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  • Antigua Cruise Port Welcomes First Vessel for 2023/2024 Winter Season

    Antigua Cruise Port Welcomes First Vessel for 2023/2024 Winter Season

    Antigua Cruise Port welcomed its first vessel for the 2023/2024 winter season. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Seabourn Pursuit, an ultra-luxury ship made her way to Heritage Quay for her inaugural call Saturday morning. Tourism officials boarded the new 264-passenger capacity vessel for the traditional…

  • Agriculture Minister E.P. Chet Greene: Tropical Storm Philippe caused thousands of dollars in damage

    Agriculture Minister E.P. Chet Greene: Tropical Storm Philippe caused thousands of dollars in damage

    Agriculture Minister E.P. Chet Greene: “Yesterday, in my role as Minister of Agriculture, I toured several farms in our country to get a first-hand understanding of the damage caused by Tropical Storm Philippe. There have been thousands of dollars in damages caused by this storm and I give my commitment to those farmers that this…

  • ABLP rejects Kelvin Simon’s accusations

    ABLP rejects Kelvin Simon’s accusations

    Wayne Mariette Photo During a recent interview conducted on the Observer Radio program “Knight@Night” on October 5, 2023, Mr. Kelvin Simon, the candidate representing the Unity Progressive Party (UPP), asserted a highly contentious and concerning allegation. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Mr. Simon’s claim posits…

  • Justice Tunde Ademola Bakre joins Antigua and Barbuda’s High Court bench

    Justice Tunde Ademola Bakre joins Antigua and Barbuda’s High Court bench

    The Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC) has introduced a new addition to the High Court of Justice in Antigua and Barbuda. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Justice Tunde Ademola Bakre, a highly accomplished legal practitioner called to the bar in 1993, commenced his role…

  • LETTER: Citizens demand transparency in social security payments

    LETTER: Citizens demand transparency in social security payments

    DEAR EDITOR: I am not sure if I just don’t understand how the system works or what but I have been working and paying my dues since I was actually 20 now I’m a grown woman. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group I heard people spoke…

  • LETTER: Ministry of Works, I’m tired

    LETTER: Ministry of Works, I’m tired

    DEAR EDITOR: I’m writing this letter because I’m tired and fed up of being pushed around I feel like a slave working for the slave masters even though im getting a weekly income. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group I’m a security officer under the ministry…

  • December 7 set for final committal proceeding in customs fraud case

    December 7 set for final committal proceeding in customs fraud case

    The committal hearing for customs brokers Rowan Matthew and Foston George, accused of customs fraud, has been postponed. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Facing their fifth fraud case, the duo allegedly scammed Customs out of thousands of dollars. In July, they faced three new scam…

  • LETTER: Mr. Knight, welcome back

    LETTER: Mr. Knight, welcome back

    Dear Mr. Knight Welcome back to your nightly programs! I am sure you were greatly missed by many of your fans. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Unlike many, who perhaps listen to your radio program every night, I in contrast, will tune into your show…

  • Protocol Office Recruitment Drive for SIDS 2024

    Protocol Office Recruitment Drive for SIDS 2024

    Small island developing states (SIDS) and coastal areas are uniquely vulnerable to climate change impacts and other environmental pressures. This was recognized by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 1989, when it passed resolution 44/206 on the possible adverse effects of sea-level rise on islands and low-lying coastal areas. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click…

  • Dengue fever claims life of boy, 9, in Martinique

    Dengue fever claims life of boy, 9, in Martinique

    A 9-year-old boy died of Dengue fever this week in Martinique. According to local reports, the child attended the Petite-Anse school in Anses-d’Arlet where Mayor Eugène Larcher announced the establishment of a unit to provide psychological support to the students and teachers. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our…

  • Cabinet Concerned as Caribbean Airlines Expands, Potentially Replacing LIAT Routes

    Cabinet Concerned as Caribbean Airlines Expands, Potentially Replacing LIAT Routes

    CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet took note of the scaling-up of Caribbean Airlines (CAL), including the purchase of several ATR Aircraft with the expectation of placing them on routes serviced by LIAT 1974 ltd. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The statement about CAL’s expansion came from…

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]