Oral Histories Lead Interviewer – Birmingham Queer Archive

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.

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 10am-6pm, £300/day, 30 weeks)
Job Type: Freelance contract, beginning April 2026