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Job Advertisement – Invest Turks and Caicos
Job Title: Director – Entrepreneurial Development
Reporting to: CEO
Location: Invest Turks and Caicos – Providenciales
Under the general supervision of the CEO, the Executive Director responsible for small business support will be required to manage all aspects of small business support including creating and administering annual budgets; ensuring agreed milestones are achieved; preparing fiscal reports; overseeing staff; identifying and networking with partner agencies; and providing technical assistance to new and existing business owners.
Essential Functions
- Plans, coordinates, and evaluates resources in a manner that will ensure comprehensive service delivery to the micro, small and medium community in TCI.
- In conjunction with the CEO, develops annual budget.
- Develops contracts and partnerships to generate additional income, including identifying and developing grant applications.
- Monitors grants and contracts for compliance and prepares quarterly and annual fiscal reports along with other required reports.
- Fosters positive working relationships with public and private sector Stakeholders and their staff, ensuring they are aware of Invest TCI services available to the micro, small and medium community and, as necessary, advocating on behalf of micro, small and medium owners and new entrepreneurs.
- Provides direct communication and creates an on-going working relationship with financial institutions, legal and trade associations, private consulting firms, and micro, small and medium associations.
- Provides liaison between the college, chambers of commerce and other agencies involved in micro, small and medium assistance and economic development.
- Represents and is an advocate on behalf of the micro, small and medium community to public and private institutions and organizations.
- Provides supervision and oversight for staff and consultants.
- Provides individualized consulting to small business clients.
- Develops and facilitates business workshops to support Invest TCI’s objectives.
- Delivers presentations about Invest TCI and/or specific topics to classes, community organizations, financial institutions, government entities, and others.
- Participates on committees appropriate to promote the agenda of Invest TCI.
- Participates in Regional and International MSME conferences and meetings within budgetary allocations.
- Develops and/or coordinates a marketing plan, including social media and other electronic marketing, of Invest TCI’s small business services and programs.
- Develops and implements appropriate evaluation procedures to ensure the quality of services delivered.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- General economic development issues.
- Micro, small and medium operations.
- Effective marketing.
- Budget development and monitoring.
- Fiscal report preparation.
- Principles of supervision, training and practices of personnel management.
- Community resources available to micro, small and medium.
- Standard managerial policies and procedures in operating an organization.
- Provide leadership.
- Identify funding opportunities.
- Write effective grants.
- Deal with the unexpected.
- Network with the community; speak to the public.
- Administer the policies of the TCIG related to the operation of Invest TCI.
- Supervise and evaluate employees.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with government, bankers, business and industry representatives.
- Work with the diverse MSME population, socioeconomic, cultural, linguistic, ethnic backgrounds and disabilities of the community.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Completed Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four (4) year university with a major in business administration, public administration or related field; MBA preferred.
- Four (4) years of related experience with at least two (2) years of management/supervisory experience.
Salary: per annum based on qualifications and experience.
Deadline Date for Applications
The deadline date for applications is September 2, 2022, Turks, and Caicos time.
Application Procedure
Interested persons should submit a resume, along with their contact information, cover letter, two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer), copies of educational certificates, a Police Certificate, and a copy of the Passport photo page.
Applications can be submitted by courier or delivered directly to Invest Turks and Caicos at Unit 2D, Courtyard Plaza, Providenciales, Turks, and Caicos Islands, prior to the deadline. The application should be addressed to The CEO – of Invest Turks and Caicos and envelopes should have the words “MSME Support Officer” clearly marked on the front.
Alternatively, applications can be emailed to dastwood@investturksandcaicos.tc .The subject line in the email should read “ MSME Support Officer.”
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.
Caribbean News
Agriculture Ministry Providing Two Water Trucks to Serve St. Elizabeth and St. Catherine
#Kingston, Jamaica, April 24, 2024 – The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is to unveil two more water trucks this week, which will be used to service communities in St. Elizabeth and St. Catherine.
Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure during Wednesday’s (April 24) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
He also informed that of the $90 million earmarked to support farmers being impacted by the current drought, the Ministry will be
providing additional support for storage and drip-irrigation systems.
“So, we have targeted about 600 water tanks and about 400 12-millimetre drip irrigation hoses, and that distribution has already started. Additionally, we have earmarked about $8 million to really help with our livestock farmers,” Mr. Green said.
“We know the difficulty that you’re facing now in this time; [it’s] very hard to get the right nutritional support for your animals. As such, we will be providing some hay, and we will [also] provide some trucking of water to you. Again, our livestock farmers, if you are in need, please contact the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and let us see how we can help in these times,” he further stated.
Mr. Green also encouraged farmers to download the RADA App, so that the Agency can “help guide you, not only in relation to what is happening on the rainfall side, but also in relation to your integrated pest management”.
“We do see some increases of certain types of pests during this time, and it’s important that our farmers are paying attention to that. It’s also important that you’re taking drought management seriously [by undertaking] soil mulching, looking at planting drought-tolerant crops, timely harvesting, implementing land husbandry treatments and contour ditches,” he stated.
Contact: Latonya Linton
Release: JIS
Photo Caption: Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking during Wednesday’s (April 24) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Donald De La Haye Photo
Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
#TurksandCaicos, April 19, 2024 – In an attempt to move to 24-hour-a-day operations Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA) is steadily recruiting Air Traffic Controllers to work at the Providenciales/Howard Hamilton International Airport, according to Godfrey Smith, TCIAA CEO, reporting to the Appropriations Committee.
Speaking on April 8th Smith said a cabinet paper would be sent soon requesting six more Air Traffic Controllers to make round the clock operation at the Provo International possible and to open the airport in Grand Turk till 12 a.m.
Currently, 17 posts are filled and seven are vacant.
Smith was candid with his responses to recent industrial action from ATCs which led to resignations and firings.
“What we have to do is find systems to mitigate such actions and that has to start with filling these jobs, putting people in that want to
work and doing right by people – and we always try to do right by our staff. Persons may not think that we are but we always do – we ain’t pick no fight,” he said in the meetings held at the NJS Francis building ahead of the National Budget Communication.
Smith indicated that recruitment was an issue across the board, ‘we need to find ways to recruit a little bit better’ he told the committee. Also in need of a push was capital spending or projects according to the CEO, who said the agency had ‘not been very good’ at meeting that mark but insisted they had recognized the issue and could do better.
A very important key performance indicator drawn up by the TCIAA is increasing passenger satisfaction at the Howard Hamilton International Airport. For the TCIAA part of this means a 30 percent increase in seating by Q2 of this year.
When queried on if they could even handle this increase the CEO said,
“The fact of the matter is we already have the capacity there. What we need is to make the service a bit better.”
Staff shortages have become such a frustrating issue that the TCIAA is instituting a scholarship program created by Authority Chairman, Selvyn Hawkins
“What the board wants to do is basically allocate $25,000 annually for a scholarship and they’ve approved it already.”
This process would cover tuition and all other costs for one student.
The student would return as a summer intern and other breaks to work at the TCIAA and upon graduation, assume a role at the company.
“We identify a particular skill we need, we go after it and we build capacity that is in a nutshell the nexus of the program,” Smith said.
The Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA) is allocated $49 million this financial year; over $20 million goes to salaries.
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