13 Jobs in Matatiele
Manager, Branch
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To manage and develop all available resources (people, process and systems) within the branch / PORs to ensure a sustainable and profitable branch income statement and balance sheet as well as entrenching a strong client-focused culture.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor of Commerce(NQF7 FAIS recognized qualification)
- 5-7 years branch experience in branch processes, products and systems. Experience in the application of coaching techniques would be beneficial, as part of having led a team.
Part Time Financial Adviser (Kokstad/ Umzimkhulu/ Matatiele/ Mount Frere/ Harding and Surrounds)
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Let''s Write Africa''s Story Together!
Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.
Part-time opportunity:
- Part-time Financial Adviser
- Grade 12
- Currently in an existing role which he or she wants to retain, but supplement value proposition and/or income by offering financial advice
- Access to in-segment market and existing network
- DOFA/Fit & proper
- A valid Driver’s licence and own car
- A clear criminal and credit check
- Proven computer literacy and digital dexterity
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Sound planning and organising abilities
- Ability to collate, analyse and synthesize information
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Sound business acumen
- GRIT, resilience and tenacity to stay the course.
- Sales orientation
- Building Trust
- Consultative Selling
- Customer-Focused
- Customer Service
- Customer Understanding
- Direct Selling
- Identifying Sales Opportunities
- Oral Communications
- Probing Questions
- Qualifying Prospects
- Sales Data Management
- Sales Software
- Strategic Selling
- Strengthening Customer Relationships
- Action Oriented
- Balances Stakeholders
- Builds Networks
- Collaborates
- Communicates Effectively
- Customer Focus
- Drives Results
- Ensures Accountability
NQF Level 5 - Higher, Advance or Occupational Certificate or equivalent
Closing Date29 November 2025 , 23:59
The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
The Old Mutual Story!
#J-18808-LjbffrAdvancing Financial Adviser (Kokstad/ Umzimkhulu/ Matatiele/ Mount Frere/ Harding and Surrounds)
Posted 5 days ago
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Let's Write Africa's Story Together!
Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.
Qualifications and Experience- A minimum of Matric or equivalent
- A minimum 12 months’ financial services experience as a Financial Adviser
- A minimum of Long-term Insurance Class of Business completion.
- Completion of additional FAIS requirements such as Investments Class of Business, the Regulatory Examination 5 (RE5), an FSCA-approved qualification will be advantageous.
- A valid driver’s licence and own car
- A clear criminal and credit check
- Proven computer literacy
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Sound planning and organising abilities
- Ability to collate, analyse and synthesise information
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Sound business acumen
- Grit, resilience and tenacity
- Excellent listening skills with the ability to translate customer engagements into sales.
- Consultative Selling
- Customer Feedback Management
- Customer-Focused
- Customer Service
- Customer Understanding
- Evaluating Information
- Identifying Customer Needs
- Identifying Sales Opportunities
- Oral Communications
- Probing Questions
- Qualifying Prospects
- Sales Data Management
- Sales Software
- Strategic Selling
- Strengthening Customer Relationships
- Balances Stakeholders
- Builds Networks
- Communicates Effectively
- Customer Focus
- Ensures Accountability
- Instills Trust
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Manages Complexity
NQF Level 4 - Grade 12, School leaving Certificate, National or Occupational Certificate or equivalent
Closing Date29 November 2025, 23:59
The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
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#J-18808-LjbffrBranch Supervisor | Matatiele
Posted 11 days ago
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OurClient are seeking a dynamic Branch Supervisor to lead our branch operations and ensure profitability while driving sales growth. This role involves supervising subordinates, promoting our client’s banking products, and achieving sales targets.
Key Responsibilities:
Sales and Growth Achievement:
- Drive sales by promoting and marketing the bank’s products.
- Retain existing clients, acquire new ones, and reactivate dormant accounts.
- Meet and exceed sales targets as set by management.
Sales Activities:
- Introduce and sell new products.
- Engage in tele-sales, generate leads, and follow up on prospective clients.
- Keep clients informed about the status of their loan applications.
Application Administration and Costs:
- Accurately capture loan applications and verify documentation.
- Ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
- Explain loan application processes and terms to clients, ensuring clarity and understanding.
Branch Sales Focus:
- Manage the branch’s Profit & Loss and budget.
- Develop strategies for customer acquisition and retention.
- Leverage bank products and technology to deepen customer relationships.
- Execute market plans and work closely with the Trade Area Manager on marketing campaigns.
- Maximize customer relationships across business lines.
Risk & Compliance Management:
- Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, laws, and internal policies.
- Implement strategies to maintain operational integrity in the branch.
- Manage cash, people, security, assets, and general operations to meet internal audit standards.
- Ensure quality assurance, risk management, and compliance with FAIS regulations.
People Management and Development:
- Train and develop branch staff, working with HR on recruitment and termination as needed.
- Conduct performance evaluations and coaching to achieve sales excellence.
- Promote a positive, energetic work environment that aligns with the bank’s vision and values.
Customer Service:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, providing expert advice and assistance.
