Company Founded: Founded in 2017

Junior Trader (Eldoret) Junior Trader (Mombasa) Junior Trader (Nairobi) Junior Trader (Kisumu)

About the job

Starting salary of 50,000 USD per annum in a zero-tax environment.
Fast progression for strong performers .

About us:

Cobblestone Energy is a proprietary trading firm that specializes in the wholesale electricity market across Europe. Electricity is fundamental to the world’s economic activities. We trade enough electricity every day to power a small country, and in doing so, we help to address the mismatch between electricity generation and consumption.

Your role:

As a Junior Trader, you will be at the frontlines of our business. You will work with our trading team to make use of our analytics and technology to execute profitable trades in real-time.

What we offer:

Competitive remuneration, with fast progression for strong performers
A challenging but exciting, open, and fun work environment
An opportunity to work with remarkably talented colleagues
Vast growth potential in every aspect

Requirements:

Excellent numerical and logical reasoning skills.
A track record of excellence, both in and outside of academics.
At least upper second-class honors in university; and 90+th percentile in secondary level mathematics.
Passion, resilience, and integrity

Our hiring process:

After your application has been evaluated, you will be invited for a series of interviews.
All finalists will then be invited for a one-week training program at our Dubai office. We shall cater for all the relocation costs i.e. flights tickets, accommodation, work visa paperwork, and related expenses.
Passing that, you will be offered a full-time role at Cobblestone Energy.

Job location:

Dubai, UAE

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October 28, 2024
Travel Operations Manager Experience & Care Manager

About the role
As Swvl continues to expand its Intercity services across Kenya and bordering countries, the Swvl team is looking for a motivated hands-on manager who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment to take Swvl Travel to the next level. As the Travel Operations Manager for Swvl, you will own the performance KPIs and execution of our intercity services in the Kenya region, be responsible for developing and motivating a high-performing operations team, and build a strong network with internal and external partners and continue focusing on expansion strategies. We are looking for an experienced manager with a proven track record of leading matrixed teams and exceeding targets. To be successful in the role, we need a motivated self-starter with an engaging personality and strategic mentality who thrives in a dynamic and fast-moving environment.
What you’ll do

Drive overall business strategy and ensure smooth execution, operations, and profitable business growth of Swvl Travel.
Explore untapped markets and look for new travel destinations to generate and expand business in Kenya.
End to end P&L Management to ensure delivery of key company targets.
Ensure, adapt, and optimize our quality and service standards according to the needs of the Kenyan market
Build go-to-market processes, establish performance KPIs, and drive organization and operations effectiveness
Work closely with local operations and marketing teams to ensure the successful implementation of strategies and deploy resources to build the Swvl Travel product in several locations.
Cultivate and maintain deep relationships with both business partners and new prospects.
Be a subject matter expert in your domain, constantly review the market to determine changing needs.
Build business models that can optimize the entire route networks and maximize demand in the most efficient manner.
Liaise with Central Ops, Growth, Product teams to lead city projects.
Ad-hoc data backed analysis to improve Ops KPIs.

What you’ll need

Atleast 5 years of experience in a similar domain/role.
Experience working with SQL (Big Query) and Advanced Google Sheets
Experience working effectively with internal and external partners in a constantly evolving, rapid growth environment.
A portfolio of business achievements growing a customer base and consistently exceeding revenue targets, business objectives, and larger company goals.
Enthusiastic and motivational managerial experience established through persuasion – leading by example across all company functions.
A go-getter, hustler attitude.

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October 28, 2024
Financial Accountant

About the job
Cobblestone Energy is an independent trading firm. Founded in 2017, we are part of the next generation of companies defining the future of global commodity trading. Although we have experienced very strong growth so far, we are still near the start of our journey. We have ambitions to go a lot further.
We specialise in the proprietary trading of the intraday and short-term wholesale electricity markets across Europe. We make use of advanced data analytics and extensive research to drive profitable decision making, trading enough electricity every day to power a small country and growing every day. Technology and risk management form the backbone of our business.
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.

