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  • Joseph, Holder leave England wobbling

    Joseph, Holder leave England wobbling

    Grieving fast bowler Alzarri Joseph and captain Jason Holder shared four wickets as West Indies battered England in the second session, to remain in command of a compelling second Test here Saturday. At tea on the third day, England were wobbling on 75 for four, still requiring a further 44 runs to erase the Windies…

  • Windies pacer Alzarri Joseph loses mother

    Windies pacer Alzarri Joseph loses mother

    The West Indies camp was in mourning on Saturday following the early morning death of fast bowler Alzarri Joseph’s mother. “It is with great sadness that we have been informed that Sharon Joseph, the mother of our young fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, has passed away,” a statement from West Indies team manager, Rawl Lewis, said.…

  • Charles Fernandez congratulates Team Antigua Island Girls

    Charles Fernandez congratulates Team Antigua Island Girls

    Team Antigua Island Girls … Four women…Brave…Strong…Beautiful…Smart…Talented and COURAGEOUS! The twin islands of Antigua and Barbuda could not have selected four more suitable women to follow their predecessors and blaze a trail across the Atlantic in the Talisker Whiskey Challenge! The Ministry of Tourism salutes you and wishes you the heartiest Congratulations as you culminate…

  • MP Asot Michael applauds Sir Curtly’s selection as DWTS Celebrity

    MP Asot Michael applauds Sir Curtly’s selection as DWTS Celebrity

    Former tourism minister Asot Michael is congratulating former West Indies fast bowler Sir Curtly Ambrose on his selection in the celebrity cast for Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) Australia. Sir Curtly was named in the first batch of stars for the 2019 edition of the show and Michael believes the decision of the international cricket…

  • Team Antigua Island Girls arrive home

    Team Antigua Island Girls arrive home

    Four women – Team Antigua Island Girls – have completed a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, creating history in the process. Elvira Bell, Christal Clashing, Samara Emmanuel and Kevinia Francis, the skipper, began the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge on December 12. Forty-seven days later they have crossed the finish line at home at the Nelson’s Dockyard…

  • Chase slices through England to set up crushing win

    Chase slices through England to set up crushing win

    Off-spinner Roston Chase’s career-best eight-wicket haul propelled a dominant West Indies to their second largest win ever over England, as they crushed the hapless visitors by 381 runs inside four days of the opening Test to take a shock 1-0 lead in the three-match series in Barbados on Saturday. The 26-year-old bowled brilliantly to take…

  • James is new Commissioner of Sports

    James is new Commissioner of Sports

    Former Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) senator Colin James has been appointed the country’s Commissioner of Sports. The post was last held in 2000 by former sports minister and current parliamentarian EP Chet Greene. Minister of Sports Daryll Matthew says the move is part of the government’s promise to push sports forward in the…

  • 1st Annual Hansa International Antigua Championship announced

    1st Annual Hansa International Antigua Championship announced

    Following the success of the last few days at the National Sailing Academy (NSA) in English Harbour Antigua, where the Hansa Sailing team have been on the ground working with instructors and become familiar with sailing in the Hansa 303’s (bought in from Australia especially) for the upcoming Para-Olympic Development Programme, the team has decided…

  • CWI refers Lewis comments to ethics committee

    CWI refers Lewis comments to ethics committee

    Outspoken Cricket West Indies director, Enoch Lewis, could find himself in trouble with the regional body over his strong recent criticism of the appointment of Richard Pybus as senior men’s team head coach. While not mentioning Lewis by name, CWI said in a statement late Friday that the charges regarding Pybus levelled by the “objecting…

  • Dutch team wins Atlantic Rowing Challenge

    Dutch team wins Atlantic Rowing Challenge

    The first team to complete the 2018 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge arrived at the Nelsons Dockyard last evening. The four-man team of the Dutch Atlantic Four is comprised of Bart Adema, Erik Koning, David de Bruijn and Marcel Ates. The winners completed the “World’s Toughest Row” in 34 days, 12 hours and 9 minutes. As part of the…

  • Ready to roll out red carpet for Team Antigua Island Girls

    Ready to roll out red carpet for Team Antigua Island Girls

     Antigua and Barbuda with its strong heritage of yacht racing and moniker as the Sailing Capital of the Caribbean, is always keen for a good nautical adventure. And with history about to be made, the destination is more than ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome adventurous Atlantic rowers “Team Antigua Island Girls”,…

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]