The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$909,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Nine Thousand United States Dollars) towards the cost of the ‘Strengthening Water Resources Management and Climate Resilience in Coastal and Inland Watershed Communities in Jamaica’ Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of the UWI Mona and upon approval by CDB and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement prohibits withdrawal from the financing account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of CDB, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than the UWI Mona shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

 

The UWI Mona, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for a Technical Assistant (TA) – Community Resilience to Climate Change.

 

The objective of the consultancy is to ensure that project activities are executed in a timely and appropriate manner to achieve expected outputs and outcomes. The TA will work with the relevant Team Lead throughout the entire duration of the project, and will be expected to carry out their assigned tasks and complete the stated deliverables as specified in the attached TOR. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 8 consecutive months. This position can be extended as deemed necessary. The UWI Mona now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.

 

All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Friday Jamaica time (Bogota -5:00 hrs.).

 

An electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest including cover letter and curriculum vitae, must be submitted to the following two addresses no later than 4:30 pm Jamaica Time on January 30, 2026thesubject line should read “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Technical Assistant – COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE”.

Faculty of Science and Technology

2. procurement@caribank.org