Financial Accountant – Dubai, UAE
Starting salary: 40,000 to 65,000 USD per annum DOE 0% tax environment + Discretionary performance-based bonus.
Job Description
We are looking for an ambitious Finance Professional to join our rapidly expanding business. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to help scale up the business and have a big impact in the Finance Department.
The successful candidate will be highly analytical, detail-oriented and have a demonstrated ability to effectively influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, financial analysis, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives.
We are looking to build a department with sophisticated financial systems that can scale as we continue to grow.
What we offer in this role

Committed and remarkably talented colleagues.
An exciting and challenging career with unlimited growth opportunities.
An opportunity to build things from scratch and make independent decisions.
Opportunity to be part of the leadership team.

Requirements

Minimum 2-3 years of experience in Finance
Ability to leverage technology to simplify, improve and innovate finance processes and systems.
Entrepreneurial individual ready to take complete ownership of finance processes.
Advanced analytical and numerical skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting software; familiarity with data query/data management tools is desirable.
Independent thinker with a growth mindset.

Responsibilities

Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual statements (balance sheets and income statements) to identify results, trends, and financial forecasts.
Manage and coordinate compliance with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings in the different jurisdictions in which we have operations.
Collaborate with auditing services to ensure proper compliance with all regulations.
Collecting and analysing financial data, which is then used in the preparation of weekly and monthly estimates
Preparing weekly cash flow statements, and controlling expenditure and cash flow
Coordinate the preparation of year-end accounts and statutory accounts
Responding to financial inquiries by gathering and interpreting data
Examining financial records to check for accuracy
Manage the preparation and posting of receipts, deposits, purchase orders, invoices, refunds, and other standard bookkeeping tasks
Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable
Provide oversight to Admin in line with petty cash disbursements, replenishment and petty cash count. Review and oversee reimbursements.
Coordinate the preparation, tracking, and reconciliation of ledgers, budgets and financial plans.
Coordinate the payroll preparation process
Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements.
Report on financial projections (e.g. liquidity and cash flow)
Support month-end and year-end close processes
Develop mechanisms, policies, and procedures to enhance compliance to the requirements of the finance functions, and accounting standards and regulations.
Implement and drive improvements in the core financial processes and reporting for the business.
Use technology to streamline and amplify our finance function capabilities.
Learn new technologies and transform your learnings into applicable tools to benefit our growth ambitions.
Motivate/lead/train/supervise other team members within the finance function.

Desirable Qualities

2+ years’ experience in one of the large accounting /audit firms.
Exposure to finance issues in multiple jurisdictions
1+ years in similar business activities (e.g., Trading / Electricity Trading).
Experience with Group accounting and cross border transactions
In-depth understanding of bookkeeping procedures
Solid knowledge of accounting regulations
BSc degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Economics or relevant field
Additional certification (e.g. ACCA or CPA) is preferred

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eenergy.com

October 28, 2024
Repairs & Maintenance Technician

About the job
MAIN PURPOSE & SCOPE OF THE JOB
The Repairs & Maintenance Technician is responsible for the day-to-day Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing maintenance required within the restaurants in accordance with Ankole Grill Policies, Procedures and Standards laid out by Management to ensure customer satisfaction.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for repairs, maintenance and performing ad hoc maintenances required.
Perform emergency repairs as necessary.
Conduct ongoing regular preventative maintenance, upkeep and repair program including general repairs to equipment, fridges, plumbing, electrical and mechanical installation.
Responsible for producing thorough documentation, such as recording details of maintenance and health and safety checks in an efficient and organized manner.
Produce daily and weekly reports on a timely basis on maintenance.
Maintain an updated database of contractors and service providers.
Overall responsibility is to ensure all public areas, back of house and building
Operating systems are presented and maintained to a high standard and appropriate preventative detection systems are in place.
Implement and manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules for all workplace, equipment and operating assets to ensure efficient and continuous operation.
Maintain and manage all operating manuals, service and product warranties, supplier details and product specifications in hard and soft copy.
Manage external service providers in accordance with agreed performance and servicing requirements.
Manage the reporting and rectification of building, plant and equipment defects in consultation with the project manager, during the 12-month defect liability period.
Ensure maintenance and fault reporting systems are in place to respond to all guest and staff reported maintenance issues.
Manage operating supplies and asset inventories in accordance with company guidelines.
In addition to the above, Repairs & Maintenance Technician may be given such other duties, as the Management may deem necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

