his/her eff orts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities

Qualifications and Experience

• Enrolled/Registered Nurse Clinical qualification accredited with SANC
• Experience in Geriatric nursing advantageous
• Knowledge of DH and Vitality products, benefits, funding, and policy rules
• Coaching experience advantageous
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint

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Key Purpose of the role

• Our high-performance organization prides itself in attracting the finest talent while continually challenging ourselves to create solutions that make a difference in our customers world. Our environment is energetic, high-tempo and supportive of motivated people striving to find excellent and relevant solutions. 
• The Project Office provides a world class service to internal and group customers by delivering through portfolios, complex programme and projects that support the strategic objectives of our business. The skills and expertise in the team allows a diverse offering in delivery of end-to-end services with expertise in portfolio and programme management – initiatives typically focused on elements such as strategy, product delivery, business transformation, technical & software development.  
• Taking a portfolio view, the Portfolio Programme Manager will manage business transformation programmes, as per defined methodology to ensure that the Programme goals and objectives are achieved within the overall scope, that overall delivery takes place within time and budget and ensure that product value is provided to the CEB business to meets its objectives 
• They will be a key member of the PMO Management team that actively drives strategy definition and implementation, including measurement of projects and monthly\bi-annual reporting on all project deliverables in the department.   
• Mentoring and coaching of PMO staff with the view to grow and development the team. May include direct line management responsibilities. 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:
PORTFOLIO 

• Responsible for successful management of business portfolio across Group Risk and Retirement Funds against business objectives (based on portfolio metrics that are pre-defined) 
• Producing reports and artefacts on Portfolio initiatives  

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT  

• Facilitate in defining the product and programme objectives for business case approval 
• Responsible for successful implementation of programme against business objective 
• Planning and Management of interdependencies between projects and features (includes project and product roadmap)  
• Manage programme progress. Manage and drive at epic and sprint level goals being achieved. 
• Manage the delivery backlog 
• Reporting and presenting showcases of programme progress  
• Leadership & stakeholder engagement 
• Resource management and allocation on the programme 
• Management of programme risks, quality 
• Programme budget management  
• Programme closure & learnings 
• Programme Benefit Management and returns tracking
• Leadership & Line Management role in the PMO, including:  
• Manage a team of project managers on the Programme 
• Line Management responsibilities of PMO staff 
• Mentor & guide the programme team and PMO colleagues where required 
• Participate in PMO Peer Reviews 
• Contribute to PMO Strategy & Objectives 

Personal Attributes and Skills     
The successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies:

• Communication Skills: able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Reporting Skills: ability to consolidate information and compile reports reflecting the necessary relevant information
• Ability to communicate logically and objectively is essential components of this role.
• Attention to detail
• Very organised
• Conflict Management
• Expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly.
• Probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem.
• Relates well to people at all levels.
• Evangelist for progressive and fit for purpose Programme and Project Management and governance  

Education and Experience
Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree
• Qualification in Project Management

Personal Attributes or Competency Profile

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

Experience:

• At least 5 to 7 years’ experience managing projects in a systems development environment in a large corporate.
• Solid understanding of SDLC (traditional and agile), including phases, technical jargon, and artefacts (input and output). 
   

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Key Purpose

• The AI Lead is responsible for translating cutting-edge data science into robust, scalable production systems. This role leads a multidisciplinary team focused on the productionisation of machine learning and LLM models, ensuring operational excellence, technical innovation, and strategic alignment with business goals. Success in this position requires architecting and implementing production-grade systems that are scalable, maintainable, resilient, and integrated with existing production systems.

Key outputs

The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following job functions:

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Team Leadership & Delivery Management

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional squad of engineers, developers, analysts, and data scientists.
• Drive agile delivery practices, ensuring timely and high-quality deployment of AI solutions.

Technical Strategy & Architecture

• Own the technical roadmap for AI productionisation, including MLOps, LLMOps, and scalable infrastructure.
• Oversee architectural decisions for model deployment, data pipelines, and cloud-native solutions.

Operational Excellence

• Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response for AI systems in production.
• Champion best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability for ML and LLM models.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with data science teams to translate prototypes into production-ready applications.
• Liaise with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and scalability.

Strategic Impact

• Influence the velocity and reliability of AI delivery across the organisation.
• Represent the AI Enablement team in strategic forums and contribute to group-wide innovation.

Personal Attributes and Skills

The successful candidate would need to have the following competencies:

• Collaborative mentor with a natural inclination to share knowledge.
• Pragmatic and results-driven, focused on delivering robust solutions.
• Intellectually curious with a passion for technology and innovation.
• Excellent communicator, able to articulate complex technical ideas clearly.
• Ownership mindset with resilience and adaptability

Education and Experience

The following requirements are Essential:

• Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years in software/data engineering or AI productionisation.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, cloud-native development, and MLOps/LLMOps tools.
• Experience with CI/CD, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code.

The following requirements are advantageous:

• Postgraduate qualification in AI, Data Science, or Systems Engineering.
• Familiarity with Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Kubeflow.

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Key Purpose

• Serve as the technical cornerstone of the AI Enablement team by building and maintaining production-grade Python systems, managing ML pipelines, and ensuring models operate reliably at scale. This role sets technical standards, mentors team members, and drives innovation through robust engineering practices.

Key outputs

The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following job functions:

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Architect and maintain high-performance Python code for AI/ML projects.
• Lead peer reviews and enforce best practices in software engineering.
• Design and manage ELT/ETL pipelines in MPP environments (for instance using Spark, Ray or similar).
• Oversee ML model lifecycle: deployment, monitoring, optimization.
• Implement automated monitoring and alerting for production models.
• Mentor junior developers and data scientists on coding standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Personal Attributes and Skills

The successful candidate would need to have the following competencies:

• Technical Leadership – Expert in Python and software architecture; sets high standards for code quality.
• Problem Solving – Ability to debug complex systems and deliver scalable solutions.
• Collaboration – Works effectively with data scientists, engineers, and business teams.
• Ownership Mindset – Takes responsibility for system resilience and performance.
• Continuous Learning – Stays current with emerging technologies and MLOps practices.

Education and Experience

The following requirements are Essential:

• 5+ years in Python development and software engineering best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, unit testing, and SOLID principles.
• Hands-on experience with MLOps tools (e.g. MLflow, Kubeflow, etc).
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP).

The following requirements are advantageous:

• Experience with tools like Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Composer.
• Exposure to large-scale data environments and distributed systems.