RESIDENT IMPLEMENTATION OFFICER (GUYANA)

Job Description

The Resident Implementation Officer (RIO) is a key operational interface between CDB and the member countries on the ground and bear responsibility for maximising the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of CDB’s operations in the country or cluster of countries for which he or she is assigned. Implementation, supervision and reporting activities account for the primary responsibilities of the position.

The RIO is accountable for due diligence, probity and professional excellence in the discharge of the position’s specific responsibility for monitoring the implementation of the infrastructure and related institutional components of assigned projects. He/she is expected to act as an in-country resource with a solid knowledge base on CDB policies, strategies, operational products and processes, as well as on project management practices and development issues for the country.

The job will require the RIO to:

• Represent the Bank in resolving/discussing key issues arising during project implementation with Executing Agencies, Borrowers and Consultants.
• Follow up and provide guidance, to Project and Borrowing Member Country (BMC) personnel throughout the preparation of the requisite procurement documentation, using approved CDB templates.
• Follow up and provide guidance to Project and BMC personnel to ensure the timely submission of accurate claims documentation to CDB to facilitate disbursement/reimbursement.
• Provide guidance to Project personnel on the proper use of Bank Accounts for project-related expenditures and disbursement activities, ensuring that, where required, reconciliation of accounts occurs in accordance with CDB Guidelines and project timelines.
• Liaise closely with sector specialists and team members at CDB Headquarters to ensure that project delivery is in no way adversely impacted by a lack of information flow.
• Identify and recommend remedial measures where issues which threaten the achievement of project objectives arise during implementation.
• Facilitate the timely delivery of advice/support to BMCs from the relevant CDB sector specialists with respect to reports, designs and other submissions produced by design or supervision consultants.
• Provide support to Project personnel throughout implementation in the supervision of Consultants and the management and administration of construction contracts.

• Provide support to Project personnel throughout implementation in the development and updating of implementation plans, reporting templates, Gantt charts, resource requirements, issues registers and Risk registers to support project execution.
• Provide advice and guidance to BMC personnel on the application of CDB’s policies and procedures relating to preparation, appraisal and supervision of assigned projects.

The successful candidate must have:

• Graduate or post-graduate qualifications in Engineering, Project Management, Procurement or a related field.
• At least eight (8) years’ experience in managing a multi-sectoral, multi-agency programme in the public sector and a minimum of three years’ experience on multi-lateral development bank- financed projects or projects funded by other International Development Partners.
• Transactional advisory/consultancy experience, including on infrastructure projects.
• Ability to prepare and provide training and capacity building services, particularly in the context of low capacity environments.
• Ability to provide high-quality technical advice.

About the Organization

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is a regional multilateral development bank which was established in October 1969 to contribute to the harmonious economic growth and development of the member countries in the Caribbean Region and to promote economic cooperation and integration among them, having special and urgent regard to the needs of the less-developed members of the Region. CDB began operations in January 1970 and has become a leading catalyst for providing development financing, technical assistance and policy advice to its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) for the reduction of poverty.

CDB’s member countries are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Germany, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, The People’s Republic of China, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.

CDB is committed to the objectives of sustainable development in all of its dimensions. It promotes the achievement of inclusive growth, and supports initiatives that strengthen BMCs’ resilience to external economic shocks and the effects of natural hazards, and that address gender equality, poverty reduction and inequality and environmental sustainability.

CDB adheres to the highest standards of integrity, ethics, compliance, transparency and accountability with zero tolerance for fraud, corruption, money laundering, financing of terrorism and similarly corrosive conduct. CDB also works to ensure that the projects it finances do not cause environmental or social harm.