5 years experience in the hospitality industry in a similar role preferably in a 4-star or 5-star establishment.
Diploma/Certificate in Electrical Engineering.
Recognized trade qualifications in either electrical, mechanical or hydraulic disciplines
Understanding of purchasing and maintenance of kitchen equipment.
Organized, can delegate tasks well and work in a high-stress environment.
Familiarity with professional kitchen equipment.
Excellent personal hygiene and grooming habits.
Customer service oriented with a lively, energetic, and outgoing personality.
Well-organized and detail-oriented.
Strong safety and hygiene awareness
Be open to working flexible shifts and on weekends and holidays.

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www.linkedin.com

October 28, 2024
Java Web Developer

About the job
Presta Capital, a fintech company based in Nairobi is looking for young nerds.
What are we about?
We are a small, close knit family of developers and consultants taking on the challenge of delivering the future of digital financial services to Africa.
Presta is a Software services company, providing a pay as go platform for credit organizations for such services as mobile driven loan origination, electronic signatures, electronic appraisals, payments, analytics and many more. To date, Presta serves more than 100 financial institutions and are hard at work to scale this to 1,000 institutions across Africa.
Which geeks?
We are looking for young talented Java nerds with 1-3 years experience. Our stack is built on the microservices architecture using Spring Framework, though legacy components exist. There’ll be plenty to learn and challenge you! Hope you are up to it.
Requirements

Must be available for work in 1 week time
Java 8 and above programming experience (i.e streams, lambdas etc)
Spring Boot – experience using Spring Boot/ Spring Framework is key
JUnit Testing – Familiarity and experience with Unit testing
SQL (Know how to work with relational databases)
Javascript – Familiarity is an added advantage
MongoDB familiarity – Added advantage
BenefitsTo be Discussed during Interview;
Health Insurance after probation period.
Competitive Rates
Lunch is provided
Transport

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presta.zohorecruit.com

October 28, 2024
Imports and Exports Assistant

Position Description
We are looking for an Imports and Exports Assistant to join our vibrant and growing Supply Chain Department. This is an entry-level position, and the preferred candidate will majorly be working closely with our clearing agents to ensure proper delivery of consignments both in-house and to our export customers.
The successful candidate will provide support to the Import/Export Officers and assist with the preparation of import and export documents in compliance with both Government and Customs’ Regulations.
The successful candidate will also maintain control and ensure regulations to all import and export processes while monitoring local policies and evaluating all new custom requirements.
The Imports and Exports Assistant will be charged with maintaining all the files pertaining to mandatory licenses and follow-up for periodic renewals.

Qualifications

Secondary School Certificate
Certification in Imports and Exports Management
Must hold a valid Motor Cycle Driver’s License and have 1-2 years experience in riding Motor Cycles
Have knowledge of shipping regulations and policies
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point Presentations
At least one year experience in a customs warehouse or similar setting
Prior experience in preparing customs and shipping documents

How to ApplyInterested candidates should send their updated CVs including three (3) referees to bca-recruitment@bidcoroafrica.com by 1st March 2022. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis

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bca-recruitment@bidcoroafrica.com

October 28, 2024
Marketing brand Lead

Job purpose
The purpose of this role is to help SWVL build and maintain a strong and consistent brand through a wide range of online and offline marketing channels. This role will report to the Global Head of Marketing.
Roles And Responsibilities
The areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:

Marketing

Conducting marketing surveys to better understand the current marketing needs.
Coming up with marketing campaigns and strategies and executing them to end within the stipulated timelines.
Managing the marketing budget and ensuring that all marketing material is in line with our brand identity.
Coach, mentor and train the marketing team.
Establish marketing goals/objectives based on past performance and market forecasts.
Develop an annual marketing budget, upon planned objectives and strategy, with tangible tracking system on a monthly basis.
Oversees current offerings, strategizing and executing initiatives for new products or services.
Works with the relevant teams to develop detailed marketing plans for all media channels.
Approves and oversees the creative development of promotional materials, advertisements, and other marketing-related projects.
Communicates with various media buyers and advertising agencies, to help marketing projects come to life.
Works within the department budget to develop cost-effective marketing plans for each product or service.
Tracking and analyzing the performance of advertising campaigns.
Adjusts marketing campaigns and strategies as needed in response to collected data and other feedback.

