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  • Men with extra-large penises reveal they’ve been turned down for jobs, abused by strangers

    Men with extra-large penises reveal they’ve been turned down for jobs, abused by strangers

    Men with extra-large penises revealed they’ve been turned down for jobs, abused by strangers, and struggle to date because they are ‘fetishised’ by women in a jaw-dropping Channel 4 documentary last night. The documentary My Massive C*** aired yesterday, with a number of British men opening up about the challenges of having a larger than average anatomy.…

  • Alliouagana Festival of Word to Feature Young Trinidadian Author Coryn Ayana Clarke

    Alliouagana Festival of Word to Feature Young Trinidadian Author Coryn Ayana Clarke

    Press Release: The 14th edition of Montserrat’s Alliouagana Festival of the Word returns in November with a focus on children’s literature and language as protest and for nation building. Coryn Ayana Clarke of Trinidad & Tobago, who has achieved her ambitious challenge of publishing seven books by her seventh birthday (later this month), will be this…

  • Rihanna confirms she will be headlining Super Bowl LVII

    Rihanna confirms she will be headlining Super Bowl LVII

    Rihanna has confirmed she will be headlining the 2023 Super Bowl half-time show. The singer, 34, announced the big news Sunday by sharing a photo of her tattooed arm clasping a football. The post received nearly 700 thousand likes in the first 20 minutes including one from Lizzo, who wrote ‘screaming.’ The NFL also Tweeted…

  • Company launches vagina-flavored chips so millennials can get laid more

    Company launches vagina-flavored chips so millennials can get laid more

    It’s the perfect gift for millennials who lack a lot of “Lays.” If they can’t get it in the sack, they can get it in the snack. A chip company that purports to cater to sex-starved 30-somethings boasts a new flavor that supposedly tastes like a woman’s vajayjay. “After tasting it, you will remember your…

  • Serpent and ‘Big People Party’ Take Show on the Road to US

    Serpent and ‘Big People Party’ Take Show on the Road to US

    The popular marathon series “Big People Party” will be staged as part of the UPP Diaspora Connect Roadshow. Two events organized by Diaspora Progressives will be held in the US. The NYC Edition, will take place aboard Circle Line Cruises on September 30th and the Miami edition will be held in West Park, on October…

  • Puerto Rico star Ricky Martin faces sexual assault complaint

    Puerto Rico star Ricky Martin faces sexual assault complaint

    (AP) — A sexual assault complaint has been filed against Puerto Rico pop star Ricky Martin, who recently sued his nephew over what he said were false allegations of sexual abuse. The complaint was filed Friday at a police precinct in the capital of San Juan, police spokesman Edward Ramirez told The Associated Press on…

  • Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series

    Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series

    AP: Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys. EGOT refers to a special category of entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. To date, 17 people have done it. Obama won the best narrator…

  • The Mighty Sparrow baptized in New York

    The Mighty Sparrow baptized in New York

    Mighty Sparrow, the undisputed Calypso King of the World, was baptized on Saturday at Far Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. According to the Searchlight newspaper in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sparrow, 87, whose real name is Slinger Francisco, was “taken into the water of Holy Baptism by Vincentian Seventh Day Adventist Pastor, Claudius…

  • Trump bragged for years he had intelligence on ‘naughty’ Macron’s sex life

    Trump bragged for years he had intelligence on ‘naughty’ Macron’s sex life

    Donald Trump bragged to some of his closest allies that he had ‘intelligence’ on French President Emmanuel Macron’s sex and love life that he learned during his time as president, a new report reveals. Two people with knowledge of the matter told Rolling Stone that Trump claimed to have learned about the dirt on Macron…

  • Reigning queen of dancehall, ‘Spice’ releases highly-anticipated album ‘Emancipated’

    Reigning queen of dancehall, ‘Spice’ releases highly-anticipated album ‘Emancipated’

    Grammy-nominated recording artiste and the reigning queen of dancehall, ‘Spice’ has released her highly anticipated album “Emancipated”. This is her second album release since 2021, following her debut album, “Ten”. In an exclusive interview with JussBuss TV, powered by Magnum Tonic Wine, Spice explained what inspired the title. “For the past ten years, there has…

  • Rihanna shows off post-baby body

    Rihanna shows off post-baby body

    Rihanna and boyfriend A$AP Rocky were seen following hands after a date night at the Ned hotel, where they spent a few hours in a private suite, in New York City. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Just three months after welcoming their first child together, a baby boy, the 34-year-old…

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]