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  • IOM supports Eastern Caribbean Countries to better respond to cross border evacuation

    IOM supports Eastern Caribbean Countries to better respond to cross border evacuation

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The International Organization for Migration (IOM)  this wek presented a package of tools for Eastern Caribbean governments to improve their preparedness for scenarios where large evacuations from one island to another might be needed, in the context of increasingly severe impacts of climat change, and…

  • St Kitts-Nevis PM to assume chairmanship of OECS

    St Kitts-Nevis PM to assume chairmanship of OECS

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew will assume chairmanship of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) when the OECS Authority holds its 73rd meeting in Saint Kitts and Nevis. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The incoming…

  • Man ordered to pay $10,000 to robbery victim

    Man ordered to pay $10,000 to robbery victim

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. (Trinidad Guardian) — A 20-year-old man who pleaded guilty to theft has been ordered to pay $10,000 in compensation to the victim by a Sangre Grande Magistrate. Singh, 20, of Race Course Road, Carapo, Arima, who pleaded guilty to the offence, was also fined $1,000…

  • Police search for woman after Jamaican schoolgirl abducted, throat slashed

    Police search for woman after Jamaican schoolgirl abducted, throat slashed

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. (Jamaica Gleaner) — The public’s help is being sought by the police to locate a woman in the Danielle Rowe murder probe. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. An image of the woman was developed using an Electronic Facial Identification technique. …

  • Trinidad pensioner beaten, robbed at home

    Trinidad pensioner beaten, robbed at home

    (Trinidad NEWSDAY) — A pensioner from Cocoyea was beaten and robbed at his home on Saturday night by two gunmen. The 65-year-old victim of Stewart Street reported that at around 9.30 pm, two men, each with a gun, entered the house through the front door. He was in his living room, and the front door…

  • Soldier shot dead by colleague at GDF Timehri base

    Soldier shot dead by colleague at GDF Timehri base

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. (News Source) — A row between two soldiers escalated early this morning when one of them armed himself with a service weapon and shot his colleague dead. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The dead soldier has been identified as Tevon…

  • This LGBTQ activist challenged his Caribbean country’s anti-sodomy law and won

    This LGBTQ activist challenged his Caribbean country’s anti-sodomy law and won

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. AP — For years, Orden David was persecuted in his native Antigua and Barbuda — a frequent complaint by many LGBTQ people who fear for their safety across the conservative and mostly Christian Caribbean, where anti-gay hostility is widespread. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP…

  • STATEMENT OF UPDATE: Cameroonian detainees in St. Kitts

    STATEMENT OF UPDATE: Cameroonian detainees in St. Kitts

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The Ministry of National Security wishes to provide the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis with an update on the status of the fourteen (14) Cameroon nationals who were rescued at sea on March 28 th, 2023. On June 8th, 2023, the United Nations High…

  • At least 1 dead as downpours flood eastern Cuba

    At least 1 dead as downpours flood eastern Cuba

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. (Tasnim News Agency) – A 60-year-old man drowned in the municipality of Jiguani, Granma region in Cuba after the Bayamo river overflowed its banks. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Cuban Government TV showed images of heavy flooding and dramatic rescues,…

  • VIDEO: Man accused of kidnapping his son, was tied up, beaten and his house set on fire

    VIDEO: Man accused of kidnapping his son, was tied up, beaten and his house set on fire

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Raykab Mohammed (a Trinidad father who was accused of kidnapping his son) suffered a Home invasion morning where he was beaten, tied up and his house set on fire . He says it was a passerby and his family members who rescued him. The TTPS…

  • US Vice President Announces more than $100M to Help Caribbean

    US Vice President Announces more than $100M to Help Caribbean

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced Thursday that the U.S. is investing more than $100 million in the Caribbean region to crack down on weapons trafficking, help alleviate Haiti’s humanitarian crisis and support climate change…

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]