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First seen by Alion on Oct 19, 2026.

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Discovery is a South African financial services group headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg, offering medical scheme administration, life insurance, car and home insurance, investments and banking, all tied to its Vitality rewards programme. Founded in 1992, the group administers the Discovery Health Medical Scheme, runs the digital Discovery Bank and launched the renewable energy business Discovery Green in 2023. It hires telesales and service consultants for health, life, insurance and banking products, underwriters, data scientists, business analysts, IT auditors and instructional designers.

Key Purpose

  • Create, implement and manage HR solutions across the employee lifecycle to sustain and grow the business and its staff. This includes bringing transactional HR expertise to the business and its people as well as integrating people strategies with the business strategy

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

  • Recruitment
  • Onboarding
  • Training & development
  • Performance (driving for a high performance culture, performance improvement strategies, etc.)
  • Talent Management (planning & tracking of agreed actions)
  • Retention Planning
  • Succession planning
  • IR
  • Transformation: EE & Skills Development
  • Employee relations
  • Reporting & trend analysis
  • Corrective action for HR insights
  • Ensure implementation of HR policies & procedures
  • Partnership with area exec in driving for people objectives & outcomes
  • Engagement & culture management
  • Execution of people strategies & initiatives for own area
  • Problem solving (team performance, engagement, culture, turnover, etc.)
  • Organisational Development

Competencies

  • Well-developed interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels from staff to CEO;
  • Strong persuasion skills and credibility;
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
  • The ability to be task- and deadline-driven in a highly pressurized environment;
  • Excellent organizational & time management skills;
  • Ability to work independently.

Education and Experience

Qualification:

  • Bachelor Degree: HR/BA/equivalent

Experience:

  • 5 – 8 years’ work experience in a human resources environment
  • Knowledge of Success Factors (SAP) 
  • Postgraduate HR Qualification advantageous 
  • Industry specific experience advantageous 
  • Discovery Experience (advantageous)
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