Ministry of Education

Republic of Maldives

Announcement No:  (IUL) 22-E/22/2018/184 

Request for Expressions of Interest

To promote employment and entrepreneurship of young people and to improve the quality of labor through human capital development, the Government of Maldives has requested the World Bank to fund a new project; “Enhancing Employment through Human Capital and Entrepreneurship Development” (EHCED) which will be prepared and administered by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Maldives. The World Bank Education group has already initiated the project identification process and it is expected that the Ministry of Education would start the project preparation activities. In order to work for a speedy and effective preparation process, MoE propose to set up a Project Preparation Unit (PPU).

As part of this project MoE seeks the following position. 

Job Title: Senior Project Officer (x1)

Duration: 08 months (negotiable)

Expressions of Interest need to be submitted along with the CV, reference letters, validated documents supporting the candidate’s qualification and experience, and the copy of ID card/Passport on or before 14^th October 2018 (Sunday), 13:00 pm for the following position. The applications would not be processed if validated documents supporting the candidate’s qualification and experience are not submitted.

Terms of Reference

• Interested parties may download the terms of reference for the three positions, which outline the scope of service, the key qualifications, experience and terms of payment relevant to the positions. The Terms of References are downloadable from this advertisement in Gazette.

Duration of service

• The service is for a period of eight months or any other time frame agreed by both parties. The consultant will be hired as a specialist/consultant under the project. This is a lump sum contract and will be paid on completion of the assignment outputs in accordance with the agreed rate.

Note: Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (July 2014). Interested individuals may obtain further information on request by writing to the address below.

The applications must be addressed to:

8^th October 2018