{"id":22595,"date":"2025-10-28T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/operations-manager-learnership-long-term-insurance-people-living-with-a-disability-new-accounts-consultant\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:08:49","slug":"operations-manager-learnership-long-term-insurance-people-living-with-a-disability-new-accounts-consultant","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=22595","title":{"rendered":"Operations Manager \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Learnership &#8211; Long Term Insurance (People Living With a Disability) \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            New Accounts Consultant \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Service Desk Team Leader \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Head of Oncology Risk Management and Care Coordination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Purpose of the Role<\/p>\n<p>\tTo lead and manage operations teams within the Short-Term Insurance Servicing Call Centre, including all related administrative and support functions. The role is responsible for implementing strategy, achieving performance targets, and ensuring high-quality service delivery to customers and stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Key Responsibilities<\/p>\n<p>\tOversee and manage service levels and standard operating procedures across the call centre and associated functions.<br \/>\n\tPerform full line management duties within the scope of the role.<br \/>\n\tAnalyse operational trends and identify improvement opportunities.<br \/>\n\tManage relationships with internal and external stakeholders.<br \/>\n\tDrive staffing efficiency and optimise operational performance.<br \/>\n\tReview and align processes and SOPs regularly.<br \/>\n\tManage operating costs in line with budgetary constraints.<br \/>\n\tImplement and monitor strategic objectives and performance targets.<br \/>\n\tMentor, coach, and develop direct reports.<br \/>\n\tHandle escalated queries from various stakeholders.<br \/>\n\tProvide regular reporting to business stakeholders.<br \/>\n\tFoster a culture aligned with Discovery\u2019s values.<br \/>\n\tConduct monthly one-on-one meetings and performance reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Candidate Requirements<\/p>\n<p>Education<\/p>\n<p>\tMatric (Essential)<br \/>\n\tFAIS full qualification \u2013 Short Term Insurance (Essential)<br \/>\n\tRE5 certification (Essential)<br \/>\n\tCPD certificate (Essential and\/or advantageous)<br \/>\n\tRelevant tertiary qualification (Advantageous)<br \/>\n\tDegree (Advantageous)<\/p>\n<p>Experience<\/p>\n<p>\tMinimum 3 years\u2019 experience in a call centre (inbound or outbound) within client servicing teams in the short-term insurance industry (Essential)<br \/>\n\tMinimum 4 years\u2019 experience in a leadership role within a call centre environment (Essential)<\/p>\n<p>go to method of application \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website (  ) or<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"","_company_name":"Discovery Limited","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[12],"class_list":["post-22595","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_region-gauteng","job-type-full-time"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/22595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=22595"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=22595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}