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  • 11a.m. Update: Hurricane Tammy just off the coast of Guadeloupe

    11a.m. Update: Hurricane Tammy just off the coast of Guadeloupe

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Hurricane Tammy just off the coast of Guadeloupe Hurricane conditions and heavy rain expected in portions of the Leeward Islands through tonight. Here are the Key Messages: Hurricane and tropical storm conditions are expected in portions of the Leeward and…

  • Contract signed for Montserrat short-term passenger ferry service

    Contract signed for Montserrat short-term passenger ferry service

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The Government of Montserrat today signed a contract with NAVIYUC S.A. de C.V. to operate the V2V Empress Vessel to begin passenger ferry services between Montserrat and Antigua in early November 2023. V2V Empress is a Belize flagged Vessel based…

  • Hurricane Tammy moving through islands of eastern Caribbean with flooding rain, gusty winds

    Hurricane Tammy moving through islands of eastern Caribbean with flooding rain, gusty winds

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (Fox Weather) — Hurricane conditions and heavy rainfall are expected over the Leeward Islands on Saturday as Hurricane Tammy bears down on islands that make up the eastern Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Tammy strengthened into a Category…

  • Police appeal to residents to stay indoors

    Police appeal to residents to stay indoors

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The police are appealing to residents to stay indoors as a result of the pending hurricane Tammy, which is forecast to impact the islands. The police are further advising residents to take all the necessary precautions to ensure the safety…

  • PM Browne’s message to Antiguans and Barbudans as Hurricane Tammy threatens

    PM Browne’s message to Antiguans and Barbudans as Hurricane Tammy threatens

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Distinguished citizens, residents. Once again, our nation is facing the prospect of severe weather conditions with Hurricane Tammy, the high is right on our doorstep. With the memories of the ravages of Hurricane Irma in 2017 and the devastation on…

  • Antigua closes V.C. Bird International Airport as island under hurricane watch

    Antigua closes V.C. Bird International Airport as island under hurricane watch

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua and Barbuda will be closed to all commercial traffic starting from 5:30 p.m. ET Friday due to the approaching Hurricane Tammy. The airport is expected to reopen on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.…

  • Antigua and Barbuda receives US$2.8M insurance payout for TS Philippe

    Antigua and Barbuda receives US$2.8M insurance payout for TS Philippe

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group CCRIF SPC made two payouts totalling US$3.4 million to the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the British Virgin Islands following Tropical Storm Philippe. Philippe made landfall on Antigua and Barbuda on October 2nd and passed near the British Virgin…

  • NODS ensuring that all is in place for Hurricane Tammy

    NODS ensuring that all is in place for Hurricane Tammy

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) is ensuring that everything is in place on the national and community level considering the pending weather associated with, now upgraded, Hurricane Tammy. Antigua and Barbuda along with several other islands is now…

  • LIAT cancels flights as Tropical Storm Tammy approaches

    LIAT cancels flights as Tropical Storm Tammy approaches

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group LIAT wishes to advise passengers that due to the impending passage of Tropical Storm Tammy that some scheduled flights on Friday October 20 will be affected. The airline has cancelled flights to/from the following destinations: LI 392 from Antigua to…

  • Antiguan diplomat completes successful term as Chair of global energy agency

    Antiguan diplomat completes successful term as Chair of global energy agency

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Antigua and Barbuda’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Tumasie Blair left a sobering yet inspiring message with the members of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as he brought his tenure as Chairman formally to a close during…

  • Man comes face to face with intruder who stole his Play Station console and controller

    Man comes face to face with intruder who stole his Play Station console and controller

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (REAL News) — A Gilpin Avenue, Grays Farm, man came face to face with the thief who robbed him of his gaming console and controller, after having broken into his house and stealing the items. Officers from the Grays Farm…

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]