- Ensure clients are informed about the progress of their applications.
- Exceed client expectations by delivering exceptional service.
Qualifications:
- NQF 6 FSCA aligned qualification.
- RE5 certification.
Experience:
- 5-10 years of management, oversight, or supervision experience in the financial services sector.
- Full Representative in all Product Categories.
Technical Skills:
- Basic compliance and administrative skills.
- Novice-level sales management skills.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Strong analytical skills and ability to handle pressure.
- Effective leadership, planning, and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and persuasion abilities.
Rangeland Restoration Associate
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Meat Naturally Africa ) is seeking to hire additional Rangeland Restoration Associates to provide ecological mentorship, interpretation and technical support to communal livestock farmers. Grazing plans will be co-designed to support resilient livelihoods based on the sound management of their livestock and biodiverse landscapes throughout the Drakensberg Sub-Escarpment, South Africa. The outcomes of the work will be regenerative livestock grazing management, erosion control, and improved animal nutrition for communal cattle in non-tenured lands.
The post will be responsible for:
• conducting ecological assessments;
• co-creating regenerative grazing plans with communal farmers;
• field mapping of grazing boundaries and sub-divisions using GIS software;
• training and providing technical oversight of professional herding teams to implement regenerative grazing and restoration plans;
• implementing seasonal and annual monitoring plans;
• supporting a range of ecological research projects by technical college and university students;
• consolidating monitoring information and implementation analysis into technical reports as well as documentation for community feedback meetings; and
• conducting workshops and capacity development on the benefits of an ecological approach to veld management within a communal grassland context for farmers, ecorangers, and communities.
Meat Naturally is seeking individuals with an understanding of the ecological dynamics of the grassland mosaic of the region and we are particularly interested in individuals with knowledge of ecological restoration with experience of sustainable livestock management being beneficial.
The envisaged candidate will:
• have at least a tertiary diploma or a degree in a relevant field with a major component in rangeland ecology
• ideally have two years' work experience in a relevant field
• be energetic, physically fit and able to work both indoors and outdoors
• have well developed social and communication skills in spoken and written English, isiZulu, isiXhosa and/or Sesotho
• be capable of working alone, and as part of a team
• be disciplined, an efficient time-manager and able to work to targets
• be effective and communicate efficiently with distant management
• have a valid Code 08 driver's license (essential)
• be required to travel to fulfil the requirements of this position
• be familiar with basic productivity and GIS software (e.g. MS Office, Google Earth Pro, and QGIS).
Remuneration for this position will range from R200,000 – R300,000 p/a, depending on the experience of the candidate.
Suitably qualified candidates from Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal are particularly invited to apply. The right not to fill this position is retained.
TO APPLY:
To apply please visit this link: . Closing date is 31 August 2025. If you do not hear from us within 14 days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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Site Supervisor
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- Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment
where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
Our Rail team manages a wide range of specialist rail engineering works and projects delivering civils, track, power, electrical solutions and station structures across all rail routes in the UK.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
Are you ready to work on diverse and impactful projects? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you
You will be involved in structures maintenance, including tunnels, bridges, culverts, and retaining walls. You will work on station projects and general vegetation removal and access improvements. Additionally, you will handle platform extension works and earthworks and drainage packages.
Are you ready to take on these challenges and make a significant impact?
Apply now and join our team
What You'll Bring
- Previous experience working in a similar role within Civils or Rail
- Applicants should be familiar with NR Health & Safety standards
- Full Driving Licence essential
- Previous experience within Rail is preferable
Please be sure to list ALL your various Certifications & Tickets with your application such as PTS, SSSTS, CSCS, CPCS, NPORS etc.
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and outside of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000's retail discounts
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity or paternity leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Online GP Service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
In addition, this role offers;
- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare
23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us
- 2 Paid volunteer days per year
- Standby / Overtime / Call out
About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
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and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We're
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and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
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and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
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and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
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Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
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Automation Technology Engineer
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About Umicore
Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?
What You Will Be Doing
You will be responsible for the integration of smart automation and robotics projects at different business units. To perform as technical support together with the external automation and robotics system providers. Meanwhile, you shall also contribute to investigate new technologies in the area of smart automation, robotics, and I4.0.
You Also Will Be Responsible For
- Technical responsible and owner for the projects of smart automation (focus on machine vision) & Simulation in collaboration with the business units' user department and external system provider:
- Coordinate system design by precisely translating the user departments' use case requirement into system specification while balancing process requirements, layout constraints, cost, and lead time limits.
- Collaborating with internal business IT application team and external vendors for the launch of the automation & simulation solution.
- Inspire the BUs and identify synergies between the BUs by showcasing use cases of one BU to other BUs showcasing external use cases within Umicore.
- You will follow-up on the latest software and hardware developments of the smart and automation & robotization and simulation technologies including:
- Flexible and modular system design and integration(focus on machine vision, drone etc.)
- Cloud-based automation and control platform
- Lab automation equipment for functional material chemical processes
Education
Who we are looking for
- You have a minimum of bachelor degree in robotics and automation control, mechatronics engineering, electrical engineering, information and communications technology or an equivalent degree.
