GET INVOLVED
We are passionate about collecting and sharing the heritage of the region’s Global Majority communities and ensuring that community projects are archived at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust.
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust offers ongoing training to community groups with an interest in producing archive quality oral histories. We can also help with other aspects of project planning and delivery – from bid writing support to workshops, exhibition space and the long term preservation of your research.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss a project idea, email: [email protected] or call 0161 275 2920
We Are Hiring!
We are seeking a Collections Engagement Officer to join the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre team on a fixed term contract, providing maternity cover from 1st February 2027 (earlier start is possible) to Monday 8th November 2027.
You will work to increase knowledge, value and use of the RACE Centre’s rich library and archive collections, through inclusive and creative engagement activities. While the role has a natural focus on academic audiences, you will work with schools and young people, community organisations and other cultural / heritage sector organisations and the general public. The role requires someone who can embed racial and social justice principles in creative collections-based engagement work.
Key information:
- Fixed term maternity cover contract, from 1st February 2027 (an earlier start is possible) to Monday 8th November 2027.
- 28 hours per week
- Grade 5 £31,637 to £36,130 pro rata per annum, depending on relevant experience
- Deadline for applications: Midnight, Sunday 1st November
- Interviews 23rd and 27th November (afternoons).
Applications close at midnight on Sunday 1st November 2026 and interviews will take place on Monday 23rd and Friday 27th November (afternoons). We will provide the questions beforehand.
Click here for the full Person Specification and to apply, click here.
Volunteering
We’re keen to hear from volunteers with specific skills and knowledge. We would also like to support those interested in pursuing a career in museums, libraries, archives or heritage. Example volunteer roles are listed below (click on the links for more information.
If you’re interested in volunteering with us, please take a look at our Volunteer Policy.
What our volunteers say
Internship Reflections: Rahel’s Journey
Hello, again! It’s Rahel, the summer intern at the RACE Centre. For those who don’t know me, I study history as a mature student at Smith College in Massachusetts, USA. You can learn more about me through my introduction interview on our blog. Over the last seven weeks, I’ve been digging into our U.S. collections […]
Reflection: Our Week with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust
Written by Theresa Jacob and pictures by Isabelle Stanfield The Week’s Activities and What we Learned Our experience with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Centre & Education Trust felt like a genuine golden opportunity. From the moment we arrived on Monday, we were welcomed warmly and given a clear overview of how the week would […]
Transracial Adoption: Negotiations between Heritages
Earlier this year a group of MA students from the Institute of Cultural Practices at the University of Manchester undertook work placements here at the RACE Centre. In this guest blog, Jasmine shares some of what she learned from working on the Family Relations subsection of our library.
Rebecca Bailey
Rebecca Bailey, 25, is an assistant exhibitions manager at The Royal Academy of Arts in London. Originally from Salford, and later Warrington, she completed a six-month internship as an oral history assistant with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust as part of her MA in Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester. “The internship […]
Holly Randhawa
Holly Randhawa, 23 and from Birmingham, was an intern with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust for six months. She arranged the placement through the Institute for Cultural Practices’ placement scheme, a course offered to postgraduate students at the University of Manchester. “My official title is sound archive assistant, which involves creating digital sound clips from […]
Daniella Carrington
Cultural officer at the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Trinidad and Tobago Daniella, 33, spent eight months as an intern with the trust in 2017, initially as part of a work placement while studying for her master’s degree in Museum Studies with the University of Manchester, and then as a volunteer. Assisting […]
Reflecting on my Experiences at the Centre
The first two months of my placement at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and Education Trust, based in Manchester Central Library, has been both an enriching and rewarding experience. As part of the University of Manchester’s Institute for Cultural Practices placement scheme, I have had the pleasure of working with the fantastic […]
Apply to volunteer with us by completing the form below
Error: Contact form not found.
OUR BLOG
Keep up to date with our current projects, events and activities.
Anti-racist, collections-based educational resources at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust are pleased to announce the launch of our anti-racist, collections-based educational resources.
Introducing Dynamic Collections funded project; Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future
By Laila Benhaida, Community Archivist and Project Lead; Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future We are excited to announce that we have begun a new project; Community Led Collecting Fit for The Future, funded by the Dynamic Collections funding scheme of the National Heritage Lottery Fund. In March this year, we completed our six […]
Muslims Like Us- Islamophobia Awareness Month
Muslims Like Us event at Manchester Central Library, (21 Nov 2023) As part of Islamophobia Awareness Month, the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre hosted an open mic event on 21st November 2022. Collaborating with Muslim Writer’s North and spoken word-artist/poet, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, the session followed workshops with young people during South Asian Heritage Month (read […]