Santam Graduate Accelerate Programme (GAP)

Advertiser: Santam
Location: Illovo, Johannesburg

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in South Africa. Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centred on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We’re about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

Key Responsibilities:

The GAP Programme is an opportunity which is designed to assist Graduates to make the transition from being a student at university to entering into the exciting world of work at Santam. Graduates are offered a variety of support mechanisms to assist in making a successful transition and they will have a number of responsibilities relating to this which includes:
- Liaising effectively with supervisors
- Participating in training and experience opportunities
- Assist in identifying areas where further experience or training is required
- Acquire information about respective position and Santam
- Comply with the organisation’s Values and Code of Conduct
- Be a willing and interested participant in on-the-job learning
- Take responsibility for personal and career development
- Participate in evaluations conducted on the GAP
- Demonstrate a commitment to the successful completion of the GAP
- Participate in the performance management process, including completing and submitting performance agreements within the allocated timeframe and engaging in and actively seeking regular feedback from their manager
- Meet the business outcomes and performance measures specified in their performance agreement

Minimum Requirements

- Have completed business related degree-level qualification or proof that degree will be completed prior to the programme commencement date. The discipline of study in which candidates have completed their qualifications must be in line with the scarce skills areas needed by the business.
- Less than 2 years’ work experience (post-qualification)
- Younger than 25 years
- Interest in the insurance industry
- Proof of South African citizenship
- Should not have previously participated in a graduate programme
- Strong academic record / results will be advantageous

Competencies:

- Delivering results and meeting customer expectation
- Relating and networking
- Analysing
- Applying expertise and technology
- Achieving personal work goals and objectives
- Deciding and initiating action
- Living the values

Reference number: No reference number was supplied with the advert. We suggest you use the title of the position.

Closing date: 31 August 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.