Day: May 24, 2022

  • India declares support for Johnson Smith as Commonwealth Secretary General

    India declares support for Johnson Smith as Commonwealth Secretary General

    India has joined several other countries in rallying behind Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith in her campaign for the post of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. In a letter addressed to Johnson Smith, the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Dr S Jaishankar, expressed his Government’s assurance…

  • Indiana pastor admits ‘adultery’, woman tells church he took her virginity at 16

    Indiana pastor admits ‘adultery’, woman tells church he took her virginity at 16

    A pastor at a church in Warsaw, Indiana admitted in church last Sunday that he committed adultery. But in a twisted fate of events, the alleged victim stood up in the sermon and revealed that the incident the pastor confessed to happened when she was only 16-years-old. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. According…

  • Trinidad PM says he was almost scammed into making ‘substantial deposit’ to a Chinese bank

    Trinidad PM says he was almost scammed into making ‘substantial deposit’ to a Chinese bank

    Trinidad Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he will be referring a scam which had him announcing that he and several other Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders had received “a substantial grant” from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) as well as “all other relevant authorities”. In a…

  • 15 killed in Texas school shooting

    15 killed in Texas school shooting

    Texas Governor Greg Abbott says 15 people were killed in a shooting Tuesday at an elementary school. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Abbott says the suspected shooter, an 18-year-old man, also died and was believed to be killed by responding officers. He says 14 children and one teacher were killed at Robb Elementary…

  • Double Olympic champion Caster Semeny ‘Offered To Show Track Officials Her Vagina To Prove She Was Female’

    Double Olympic champion Caster Semeny ‘Offered To Show Track Officials Her Vagina To Prove She Was Female’

    Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she offered to show her vagina to track officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. She also accused the world athletics body of making her take medication that “tortured” her and made her fear that…

  • FEATURE: Farm operated by the Weaver Family of Liberta Village

    FEATURE: Farm operated by the Weaver Family of Liberta Village

    Situated in the parish of St. Paul is a farm on seven (7) acres of land owned and operated by the Weaver Family of Liberta Village. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Since the passing of their father fourteen (14) years ago, the farm has been operated by four (4) siblings Mitsey, Annell, Elvis…

  • The cloud over the Commonwealth S-G candidacy

    The cloud over the Commonwealth S-G candidacy

    JAMAICA OBSERVER: There is a cloud over Kamina Johnson Smith’s candidacy for the job of secretary general of the Commonwealth. This cloud had been formed long before the Andrew Holness Administration was “approached” to field Johnson Smith as a candidate. Of course, clouds can yield to a bright sunny day. Once “enstooled” in Marlborough House —…

  • Explained: With Dominica having dropped the case against Mehul Choksi, where do India’s efforts to bring him back stand?

    Explained: With Dominica having dropped the case against Mehul Choksi, where do India’s efforts to bring him back stand?

    INDIA EXPRESS: Authorities in Dominica have dropped the charge of illegal entry against jeweller Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in the Rs 13,000-crore PNB loan fraud case. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. In May last year, Choksi was arrested in Dominica on charges of having illegally entered the country from Antigua, a country…

  • High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda visits Jersey

    High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda visits Jersey

    BBC: Antigua and Barbuda’s high commissioner to the UK will visit venues that have hired Caribbean workers in Jersey. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. The Government of Jersey formed a three-year partnership with the nation in March to fill catering jobs. Karen-Mae Hill, who is on a three-day visit, will meet some of…

  • WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second five-year term

    WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second five-year term

    WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. No other candidate challenged Tedros for the post amid the ongoing difficulties of responding to the devastating coronavirus pandemic. “This is overwhelming,” Tedros said, after another World…

  • NOAA predicts above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

    NOAA predicts above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

    NOAA: Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to November 30, predicts…

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]