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International Womens Day honour for female principals

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International Womens Day this year is being observed at a very challenging time, not only for women, but also for the entire world.

Speaking during a brief ceremony, the bank’s country head, Ladesa James-Williams noted that Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on our children, both mentally and physically through the disruption of our education system.

“The ramifications on our youth will be far reaching and as such we need to rally around our schools, teachers and principals as much as we can as they transition back to classroom instruction. With this in mind for 2021 CIBC FirstCaribbean is committed to doing its part and will focus on youth and education.”

She added, “We would like on this International Womens Day to honour our 11 female secondary school principals through this donation and thank and congratulate them for their sterling efforts. So for International Womens Day, we worked with the Ministry of Education to identify the female principals of secondary schools and we have donated $1,000 to each of them, to use for their school.”

Minister of Education, Sports and the Creative Industries, Hon. Darry Matthew and the Principal of the Antigua Girls High School and Sir Novelle Richards Academy, Mrs. Theoline Croft and Ms. Listine Bradshaw, accepted the $11,000 cheque, which will be shared among the 11 principals.

Minister Matthew thanked the bank for its philanthropic support for education in Antigua and Barbuda.

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“While the world has been consumed with the Covid-19 pandemic, education and the negative effects on education have largely gone unnoticed. So this donation by CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank is timely and greatly appreciated”, he said.

CIBC FirstCaribbean recently donated approximately $20,000 to support literacy programmes at Clare Hall Secondary and Greenbay Primary Schools.

On IWD, female staff of the bank will wear purple and will be provided with a special packaged breakfast and IWD facemasks.

International Womens Day is March 8, 2021.  Theme: ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.’

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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]