Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

The Insurance Business Area specialises in driving various solutions to add value to our customers in a meaningful way. We are looking for exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people to join our team and drive a customer centric led culture. This area is continually evolving and is a place where motivated employees thrive and where employee ownership and accountability leads to meaningful results.  

In our journey to reposition Insurance as a service, this team is focussing on creating increased commercial value for our organisation. And to do that, we aim to build a pipeline with various skills within Insurance who are passionate about our customers servicing them directly or indirectly – this will enable the progress in Africa we all want to see. 

Knowledge and Skills, you can learn include Operations, Customer Service, Call Center, Relationship Building, Analyse and process information, Innovation, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management and much more. 

If you are passionate about learning and gaining valuable workplace skills in any area within Insurance, this Internship Programme will enable you to grow in this specialised field. Under the mentorship of our Insurance Leads, you will gain experience regarding various solutions within insurance streams which include, but are not limited to:

• Understanding the full value chain of Insurance Service 
• Customer service and client support
• Operations and business processes
• Understanding the financial and regulatory framework
• Understanding customer demands and providing appropriate solutions
• Professional workplace skills 

We look forward to welcoming you to our team, equipping you with core and critical skills and fulfilling our purpose of “Africa is our home, we drive her growth” 

Level of Qualification: First Degree/Diploma
Field of Study: 

• Business Management
• Business Administration
• Economics
• Financial Management
• Financial Planning
• Human Resource Management
• Information Technology
• Actuarial Science
• BSc Medical Sciences  

Minimum Requirements: 

• South African Citizen
• Be between the ages of 18 and 35   
• Currently not employed 
• Currently no registered on any other learnership or internship  
• Currently not studying at any other institution 

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Inviting Feedback
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Understanding People
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Data Management (Administration)
• Risk Awareness
• Written Communication