Job Title: Birmingham Queer Archive: Oral Histories Lead Interviewer
Location: Birmingham LGBT Centre, 151 Hurst St, Birmingham B5 6EW
Fixed Contract: £9,000 (Effective 1 day/week, £300/day, 30 weeks)
Job Type: Freelance contract, beginning April 2026
Background
Birmingham LGBT delivers a range of services to the LGBTQ+ community in Birmingham and the West Midlands, including trans services, wellbeing support, counselling, sexual health promotion, youth work, older people’s support, arts and domestic violence (IDVA) services. We are based at Birmingham LGBT Centre, the first LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre in England and Wales.
The Birmingham Queer Archive will tell the story of Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ heritage from the 1960s to the present day paying particular emphasis to the previously overlooked accounts of women, Global Majority, trans and non-binary voices.
We will present new and refreshed oral histories alongside ephemera and images from Birmingham’s queer social history, presenting the new collection through an accessible and intersectional lens, hosted on an online interactive archive which will be explored through expert talks and a long-term public exhibition.
Birmingham Queer Archive would actively encourage applications from people underrepresented in the heritage, cultural, and creative sector. This includes people who are racialised, those who identify as, (d)Deaf, disabled and/or neurodiverse, trans and non-binary, and those who are care experienced.
How To Apply
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Submit the following to shoutfestival@blgbt.org:
- an up-to-date CV – this can be in the form of a link to a website or LinkedIn if it saves you time
- a covering letter of no longer than two sides of A4 or video/voice note of no longer than 5 minutes
You must submit all three to be eligible for the role. We will not penalise applications that are a few minutes late but please be respectful of other applicants by not submitting applications hours or days later.
Deadline: April 6th 10am
Please send any queries to the same email address. If you require any information in a different format, please let us know.
Interviews expected to take place w/c 13th April 2026
We will be sending interview questions in advance.
Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.
