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  • Health Inspector offers tips on how to handle rodents after dead rat incident at General Post Office

    Health Inspector offers tips on how to handle rodents after dead rat incident at General Post Office

    Following the suspension of duties at the General Post Office due to the stench of a dead rat, the public has been advised on how to handle rodents. Acting Principal Health Inspector, Julienne Mannix, gave tips on dealing with rodents in various situations. Regarding food eaten at a work desk, Mannix advised individuals to remove…

  • Consultations on strategic approach to the governance of migration in the Caribbean

    Consultations on strategic approach to the governance of migration in the Caribbean

    The International Organization for Migration (IOM – UN Migration) has concluded a two-day consultation process with key national and regional stakeholders, where it presented for the first time, a draft strategy to guide the work of the organization in the Dutch and English-speaking Caribbean between (2023-26). The draft IOM Caribbean Strategy (2023-26) was presented during…

  • Nolan Hue Foundation invites applications for YER 2023

    Nolan Hue Foundation invites applications for YER 2023

    The Nolan Hue Foundation is accepting applications for its annual Youth Empowerment Retreat (YER). YER is a three-day professional workshop designed to support the holistic development of young adults ages 18-25. The non-profit organization’s CEO, Regis Burton, explains the purpose of hosting this youth-based retreat. “YER is an opportunity to bridge the gap as young…

  • Antigua and Barbuda Restaurant Week begins

    Antigua and Barbuda Restaurant Week begins

    Antigua and Barbuda’s inaugural Restaurant Week is poised to make a big splash with its official launch on Sunday. Taking place from May 7 to 21, 2023, this new annual event has been designed to showcase the best the twin-island has to offer in culinary – from favourite local casual hotspots to three course menus…

  • Antigua Cruise Port records a successful winter season

    Antigua Cruise Port records a successful winter season

    Over half a million cruise passengers visited Antigua during the winter season 2022/2023, an excellent performance for the industry which continues to rebound. Most cruise passengers arrived between January and March 2023. Over three hundred and thirty- two thousand visited the island during that period with over one hundred thousand arrivals each month. Homeporting played…

  • US Coast Guard offloads US$10.2 million in cocaine seized in Caribbean Sea

    US Coast Guard offloads US$10.2 million in cocaine seized in Caribbean Sea

    (CMC) – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier and Caribbean Corridor Strike Force agents have offloaded 901 pounds of cocaine in Puerto Rico following the interdiction of a smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea. The US Coast Guard said the three men apprehended in the case…

  • Dancehall artiste Kemar Highcon arrested for alleged grand theft auto in Florida

    Dancehall artiste Kemar Highcon arrested for alleged grand theft auto in Florida

    (Jamaica Observer) — Dancehall artiste Kemar Highcon has been arrested in the US and slapped with a grand theft auto charge which is a third degree felony. According to Broward County public records, the arrest was made on May 5 in Florida. Efforts to get a comment from the Sauce Boss’ management team proved futile.…

  • 4.0 magnitude earthquake recorded off Antigua

    4.0 magnitude earthquake recorded off Antigua

    The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has implemented an automatic earthquake location system that detected a magnitude 4.0 earthquake on May 7th, 2023 at 05:49 am local time. The earthquake’s location was recorded at latitude 18.38N and longitude 61.95W, with a depth of 10 km. The earthquake was…

  • ‘THANK YOU’: Hospital sends letter to nurses

    ‘THANK YOU’: Hospital sends letter to nurses

    Dear Nurses, Thank you. We see you. We support you. We need you. You are truly the backbone of healthcare. As we celebrate our nurses during National Nurses Week, I encourage you to join me in showing appreciation to all nurses across Antigua & Barbuda. I especially want to thank our nursing team at Sir…

  • Squads named for CG United Women’s Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze tournaments

    Squads named for CG United Women’s Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze tournaments

    The best women’s cricketers in the West Indies have assembled in St Kitts for the CG United Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze tournaments to be played from  May 8 to 27. The six regional teams have announced their squads to compete in five rounds of 50-over matches in the CG United Super50 Cup and then…

  • Baby thrown to death from apartment balcony in St. Vincent

    Baby thrown to death from apartment balcony in St. Vincent

    Officials in St Vincent are investigating the death of a six-month-old infant after the child was allegedly thrown from a multi-storey apartment building. A relative of the infant is said to have committed the act. The child’s mother found the baby motionless on the concrete pavement of the building located in Belair. A video on…

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]