Enhancing Employment through Human Capital and Entrepreneurship Development

(EHCED; P163818)

Ministry of Higher Education

Announcement No: (IUL)475/475/2019/41

Request for Expressions of Interest

To promote employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for youth and to improve the quality of labor through human capital development, the Government of Maldives (GoM) has requested the World Bank to fund a new project; “Enhancing Employment through Human Capital and Entrepreneurship Development” (EHCED) which is being prepared by Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) and the Ministry of Economic Development (MoED), Maldives. The project will be administered by the MoHE on behalf of the Government of Maldives.

The Project Development Objective is to improve the relevance of technical and vocational skills and foster entrepreneurship to promote youth employment in priority sectors.

As part of this project MoHE seeks an Individual for the position of Procurement Specialist /Senior Procurement Officer to work in the implementation of the project.

Expressions of Interest need to be submitted along with the CV, reference letter, validated documents supporting the candidate’s qualifications and experience, and the attested copy of ID card/Passport before 10^th April 2019 (Wednesday).

Terms of Reference and Duration of Service

Interested parties may download the terms of reference which outline the scope of service, the key qualifications, experience and terms of payment relevant to this position from the gazette. The service is for a period of ONE year.

• Note: Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the ‘World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers’ Procurement in Investment Project Financing- Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services, July 2016 Revised November 2017 and August 2018 introduced by the Bank under the Procurement Framework (hereafter referred to as the “Regulations”).

Interested individuals may obtain further information on request by writing to the address below.

The applications must be addressed to:

03^rd April 2019