Consultant

May 26, 2026

<img id="photoDetail" src="https://www.discovery.co.za/gallery/template-resources/banners/general/smartpeople-recruit.jpg" style="width:1250.0px;height:301.0px"> Discovery – Sales & Distribution <h1 style="margin:12.0pt 0.0in 6.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans Light', sans-serif;color:#004b8d;font-weight:normal">Virtual Consultant</h1> About Discovery Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society. Key Purpose Increase the sales of the product range through building relationships, superior client service and technical knowledge via Virtual platforms. Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to : All work must be done accurately, comprehensively and in-line with set quality standards and timelines. <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Increase Discovery products sales through building relationships, superior client service and technical expertise</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Create strategic business partnerships with multiple intermediary stakeholders.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Relationship building with internal and external stakeholders.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Project management of new business process, from end to end.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Develop comprehensive business plans that align with advisor objectives.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Intermediary reporting and trend analysis.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Consistently deliver Discovery value proposition.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Escalated query resolution and troubleshooting</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Review new business pipeline, follow-up, and tracking.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Issuing of quotations</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Liaise with Operations support teams on servicing and processing of business.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Technical training and ongoing product support to financial advisors.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Keeping up to date with competitor product and service offering and industry developments</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Participating in proactive sales and marketing initiatives</li> </ul> Personal Attributes and Skills <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Logical, analytical problem-solving ability.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Excellent interpersonal skills.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Excellent verbal and written communication skills.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Ability to work independently.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Ability to take accountability, responsibility, and ownership.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Able to take initiative and exercise sound judgment and decision making.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Ability to work in a highly pressurized, target oriented environment.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Ability to deal positively with change and uncertainty.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Strong business acumen.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Strong sales and persuasive skills.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Customer oriented.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Ability to meet deadlines timeously.</li> </ul> Experience <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">2 years’ experience in Customer Service</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">2 years’ experience in Insurance industry.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Knowledge of Discovery Products.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Relevant financial services industry experience is advantageous.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Sound insurance industry experience</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Adviser consulting experience in the financial services industry</li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">An understanding of financial planning </li> </ul> Qualification <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Business degree (advantageous)</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">RE5 (preferable)</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">NQF5 in Wealth Management of Financial Planning / 60 FAIS credits (preferable)</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Knowledge of MS Office Suite</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Sales experience (advantageous)</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px">Knowledge of MS Office Suite</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-left:0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px"> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-left:0.0px;line-height:120%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;color:#6d6e71;text-indent:24.0px"> 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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