Jobs at ECA

Enfield Caribbean Association 

About the job: Seeking a Senior Charity Coordinator (Events) lead our activities, projects and events and manage the admin for the charity 

Job Title: Senior Charity Coordinator 

Location: Edmonton and/or Remote (UK-based with travel required) 

Job Type: Self Employed – three days a week 15-month fixed term contract 

Start date: February 2026 

End date: April 2027 

Salary: £22,440 pa, pro-rata @ 3 days (FTE £37,400 pa) 

Application Closing Date: 6th January 2026 

About Us 

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Charity Coordinator to support and lead our ambitious programme. We are a small charity with big ideas based in Enfield looking for Project Managers to deliver our programme of projects, events and activities.  

Enfield Caribbean Association (ECA) was established in 1986. We work to eliminate racial discrimination and for an inclusive, fair, and equal community, in which people of African- Caribbean origin can develop their full potential as visible, positive contributors and participants in the life of the Borough of Enfield. 

ECA is managed by a board of six trustees and two associate trustees, who volunteer their time to manage all aspects of the charity, including its strategic priorities. The board members meet regularly to plan our wide range of activities and events. Last year, we were successful in securing funding from £114,000 to ensure the sustainability of our organisations and the various events and activities we support for 18 months (April 2025-September 2026) 

As part of our growth, we are looking for two Senior Charity Coordinators who can work together to manage the end-to-end delivery of our projects, implement our strategic priorities, and shape the operational foundation of our organisation.  

Role Overview 

As Senior Charity coordinator, you will have an exciting cross functional role. This will involve project managing events such as Black History Month, Windrush Celebration in June 2026 (see the list below), coordinating the volunteers for activities, organising the luncheon club admin, managing payments and securing funds for projects through fundraising.   

You will be responsible for coordinating and executing all phases of project delivery—from initial project planning to implementation through to documentation of lessons learned for future activities. You will also manage relationships with our volunteers, patrons and partners and optimise internal operational processes. Your insights will shape our strategic direction, especially around fine tuning our existing programme of activities and developing new ones that support the needs of the African Caribbean community in the borough and beyond.  

Throughout the year ECA organise a number of cultural and community events: 

  • ECA’s 40th anniversary event 
  • Windrush Day Celebration in June. 
  • Black History Month event in October. 
  • 2-3 career fairs at local primary and secondary schools bringing black professionals to discuss their careers with school children.  
  • At least 2 coach trips per year for elders. 
  • Monthly Black Film Club screenings at the Dugdale Arts Centre 
  • In 2022 ECA launched its Book, documentary film and mobile exhibition entitled: Windrush Voices – 20 Stories of Determination and Triumph, at Millfield Theatre. ECA has since sold approximately 1000 copies of the book, the film documentary has been shown in a variety of cinemas and venues. The exhibition displayed across the borough, and other locations in London.  
  • In 2023, ECA launched an Illustrated Children’s book called Windrush Wonders -Tales of Travels and Triumph which was distributed across primary schools and libraries in the borough. ECA launched a free Windrush Teaching Resources for Secondary Students on TES website. 
  • Trustee delegates are members of Enfield Stop and Search Monitoring Group meeting (CMG). This police monitoring group meet every 6 weeks to review the local police stop and search practices.  
  • We also organise regular social events for members and volunteers, as well as fundraising events e.g. Quiz Nights. 

In the near future we would like to: 

  • Increase the numbers of paid ECA members 
  • Consolidate and build our network of partnerships to provide new opportunities to ECA members, volunteers, and the African Caribbean community in Enfield, and beyond.  
  • Partner with other organisations to offer training workshops for local people on technology or starting your own business. 
  • Re-start our befriending service to reduce social isolation. 
  • There are a number of local initiatives that ECA would like to support, but are unable to due to bandwidth constraints e.g. Enfield Climate Change Action Group 

Key Responsibilities 
 

Project Delivery & Management 

  • Oversee the entire project lifecycle, from creating project plans, to marketing, recruiting volunteers and partners.  
  • Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet all quality standards set by ECA trustees. 
  • Track and report on project milestones, risks, and progress to relevant trustees, stakeholders internally and externally. Manage customer expectations and relationships as part of this process. We define our customers as the individuals and organisations e.g. schools who utilise our services.  
  • Establish, document, and refine project delivery processes to optimise effectiveness and maintain standards. 
  • Perform feedback surveys after each event and gather information to ensure that ECA maintains a high level of customer satisfaction.  Undertake a Lessons Learned for each event.  

Support & CRM 

  • Provide first-line support via ECA’s email and phone to gather the necessary information to escalate issues to trustees. 
  • An administrative self-starter, comfortable using Microsoft suite of products to manage project workloads.  
     

Volunteers and Partner Programme 

  • Working with trustees to develop and execute strategies to identify, recruit, onboard and train volunteers, and partners.  
  • Maintain and strengthen relationships with these partners to ensure mutually beneficial relationships that meet the needs of Enfield’s African and Caribbean community. 
  • Collaborate closely with the trustees, volunteers, and partners to refine and enhance our services. 
  • Negotiate contracts, service level agreements, and performance metrics with external organisations such as Dugdale Arts Centre. 

 
Who You Are 

Operationally Strong: You have a proven track record in managing operations or project deliveries.   Essential 
Marketing Smart: You should be comfortable marketing the events and activities, and working with specialists to get appropriate designs developed and distributed, content published for social media and website.   Essential 
Financially aware:  You will be responsible for managing the project finances to ensure that ECA gets value for money, for every pound spent by the organisation. Budget management and reporting. Essential 
Flexible: Able to work to tight deadlines and quick to adapt. Essential 
Excellent Communicator: Able to work both verbal and written and able to communication with teams and communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences including officers and councillors within Enfield Council, volunteers, members, partner organisations and ECA trustees.   Essential 
Attention to Detail:  Strong eye for detail and process improvement; you continually seek ways to make our operations more efficient.   Essential 
IT: Strong experience with technology, knowledge of Microsoft 365 or Google Workplace.  CRM/database (e.g.  Salesforce)  

Content Management System for website   		Essential   



Desirable 
Social Media: Able to create and market content on ECA’s Social Media sites including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr Desirable 
Proactive Problem-Solver: Resourceful, and able to tackle challenges head-on.  Essential 
Fundraiser: If you have experience raising funds or investments for a charity, then we want to hear from you. ECA is nearly 40 years old, and we are developing medium- and long-term plans which will require funding.  Desirable  
Collaborative working: Work closely with the other Senior Charity Co-ordinator and Luncheon Club co-ordinator to support each other in areas of work.  Essential 

 
Qualifications & Experience 

3+ years in an operations or project management role, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.  Essential 
Level 4 qualification or degree 

Project management qualification 		Desirable 

Desirable 
Experience working in a small team environment is a plus, displaying adaptability and resourcefulness. Desirable 
Proven ability to effectively manage groups e.g. external contractors, suppliers, partners, or volunteers to ensure project success.  Essential 
Experience of managing multiple projects including planning, risk management, resource allocation, and stakeholder communication.  Essential 
Experience supporting marketing activities for events and activities to ensure maximum participation and positive media coverage.  Essential 

How to Apply 

If you are excited by the prospect of joining our organisation, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV and a brief statement (no more than 300 words), telling us why you are interested in joining us and what you can bring to the organisation to Oveta McInnis info@theeca.org.uk. Please include the contact details for two referees.  

The Deadline for your application:  7pm, Monday 5 January 2026 

Thank you 

Oveta McInnis, Chair  at Enfield Caribbean Association