Brand

Build and maintain a strong and consistent brand through a wide range of online and offline marketing channels.
Designing digital media campaigns aligned with business goals.
Creation of relevant content for Above the Line (ATL) and Below The Line (BTL) marketing campaigns.
Suggesting and implementing direct digital marketing strategies to promote the brand and increase awareness.
Creation of creative and relevant digital content for the website, blogs, press releases and social media.
Managing end-to-end digital projects.
Maintaining a strong online company voice through social media.
Analysis of digital marketing data (campaign results, conversion rates, traffic etc) to help shape future digital marketing strategies
Liaising with relevant teams to ensure brand consistency.
Measuring and reporting on the performance of all digital marketing campaigns and the Return on Investments for the same.
Staying up to date with current digital marketing trends relevant to the brand for ensuring campaigns and promotions are relevant within each market.
Maintaining awareness on best practice digital marketing techniques/tools to achieve successful marketing campaigns and promotions.
Qualifications, Experience And Personal Qualities
BSc/MSc degree in Marketing or related field.
Minimum of 5 or more years of work experience in marketing is required. 2 of these should preferably be in a supervisory role.
Proven experience in identifying target audiences and in creatively devising and leading across channels marketing campaigns that engage, educate and motivate.
Hands-on experience with web analytics tools and be able to turn creative ideas into effective advertising projects.
You should have demonstrable experience in marketing together with the potential and attitude required to learn.
Solid knowledge of Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro or other media editing software.
Solid computer skills, including MS Office, marketing software (Adobe Creative Suite & CRM) and applications (Web analytics, Google Adwords etc.)

The following personal qualities are preferred:

You have strong communication skills and are adept at finding solutions to ad-hoc problems using data analytics.
You have a strong execution bias and love to execute with speed. You like to get the job done quickly, manage timelines well and have amazing project management skills.
The ability to build and maintain highly effective working relationships with a range of people (from both local and central teams).
Strong attention to detail and extremely organized.
A commitment to teamwork and working in a professional manner.
Experience with visual communication principles.
Familiarity with web design and content management systems.
Excellent analytical and project management skills.
An ability to multitask and deliver under tight deadlines.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrable experience in marketing data analytics tools.
Make sure to be up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in online marketing and measurement.

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boards.eu.greenhouse.io

October 28, 2024
Junior Trading Analyst (Nairobi) Junior Trading Analyst (Nakuru) Junior Trading Analyst (Kiambu) Junior Trading Analyst (Eldoret) Junior Trading Analyst (Mombasa) Junior Trading Analyst (Kisumu)

What We Offer In This Role

A full-time position on our Commercial team.
Committed and remarkably talented colleagues.
Great compensation and rewards.
An exciting, challenging and fulfilling career.
An opportunity to work on new things from scratch and make independent decisions.
Unlimited growth potential.

Responsibilities

Support the commercial decisions of the traders through the provision of timely analysis and market monitoring.
Perform research into various aspects of the European Energy markets
Analyse business requirements (tools and systems) and provide ideas to solutions that add value to the bottom line.

Requirements

Strong numerical, logical reasoning and analytical skills.
A in A level Mathematics. Must have studied Mathematics at A level. *
Strong commercial acumen.
Resilience and a determination to succeed.
Independent thinkers with growth mindset.
Programming (e.g., Python, Java, C++) skills are desirable but not mandatory.
Must be passionate, self-motivated and able to learn quickly.
Strong sense of integrity.
Personal values that match our company values.

Our Hiring Process

After your application has been evaluated, you will be invited to take online psychometric assessments that will evaluate your numerical ability.
Upon successful completion of these, you will be invited for a series of interviews with members of both our HR and Commercial team.
Before full time admission onto our Commercial Development Programme (CDP), all finalist candidates will be invited to attend a Cobblestone Training Programme (CTP). CTPs will be carried out at our Dubai office. We shall cater for everything – flights, accommodation, paperwork, and expenses.
During the Training Program, you will work on real-life tasks and situations with other members of the commercial and technical team. The goal is to enable you to learn as much as possible within the period while giving you the opportunity to shine in an area tailored to your strengths. You are also evaluated for cultural fit, aptitude, and your ability to work with others.
Those passing the CTP will be offered a full-time role on the CDP.

