Job description
Employment Type: Full-time and permanent
Location: Remote, Kampala, Uganda (flexible within Uganda)
Salary: Competitive, DOE plus performance-based bonus
About Cobblestone Energy
Cobblestone Energy is an energy trading company specializing in the European Gas and Power markets. Established in 2017, we are shaping the future of global commodity trading with a focus on deep analytics and technological innovation. Our success is driven by our people, whom we back with real responsibility from the start. At Cobblestone Energy, excellence is valued and extraordinary talent from around the world is welcomed. Our flat organizational structure encourages a culture of innovation, granting team members autonomy and ownership of their work.
Cobblestone Values
- Lifelong learning with continuous reflection
- Independent thinking through a meritocracy of ideas
- The team is more important than the individual.
- Being the best in any market we enter
- Hiring and keeping only the most effective people
- Others must benefit from our existence.
Job Description
You will own and refine Cobblestone’s global recruitment engine by building strong talent pipelines, improving processes and turning exceptional candidates into high-performing colleagues. Your hiring impact will drive our talent acquisition efforts across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, directly shaping the success of our trading and commercial teams.
What We Offer
- Remote working flexibility.
- Growth opportunities within an expanding international team.
- Global exposure to European markets and stakeholders.
- A high-performance, learning-focused culture.
- Autonomy and ownership of your work.
- A chance to make a direct impact on Cobblestone Energy’s success story.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and enhance the recruitment engine: Manage the complete hiring lifecycle from sourcing and assessment to offer and onboarding
- Build and curate talent pipelines: Develop proactive, data-driven pipelines for immediate and future roles across multiple functions
- Monitor talent benchmarks and market trends: Track compensation, mobility, and skill-set shifts, translating insights into attraction strategies
- Drive data pipelines and dashboards: Improve ATS usage, Excel or Tableau reporting, and automate repetitive tasks with Python or SQL were useful
- Elevate candidate experience: Deliver a five-star journey through timely communication, rigorous assessments, and compelling offers
- Generate hiring strategies: Present medium- and long-term workforce plans to senior leadership, aligning with growth roadmaps
Requirements
Must-Have
- Minimum of 5 years of recruitment experience with a track record of closing high-volume cycles across diverse functions and seniority levels
- Demonstrated success in building and nurturing talent pipelines for technical and commercial roles
- Professional maturity to operate autonomously while collaborating effectively with a remote, international team
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to advise and influence at senior level
- Genuine passion for recruitment as a craft and long-term career
Desirable
- Experience recruiting within energy, trading, or financial-services sectors
- Prior exposure to international hiring or visa-sponsorship processes
- Familiarity with Tableau dashboards or advanced sourcing automations (Python, API integrations)
