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  • Hospital to get new over-bed tables thanks to Friends of Mount St John and RUBIS

    Hospital to get new over-bed tables thanks to Friends of Mount St John and RUBIS

    Patients at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Center (SLBMC) will soon be much better served with their food and medicines thanks to an order for new over-bed tables made possible through the Friends of Mount St John MSJMC with a supporting donation from RUBIS. Raphaelene Jackson, Country Representative, RUBIS Antigua, said the Company’s donation of EC$6,792…

  • 2 earthquakes recorded off Barbuda

    2 earthquakes recorded off Barbuda

    Two earthquakes were recorded Tuesday afternoon, within hours of each other and within 15 miles east and northeast of Barbuda. There were also two earthquakes two in the general area a month ago. UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME: 2023-05-16 2:42 pm (Local Time) 2023-05-16 18:42 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 3.5 LOCATION: Latitude: 17.61N…

  • U.S. State Department urges travellers to ‘reconsider’ visiting Jamaica, Colombia

    U.S. State Department urges travellers to ‘reconsider’ visiting Jamaica, Colombia

    (USA TODAY) — The State Department is urging Americans to “reconsider travel” to Jamaica and Colombia due to crime and, in Colombia’s case, terrorism. The department regularly assesses risks for Americans abroad and had previously issued travel advisories for both Colombia and Jamaica but reissued them with fresh updates. “Violent crimes, such as home invasions,…

  • Hells Gate Right In Me Backyard

    Hells Gate Right In Me Backyard

    When you live in a foreign land and one of the institutional comforts of home come beating on your doorstep, you have no alternative but to take your blows in peace, knowing fully well, the result is not injury but unmitigated joy. Last weekend, May 12-13, bang on the beach in Virginia, Hells Gate Steel…

  • American tourist who died at resort’s pool bar was not a drowning victim, post-mortem examination concludes

    American tourist who died at resort’s pool bar was not a drowning victim, post-mortem examination concludes

    (REAL News) The post-mortem exam on the body of an American tourist who died here in April has been concluded.  His cause of death was cerebral edema and cardiomegaly – and not the direct result of drowning, as had been initially suspected. Government Pathologist Dr. Petra Miller Nanton performed the autopsy on Roy Vicich’s body last…

  • Opening statement by E.P. Chet Greene outgoing Chair of Council for Foreign and Community Relations

    Opening statement by E.P. Chet Greene outgoing Chair of Council for Foreign and Community Relations

    Kingston, Jamaica  Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica Her Excellency Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary General, Foreign and Community Relations Distinguished Colleague Minister of the Caribbean Community CARICOM Ambassadors Senior Officials of CARICOM Member States Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Good morning; I wish to express tremendous…

  • Five Islands Campus to host Distinguished Lecture by noted Caribbean scholar and artist

    Five Islands Campus to host Distinguished Lecture by noted Caribbean scholar and artist

    The University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus will host its first distinguished lecture on May 26, 2023. The lecture will be delivered by noted Caribbean scholar and artist, Emeritus Professor Clinton Hutton of Jamaica. Professor Hutton, who is the retired Professor of Caribbean Cultural Studies at The University of the West Indies, Mona…

  • Woman attacked and raped by armed men in broad daylight

    Woman attacked and raped by armed men in broad daylight

    Police are searching for five armed men who attacked and raped a woman in broad daylight on Monday in St John’s. The woman was reportedly walking along a road off Friars Hill Road about 4:30pm, when she was pounced upon by 5 men with guns. She was reportedly dragged into nearby bushes and raped by…

  • Official carnival tents get ready to roll out for Antigua Carnival 2023

    Official carnival tents get ready to roll out for Antigua Carnival 2023

    The Calypso Fever is spreading rapidly as we gear up for Antigua’s Carnival Calypso Tent season. The Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries in collaboration with the Calypso Sub-Committee is pleased to announce the opening of the Calypso Tent season commencing from June 2nd 2023. Creative Industries is officially partnering with two (2) Carnival…

  • UK celebrity chef Andi Oliver in Antigua for Restaurant Week 2023

    UK celebrity chef Andi Oliver in Antigua for Restaurant Week 2023

    With Antigua and Barbuda’s inaugural 14-day Restaurant Week in full swing, UK celebrity chef Andi Oliver will arrive in Antigua with her daughter Miquita, on 15th May to join in the celebrations. Award winning TV Chef and Broadcaster Andi Oliver enjoys a rich and varied career, with food and music being at the forefront throughout.…

  • Lieutenant Aushaun Browne off to Indian on 7 month ITEC Scholarship

    Lieutenant Aushaun Browne off to Indian on 7 month ITEC Scholarship

    Lieutenant Aushaun Browne of the Antigua & Barbuda Defence Forces (ABDF) traveled to India to commence a seven (7) month training with the Indian Navy under a fully funded Government of India  scholarship – the Indian Technical and Economical Cooperation (ITEC) Programme. These scholarships for the ABDF have started from 2023 and have been granted…

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]