Job Location:
The role will be based in our Corporate office in Dubai.

Office Location: 
Jumeirah Business Centre 2, Cluster V, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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October 28, 2024
Travel Associate – Eldoret

Roles And Responsibilities
We are seeking highly skilled self-motivated individuals who will join our Travel team. This is crucial for finding supply as well as increasing awareness and utilization in our top destination cities.
Job purpose
The Travel Associate will ensure we have at least 75% utilization from their cities. This means they will have to sign up and help book passengers on a daily basis.
In more detail, the areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:

Ensuring that we are visible in their areas of operation through distribution of fliers and any other campaign materials
Ensuring we have at least 75% utilization from their cities. This means they will have to sign up and help book passengers on a daily basis. If need be, recruit and train BAs to support them.
Build and maintain relationships with the Saccos and the captains we operate with. to solve the timing issue we shall have them assess and recommend the high traffic timing for us to schedule rides
Help us recruit native supply. Rather than have vehicles that leave Nairobi take their afternoon trips from cities to Nairobi, we can have rides that take their first route to Nairobi and return in the afternoon.
Have them routinely conduct random checks on the on boarded passengers against our bookings. This will curb non-swlvers utilizing our vehicles.
Identify and respond to potential leads.
Meet with potential partners, determine their specific needs and wants, making suggestions as appropriate.
Develop a relationship with Drivers and fleet partners
Anticipate the needs and follow up on Driver and owner concerns and provide timely feedback and solutions.
Increase driver productivity by eliminating trip cancellations and trip no shows through driver management and churn management.
Following up with the captain experience team and any other support teams and address customer complaints and concerns with drivers
Drive demand and awareness from destinations to Nairobi through Sacco & Independent BA programs
Monitor demand and supply patterns from destinations and advise the main hub team on the impact

Experience And Personal Qualities

Diploma/Degree in a relevant discipline.
At least 1-2 years of experience in a similar role.
Excellent interpersonal skills
Familiarity in the ride hailing space is preferred.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Strong analytical and organizational skills, highly systematic personality.
Ability to present products and ideas with ease, confidence and persistence.
Self-driven and able to work with minimum supervision.
A commitment to teamwork and working in a professional manner.
Must be residing in Eldoret and familiar with the town operations.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.The role will be based in Eldoret.

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boards.eu.greenhouse.io

October 28, 2024
VueJs Frontend Software Engineering Consultant

We are in the process of recruiting a VueJs Frontend Software Engineering Consultant to help us improve our platform for the next phase of our mission. We will need your services for At least 6 Months (6-12) with possibilities of extension and even full-time role based on your performance.
Your Mission

Design and implement UI with designers and back-end developers.
Review, design and integrate with back-end API base on UI design.
Implement web front-end with JavaScript/HTML/CSS.
Build the libraries necessary for implementation.
Make UI components with designers.

Your Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science or related fields.
At least 5 years Front-End experience.
At least 3 years production-level experience working with VueJs.

Required Experience

Expert level experience with Vue.js.
Strong overall experience with JavaScript.
Experience with RESTful API development.
Writing high-performance, reusable code for UI components.
Solid experience using CSS frameworks (Bootstrap, Tailwind).
Designing loosely coupled/modular systems.
Source control and software versioning experience on Git.

Additional Preferred Experience

Experience with TypeScript.
Experience with Nuxt.js and/or Vuetify.
Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) environment.
Experience in designing with WebSockets.
Knowledge of WebRTC.
Experience with Docker.
Experience designing SaaS applications.

Personal Traits

Independent
Problem solver
Proactive attitude
Innovative

Benefits

Excellent monthly compensation package.
Chance to re-shape the future of debt collections and recoveries in Africa.
Chance to build world class secure systems that will be trusted by financial institutions.
Possibilities of Full-time role.

Send your CV detailing how your experience fits this role and send along with your portfolio links (e.g. GitHub profile) to careers@crafted.co.ke with subject “VueJs Frontend Software Engineering Consultant”

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careers@crafted.co.ke

October 28, 2024