Introduction
Bestmed is a non-profit, mutual, self-administered medical scheme registered with the Council for Medical Schemes. We have been providing healthcare to the lives of South Africans for over 60 years. We are the largest self-administered scheme and the fourth largest open medical scheme in South Africa.

Bestmed strives to be an employer of choice by:

creating a Personally Ours culture where we can all contribute in our unique way to make Bestmed the best employer for our Talent.
creating an environment that optimises individuals to contribute their best version of themselves.
promoting a highly engaged workforce in a performance enabling environment where employees are valued and rewarded for their commitment and dedication.

Bestmed has an excellent track record within the medical scheme industry:

We ranked number one in customer experience in the 2022 Ask Afrika Orange Index®: Medical Aid Companies category.
Our results for 2022 in the SA-csi’s medical scheme industry research places us at the forefront of customer experience in the South African medical scheme industry.
We won the Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA) Intermediary Experience Award 2022 for Product Supplier of the Year: Healthcare.
We won the Titanium Award for Service to Membership in 2022, and for Creating Access to Quality Healthcare in 2022 and 2023
We were honoured as the News24 Medical Scheme of the Year in the News24 Business Awards 2024

If you are willing to lead the way, go the extra mile, do the right thing, be upbeat and play for the team…you may be the perfect candidate to join a journey that is Personally Yours with Bestmed!

Duties & Responsibilities
The primary objective of the internship is to provide graduates with the opportunity to learn and develop skills across various departments, listed below. This experience will equip them to support the team with general administrative tasks, project coordination, and participation in team brainstorming sessions.

Desired Experience & Qualification
Should an individual already have completed an INSETA internship, they will unfortunately not be shortlisted for consideration as per the INSETA requirements.

REQUIREMENTS

Legal Intern

Grade 12
LLB
Unemployed

Client Service Intern X6

Grade 12
Diploma or Degree in Business Administration
Unemployed

Finance Intern

Grade 12 with Accounting as a subject
Diploma or Degree in Finance
Unemployed

Membership New Business and Underwriting Intern

Grade 12
Diploma or Degree in Business Administration
Unemployed

Hospital Benefit Management Intern

Grade 12
Diploma or Degree in Business Administration
Unemployed

Disease Management Admin Intern

Grade 12
Diploma or Degree in Business Administration
Unemployed

IT Software Development Intern

Grade 12
Diploma or Degree in IT (Software Development)
Unemployed

Talent Intern

Grade 12
Diploma or Degree in Human Resources
Unemployed

Direct Sales Intern X2

Grade 12 with Mathematics or Maths Literacy
Diploma or Degree in Business Administration
Unemployed

Marketing and Sales Intern

Grade 12 with Mathematics or Maths Literacy
Diploma or Degree in Mathematics, Information Systems or Statistics
Unemployed

Marketing and Communications Intern

Grade 12 with Mathematics or Maths Literacy
Diploma or Degree in Marketing or Communications
Unemployed

Member Relations Intern

Grade 12 with Mathematics or Maths Literacy
Diploma or Degree in Business Administration or Marketing
Unemployed

Interested?
Thank you for your interest in Bestmed Medical Scheme.

Due to the large amount of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Should you not be contacted within 2 weeks of the advertisement closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

Your CV will however be put onto our database and we will contact you should any suitable vacancies arise in future.

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