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  • Jamaica Gleaner Editorial | Lovell should opt for free movement

    Jamaica Gleaner Editorial | Lovell should opt for free movement

    Cynics will probably cast the proposal by Antigua and Barbuda’s main opposition, the United Progressive Party (UPP), to eliminate work permit fees for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Dominican Republic nationals as a tactic to wrangle votes in this month’s general election. Which it may well be. The proposal, however, suggests that Harold Lovell, the UPP’s…

  • Guyana imposes travel restrictions on passengers from China

    Guyana imposes travel restrictions on passengers from China

    Guyana has become the first Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to impose new entry requirements for travellers coming from China where there has been an upsurge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. “Starting from 8th January 2023, all passengers two years and older, originating from the People’s Republic of China, will be required to get a COVID-19 test…

  • The fallacy of ‘President’ Juan Guaidó is over

    The fallacy of ‘President’ Juan Guaidó is over

    By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) The pretender, Juan Guaidó, is now finally gone.…

  • Former calypso monarch drowns in Dominica

    Former calypso monarch drowns in Dominica

    The calypso community in Dominica is mourning the death of four-time calypso monarch, Melvin Constant, “Solo” who died on Sunday by drowning. Police said that the 75-year-old, who resided in the United States, was on vacation, when he got into distress, while swimming in an area known as Tibay in Portsmouth. The authorities said that…

  • Landlord killed by tenant in rent money dispute in Kingston

    Landlord killed by tenant in rent money dispute in Kingston

    A tenant has been taken into custody following the killing of a landlord at Venables Crescent in Kingston 11, on Saturday morning. The dead landlord has been identified as Patrick Newby, a 36-year-old shopkeeper from the same address. Police said about 7:30 am, Newby and his tenant got into an argument over rent money owed.…

  • Warda and GT Win Soca Monarch Titles at Montserrat Carnival 2022

    Warda and GT Win Soca Monarch Titles at Montserrat Carnival 2022

    Montserrat has two new soca monarchs after the Boxing Day competition at Festival Village in Little Bay. John “Warda” Murrain, a Montserratian based in New York City won the Groovy segment with his carnival hit Iron and Parang. Warda’s track had received a lot of airplays on the local radio station since November and the soca…

  • U.S. Virgin Islands Supreme Court Affirms Compensatory Damages Award To Former LIAT Employee Claiming Age Discrimination

    U.S. Virgin Islands Supreme Court Affirms Compensatory Damages Award To Former LIAT Employee Claiming Age Discrimination

    On December 5, 2022, the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands upheld a 2019 jury verdict, which found that Caribbean airline LIAT (1974), Ltd., had discharged its former area manager, William Cherubin, because of his age in violation of the Virgin Islands Civil Rights Act (VICRA). In doing so, the court addressed the standards for establishing…

  • Significant achievements made in 2022 says outgoing Caricom chairman

    Significant achievements made in 2022 says outgoing Caricom chairman

    The outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi, says that as the region prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, significant steps were made in 2022. In his end of year statement, the Surinamese President, reflecting on the year, said as the…

  • Jamaican father convicted for incest with 2 teenage daughters freed

    Jamaican father convicted for incest with 2 teenage daughters freed

    A Jamaican father who was in 2017 convicted for incest and sexually assaulting his two teenage daughters was earlier this month acquitted by the Court of Appeal. The man, who was found guilty on an indictment charging him with seven counts of grievous sexual assault and two counts of incest, was sentenced to 18 years’…

  • Jamaican girl, 14, gives birth to Christmas twins; pledges to return to school

    Jamaican girl, 14, gives birth to Christmas twins; pledges to return to school

    A 14-year-old who was the first to give birth on Christmas Day at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital Sunday has resolved to repay the faith and support of her parents as she charts an uncertain future. The young mother, who was showered with gifts after she bore twins Keovanni and Reovanni shortly before 2 o’clock Christmas…

  • Romarie Bartley heads to Cuba in 2023 with funding from Sandal’s Foundation

    Romarie Bartley heads to Cuba in 2023 with funding from Sandal’s Foundation

    The Sandals Foundation has stepped in to fund Romarie Bartley’s medical studies in Cuba, and he will leave the island on January 13, 2023 to begin reading for a degree in medicine. And so, this Christmas will most likely be Bartley’s last with his family in Jamaica for about six years. “This has come to…

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]