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  • Police seize over $8M worth of cocaine in Dominica

    Police seize over $8M worth of cocaine in Dominica

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (DNO) — The drug squad of the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF) has seized a quantity of cocaine amounting to over EC$8 million in Petite Soufriere on Saturday 4th, November 2023 . Inspector of Police Fixton Henderson made the…

  • Olympic champion Semenya ‘not ashamed’ to be different

    Olympic champion Semenya ‘not ashamed’ to be different

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (AFP) — Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she is “not going to be ashamed because I am different” as she focuses on her long-running dispute with athletics authorities. The South African, who is classed as having “differences in sexual…

  • 7 Cuban officials punished over Hitler Halloween costume

    7 Cuban officials punished over Hitler Halloween costume

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (AFP) — Seven Cuban officials with state-run music organisations have been punished after helping organise a Halloween party last week where an Adolf Hitler costume won first prize, officials said. The deputy director of the Cuban Rock Agency was removed…

  • Ongoing protests and manpower shortage disrupt postal services at General Post Office and Island Outposts

    Ongoing protests and manpower shortage disrupt postal services at General Post Office and Island Outposts

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Service cutbacks Continue Due to Manpower Shortage at General Post Office and Island Outposts Despite weeks of protest by employees over substandard working conditions, services at the General Post Office and other island outposts remain affected. The determination of the…

  • Antigua hints at purchasing water from Trinidad

    Antigua hints at purchasing water from Trinidad

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (CMC) — Prime Minister Gaston Browne has hinted at the possibility of the state-owned Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) purchasing water from a Trinidad and Tobago-based company, as expressed his frustration regarding the ongoing water crisis on the island. Browne,…

  • Potters Resident Arrested on Suspicion of Unauthorized Online Purchases in Debit Card Theft Case

    Potters Resident Arrested on Suspicion of Unauthorized Online Purchases in Debit Card Theft Case

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The co-owner of a popular downtown business reported to the St. John’s Police Station that a known person had used his debit card and made several unauthorized purchases online, amounting to $5,797.53. The offence occurred between September 12 and 31…

  • LETTER: Mexicans and Belizeans taking over BARBUDA

    LETTER: Mexicans and Belizeans taking over BARBUDA

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group DEAR EDITOR: This letter is to highlight an issue that is occurring on the small island of Barbuda, and no one seems to care. I am a born Antiguan living in Barbuda for almost a year and a supporter of…

  • Newspaper claims personal data of Trinidadian prime minister compromised

    Newspaper claims personal data of Trinidadian prime minister compromised

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (CMC) — The personal information of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, including his passport number as well as his date of birth and a post office box address, are among documents found to have been compromised in the cyberattack on…

  • ABLP plans Primary to determine St. John’s Rural West Candidate

    ABLP plans Primary to determine St. John’s Rural West Candidate

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party has scheduled a primary election for December 8 to choose a candidate for the St. John’s Rural West constituency. Five individuals, namely Shawn Benjamin, Russhell Ellis, Michael Joseph, Aziza Lake, and Kevin Morgan, have…

  • LETTER: Citizenship applicants frustrated by unexpected Work Permit Requirement

    LETTER: Citizenship applicants frustrated by unexpected Work Permit Requirement

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group DEAR EDITOR: I wrote to you guys about getting some information about work permit application for a person seeking citizenship… I have applied for citizenship, where all my documents have been submitted in April 2023. I went to immigration on…

  • Fogging Schedule for November 6 to 10

    Fogging Schedule for November 6 to 10

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The Central Board of Health wishes to advise the general public that as part of the Mosquito Control Program for the adult Aedes aegypti Mosquito, the Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing 4:30…

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]