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  • AGS Wins 2023 Commonwealth Day Pan Playoff

    AGS Wins 2023 Commonwealth Day Pan Playoff

    The Antigua Grammar School (AGS) walked away with the top prize for the 2023 British High Commission’s (BHC) Commonwealth Day Pan Playoff. Government House came alive, today, with the vibrant sound of steel pan music as the entries for the competition serenaded the audience to celebrate Commonwealth Day 2023, as part of a parade and…

  • Danger in Paradise: Concerned Tourist Calls for Immediate Action on Roadside Hazards and Obstructive Signs

    Danger in Paradise: Concerned Tourist Calls for Immediate Action on Roadside Hazards and Obstructive Signs

    DEAR EDITOR: Please allow me a space in your paper to address this concern I have on visiting your beautiful island several times. I am a native of the USA. Each year my family and I travel to the islands of the Caribbean to enjoy a bit of paradise. We have visited Antigua on 5…

  • Antigua to hold referendum in the future on dropping British monarch

    Antigua to hold referendum in the future on dropping British monarch

    (Loop News) — Antigua and Barbuda has not abandoned its plans to remove the British Monarch from the position of head of state. Following Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s return to Antigua and Barbuda on May 6 after attending King Charles III’s coronation in London, the government’s position on becoming a republic was communicated yesterday. On…

  • Cassada Gardens mechanic shop hit by thieves, who make off with 10 premium-brand car batteries

    Cassada Gardens mechanic shop hit by thieves, who make off with 10 premium-brand car batteries

    (REAL News) — A mechanic shop was the recent target of thieves, with the perpetrators making off with a number of vehicle items. Reports say the proprietor of the Cassada Gardens business reported to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) that 10 AC Delco batteries and one muffler had been stolen from his premises. This offence…

  • Police kept busy with spate of break-ins and burglaries in which laptops, passports and others IDs are stolen

    Police kept busy with spate of break-ins and burglaries in which laptops, passports and others IDs are stolen

    (REAL News) — A motor jeep, electronics and other items reportedly were stolen during three separate burglaries, which the Police are now investigating. A Potters New Extension woman reported to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that her home had been burglarized by some unknown person and her blue Kia Sportage jeep, registration A7049, had been…

  • Mrs. Zena Maude Dooby turns 103 today

    Mrs. Zena Maude Dooby turns 103 today

    My loving, caring and Compassionate grandmother, born Zena Maude Doobay on 13th May 1920 at #68 Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana was the 2nd of 21 children by her father. Her mom whose parents went to Guyana on the Indentured Slave ship from India unfortunately died in childs birth after giving birth to 10 of the 21…

  • United Nations now involved in case of Camaroonian refugees in St. Kitts

    United Nations now involved in case of Camaroonian refugees in St. Kitts

    (WINN) — The United Nations (UN) is now involved in the case of the 14 Cameroonians currently on St. Kitts after being rescued off the coast of the island, having left Antigua for the US Virgin Island at the end of March 2023 says St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister. According to the Prime Minister,…

  • Woman targeted in pre-dawn carjacking in St. John’s

    Woman targeted in pre-dawn carjacking in St. John’s

    (State Media) — Police investigations continue after a woman was robbed of her car in St John’s Friday morning. She told police she was driving alone about 3:45 when she stopped the vehicle in the area of St John’s Street. She then reports a lone, masked gunman pounced and demanded the vehicle at gunpoint. She…

  • LETTER: Antigua & Barbuda Transport Board staff fed up

    LETTER: Antigua & Barbuda Transport Board staff fed up

    DEAR EDITOR: For many years the staff of the Antigua & Barbuda Transport Board, has been crying out for help. The constant victimization has become overly unbearable. For years the female employees of this organization has been prey for another employee who sexually assaults us. About 4 weeks ago a team of investigators, were put…

  • Police investigate theft of valuable fighter-fowls from Potters man’s property

    Police investigate theft of valuable fighter-fowls from Potters man’s property

    (REAL News) — A Potters man’s prized fighter-fowls have been stolen and the incident is under investigation. A report of the matter was made to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), where the owner complained that the five fowls, valued at $4,000, had been removed from their pen. In response, officers went on duty at Potters…

  • LETTER: To P.M. Mia Mottley

    LETTER: To P.M. Mia Mottley

    Dear Madam P.M. Thank you for recognizing that we are still being sold, and failing to sell, except local market style, local tours, local food (catching on) excursions etc, while our Tourist Boards and Airport Authorities continue to protect the big dollar business of Tourism and Travel for the expatriate business owners and foreign business…

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]