Intern: SharePoint Services

Date: 15 Jul 2026

Location:

Bellville, Western Cape, ZA

Company: Sanlam Group

Who are we?

Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Security resilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestrator for technology across Sanlam.

What will you do?

Under direct supervision, you will work with the SharePoint team responsible for site collection management, reporting, capacity and monitoring, document libraries and lists, permissions and security in O365 in support of business processing requirements. Adhering to operating and
service level agreements and in accordance with established routines.

What will make you successful in this role?

Provides technical support for O365 and tools to help Tier 1 and 2 support teams.
Deploy new site collections and MS Teams.
Responsible for designing, building and maintaining SharePoint enterprise applications and supporting applications.
Perform technical planning, systems integration and verification and validation.
Extends and augments the SharePoint platform using Power Platform development.
Participates in requirements gathering, technical design sessions, software development, peer reviews, unit and integration testing.
Work as part of a team, with supervision to achieve project milestones and deadlines.
Provide second level support to end users, ensuring that their challenges are clearly understood before proposing or implementing solutions.
Perform Enterprise level operations and sustainment activities (O365 Tenant admin).

Qualification

Matric
3 Year degree or diploma in Information Technology

Knowledge and Skills

Business Analysis
Reporting and Administration
O365 suite knowledge
Information Architecture
Troubleshooting

Knowledge and Skills

Security Management

Operating system software and hardware and utility software

Software installations and upgrades

Business Requirements

Personal Attributes

Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently

Decision quality - Contributing independently

Plans and aligns - Contributing independently

Optimises work processes - Contributing independently

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 five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently

Customer focus - Contributing independently

Drives results - Contributing independently

Collaborates - Contributing independently

Being resilient - Contributing independently

Turnaround time

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 commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.