Technical Skills & Experience
- You have at least 1~3 years of experience in system integration for automation & robotization or process simulation ideally within the Umicore relevant industries.
- Knowing how to manage the technical projects within time, budget, and defined scopes.
- Knowledge of chemical lab automation and process systems for milling, firing, wet- and solid-synthesis, and/or characterization is a huge plus.
Managerial Skills
- High technical affinity, curious and open to new automation and robotics and other I4.0 technologies.
- Analytical skills to understand the interaction between different technological modules in a digitalization project.
- Excellent oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills to internal and external stakeholders.
- Stress resistance, resilience and ability to manage tight deadlines.
Language
You are fluent in English (in both oral and written communication). Other languages such as Dutch/French/German/Polish is a plus.
What We Offer
- You can work in Olen, Hoboken or Brussels office
We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds.
As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?
Second in Charge
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We are a clothing retail company based in Port Shepstone. Our branches are situated in the Eastern Cape and South Coast area. The successful candidate will lead and motivate our dynamic team in a fast-paced and performance-driven sales environment, to ensure that we create the ultimate shopping experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the Store Manager in overseeing day-to-day store operations.
- Lead, train, and motivate the sales team to achieve sales and performance targets.
- Ensure excellent customer service standards are maintained.
- Handle stock management: receiving, merchandising, stock counts, and loss prevention.
- Open and close the store, ensuring all operational procedures are followed.
- Step in as Acting Manager when required.
- Support in driving store profitability through upselling, promotions, and effective floor management.
Requirements:
- Minimum 2 years' experience in retail (clothing/fashion retail experience preferred).
- Previous supervisory or team leader experience will be advantageous.
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work retail hours (weekends, public holidays, shifts).
- Reliable, trustworthy, and target-driven.
- Matric certificate (Grade 12) required.
Please send your CV and relevant qualifications to
Remember to quote the reference for this position in the subject line of your e-mail.
IgnAlte Consultant
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About Umicore
Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?
What You Will Be Doing
The IgnAIte programme exists to:
- Increase the Data and AI literacy throughout Umicore
- Create an AI watchtower that monitors Umicore relevant AI developments
- Create an AI radar that keeps track of all the AI deployments in Umicore
- Accelerate the use of AI where appropriate in selected areas within the boundaries of the AI policy
The purpose of the IgnAIte consultant is to progress these four objectives together with the other colleagues in the IgnAIte team and drives business transformation by leveraging AI to deliver measurable value, enhance operational efficiency, and support Umicore's strategic objectives. This role ensures that AI initiatives are aligned with business priorities and deliver tangible outcomes for stakeholders.
The IgnAIte team is responsible to deliver against the four objectives of IgnAIte. The IgnAIte consultant will be accountable for those parts of the programme assigned to him/her.
Be responsible for at least one of the SoFs from AI use cases, develop & deploy roadmaps/programs/projects with robust business value
- Identify AI opportunities aligned with business goals; develop tailored AI roadmaps and implementation strategies for SoFs
- support or facilitate deployment: including solution design & development, ensure ethical and scalable AI integration; data cleaning, feature engineering and model training; define and evaluate model effectiveness and recommend optimizations and continuous improvements
- Drive and support change management & Training: support organizational change through training and stakeholder engagement; promote AI literacy and responsible usage across teams
You will follow up on the latest AI development and its application in the market worldwide and bring them into Umicore where you see a business value
Main interface is with the departments where IgnAIte is rolled out
The role is global focus, thus not a regional function
- The role interacts and communicates with several functions and teams within Umicore such as but not limited to Digitalization / IS / corporate function where he/she works closely with / CRD / BIT / communication team / legal etc.
- Main interface is with business leaders, operational managers, and functional teams to ensure AI projects are business-driven.
- Acts as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, translating business needs into technical requirements and vice versa
The role will also interact with external partners (external consultants / vendors / AI system supplier / peer companies etc.)
Who We Are Looking For
- Proven track record of delivering business value through AI or digital transformation projects.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to identify and quantify the impact of AI on business outcomes.
- Experience influencing senior business stakeholders and driving organizational change.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts in business terms and build consensus among diverse audiences.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, business intelligence, or related field
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, business intelligence, or related business field
- Proven knowledge of commercial AI solutions (e.g., SaaS platforms) and custom-built AI tools
- Familiarity with GenAI, predictive analytics, and automation technologies
- Understanding of data governance, quality, readiness for AI
- Ability to manage cross-functional AI projects with business acumen
- Experience in change management and stakeholder engagement
- Compliance & Ethics: Familiarity with AI policy frameworks, risk management, and ethical AI deployment
- Communication, Project management, Influencing
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Proficiency in digital tools and technologies, AI systems, data analytics, and automation tools
- Capable of influencing teams and driving AI adoption without direct managerial authority
- Eagerness to stay updated on AI trends and contribute to pilot testing and tool selection
What We Offer
We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds.
As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?