We're Hiring: Project Archivist and Heritage Participation Trainee

May 6, 2022

We're looking for a brilliant Project Archivist and dynamic Heritage Participation Trainee for a new project exploring Oxford House's history.

We’re Hiring: Project Archivist and Heritage Participation Trainee

Oxford House will be starting a new National Heritage Lottery funded project exploring our rich and diverse history.

‘Through the Lens: Women Pioneers, Youth Social Action and Celebrating our Somali Community’ is a new National Heritage Lottery Funded two-year project. It will explore Oxford House’s diverse post-war history through the experiences of three local communities: women, young people, and the Somali community. Our archives will be a catalyst for open research, skills development, and unexpected artistic collaborations. We will:

Make OH’s onsite archive publicly accessible. New research, archive open days, memory collection, heritage exhibition and a new festival; led by heritage professionals, trainees, and volunteers with public participation at its core.

Reveal hidden stories of women at OH. Our early 1940’s women ‘settlers’ will inspire an exciting intergenerational takeover project, led by local girls, linking stories past and present.

Reveal the untold stories of OH’s ground-breaking youth work. It will explore 1970s anti-fascism, youth subcultures, and working-class activism connecting local schools with contemporary discussions through films, local walking tours, takeover events, and artistic commissions.

Platform Somali artists and makers through an innovative pop-up ‘Somali Arts Café linking our heritage past and present in partnership with this community.