Outdoor Activity Instructor
Robinwood Activity Centres
Todmorden, Yorkshire
Robinwood is an award-winning provider of residential outdoor activity courses for primary schools and is proudly employee-owned.
The starting salary is £12.50 per hour (£23,400 per annum on a 36-hour-per-week contract), increasing with time served and responsibility.
Group Leading at Robinwood is more than being an outdoor activity instructor. Our Group Leaders use themed and adventurous activities to develop children over a three-day course.
In short, you’ll be giving children memories that could last a lifetime and developing skills to help them at the KS2 level and beyond.
As you invest in the children, we invest in you. Developing your skills through an industry-leading training and development programme.
Whether staying as a Group Leader, moving up to senior positions or moving into a different career. Being a Robinwood Group Leader will provide you with skills that will last you a lifetime.
We are proud to be an accredited Living Wage Foundation employer and hold the Investors in People Gold award.
Reasons to work for Robinwood:
Best Pay:
We offer all our staff, regardless of age, a real living wage. Everyone contributes equally towards the success of our courses, and therefore, we do not discriminate based on age or offer apprenticeship schemes. As well as free meals, profit-related bonuses and a house purchase assistance scheme.
Best Team:
For many people who work with us, the friends they have made here are a headline reason why they love the job so much.
Everyone at Robinwood starts as a Group Leader and is appointed based on their values. One of the fantastic benefits of this is that our staff are always around like-minded people.
Best Training:
Our values-based appointment process means you have what it takes to be a great Robinwood Group Leader, we’ll teach you the rest!
You can expand your skill set by obtaining paid-for nationally recognised qualifications in archery, paddle sports, and climbing, among other areas.
Best Wellbeing:
We have pledged a Wellbeing Commitment that covers 12 key areas. These include timetable shift patterns, at least two consecutive days off a week, line manager support, holidays and communication.
Best Lifestyle:
One of the things that makes us stand out in this industry is that we only offer permanent year-round contracts. We balance your hours across the year meaning that you get paid every month, even when we’re on your 12 weeks of holiday.
Best Awards:
Our fantastic staff provision has won numerous awards. These awards mean more than trophies on a shelf and wall plaques. They are proof that we are as good as our word.
We welcome applications from positive, enthusiastic people who have some experience (paid or voluntary) working with children. If you have an ability to relate to 7-11 year-olds and tell a good story, you could be the person for us!
About the Company
Robinwood Activity Centres
Started in 1994, Robinwood Activity Centres provide 3 day, 2 night residential courses for 7-11 year olds. Focussed on making a really positive difference developing children through adventurous and themed activities. Typically 15 across the 3 days… The Ultimate Timetable! Based across 3 centres in Yorkshire, Cumbria and North Wales, Robinwood believes in investing in the very best staff and as such we have maintained a place in the ‘100 Best Companies to Work for’ since 2014 and held Investor in People Gold Accreditation since 2013.
Making a commitment to our staff by being a Living Wage Employer is something we feel passionate about. The whole team do an incredible job developing children and deserves the fairest pair possible.
We also believe the increased cost of living shouldn’t impact you doing a job you love. Being a Living Wage Employer is one of the many benefits we have to enable our Group Leaders to do a job that they really want to do