Graduate Intern: Admin Assistant (Recruitment & Selection team): SanlamConnect: Gauteng North Region

Who are we?

SanlamConnect is dedicated to supporting, growing and empowering clients with affordable, easy and suitable solutions, primarily through face-to-face intermediary channels, but also directly. This role is within the financial planning business of Sanlam, which comprises a large force of both tied and independent intermediaries as well as the staff who support them. We are dedicated to meeting the financial needs of our clients. Our vision: We aspire to be the best at building enduring relationships by connecting clients with Sanlam through intermediaries and directly. We create sustainable value by attracting new clients, supporting ongoing client engagement and providing adaptive solutions designed to answer life’s financial questions. Ultimately we grow and protect wealth

What will you do?

This in an internship for an unemployed graduate who requires work experience to become more marketable.

Output/Core Tasks:

This is a 12-month contract position allowing the incumbent to gain relevant work experience in the financial services industry. The individual will be exposed to training and office administration whilst being part of an administrative team at Sanlam Life and Savings.

• Provide administration support to the recruitment team

• Co-ordinate meetings

• Assist with adhoc requests

• Assist with sourcing and screening applications from multiple platforms

• Consolidate and provide relevant reports

• Participate in recruitment events

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification & experience

• Business related National Diploma or Degree (Human Resources/Industrial or Organisational Psychology preferred)

• Preferably little or no working experience

• Successful candidate should be unemployed

Knowledge and skills

To be successful you will need to demonstrate good experience in:

• Knowledge and experience in MS Office specifically MS Excel

• Knowledge and experience in the use of social media platforms in recruitment

• Knowledge and experience in the use of AI tools in recruitment

Personal qualities

• Cultivates innovation

• Client centricity

• Exceptional telephone etiquette

• Results driven and passionate

• Collaboration

• Flexibility and adaptability

• Communicates effectively (written and verbal)

• Concern for order and accuracy

• Plans and organises

• Action oriented and can work under pressure

• Treating customers fairly

Please note :

Your application will not be deemed complete without all required documents being submitted. Please submit an updated cv, copy of your ID, matric certificate and qualification certificate.

Turnaround times

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Our aim is to help you build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its business clusters – Life and Savings, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Corporate, Sanlam Investment, Santam, as well as the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity and our employment equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society as well as people with disabilities.