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  • Jamaican youth on a mission to fight HIV/AIDS

    Jamaican youth on a mission to fight HIV/AIDS

    Back on local soil after completing a Master of Science degree in Public Health and Health Promotion at England’s Brunel University London, Chad Morgan is looking to utilise his wealth of knowledge to play an active role in Jamaica’s fight against HIV/AIDS. Morgan, one of last year’s Chevening scholars, told the Jamaica Observer that he believes the…

  • Monkeypox cases top 70,000, says WHO

    Monkeypox cases top 70,000, says WHO

    (AFP) – Case numbers in the global monkeypox outbreak have now topped 70,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday as it warned that declining new cases did not mean people should drop their guard. The World Health Organization said that case numbers last week were on the rise in several countries in the Americas…

  • Antigua and Barbuda advances towards the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem

    Antigua and Barbuda advances towards the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem

    Antigua and Barbuda is taking the lead in the Eastern Caribbean Countries in its efforts to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. On July 27 to 29, officials from the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment and other key stakeholders from other…

  • Moderna COVID-19 vaccine now available at Villa Polyclinic

    Moderna COVID-19 vaccine now available at Villa Polyclinic

    The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment would like to thank the Government of Denmark for a donation of 5000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines to Antigua and Barbuda. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Alfred Athill received the donation on behalf of the Ministry. Persons…

  • Fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV

    Fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV

    A man who has lived with HIV since the 1980s seems to have been cured in only the fourth such case, say doctors. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. He was given a bone marrow transplant to treat blood cancer leukaemia from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus.…

  • New York adult diagnosed with polio, first US case in nearly a decade

    New York adult diagnosed with polio, first US case in nearly a decade

    A person from Rockland County, New York, has been diagnosed with polio, the first case identified in the United States in nearly a decade. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The unvaccinated young adult began experiencing weakness and paralysis about a month ago, county Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert said…

  • Facts about cucumbers

    Facts about cucumbers

    1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. 2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the…

  • Are you a smoker?

    Are you a smoker?

    Tuesday 31st May 2022 is World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) with the theme for this year being: “Protect the Environment.” CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. WNTD is perhaps the only day of the year when the tobacco industry and its danger to humans and the environment come under intense scrutiny. Experts have long…

  • Mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world

    Mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world

    Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn’t known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids. That virus was detected in the blood…

  • Why squeezing yours balls could save your life

    Why squeezing yours balls could save your life

    By Dr Jeremy Thomas Testicular cancer like breast cancer cannot be prevented. However, it is well known, promoted and advocated for that early screening for breast cancer offers cure and saves lives. Monthly self-breast examination is encouraged for all age groups. This is appropriately so in Jamaica as breast cancer is the leading cancer among…

  • Potworks Dam: A feeding ground for animals, while Farmer Browne’s farm has water

    Potworks Dam: A feeding ground for animals, while Farmer Browne’s farm has water

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]