Pay

• Permanent employment
• Pay for group leaders and course leaders
• Pay for management positions
• Accommodation and Meal options
• Bonus payments
• Time off

Permanent employment

Group leaders and course leaders must be ready to commit to an initial contract of approx eight to ten months dependent on their start date as follows:

Having successfully completed their initial contract group leaders and course leaders are employed on permanent contracts working for 12 months a year.

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Pay for group leaders and course leaders

Robinwood staff are employed all year round. Six weeks of paid holiday per year are offered.

Pay for group leaders and course leaders is based on a points system which rewards staff who have worked longer for Robinwood. Points are awarded as follows:

• 1 point after completion of each year working at Robinwood
• 1 point if qualified to lead all Robinwood activity sessions
• 2 increment points, when appointed as a course leader
• 2 additional increment points, when appointed as a senior course leader
• 2 increment points, when appointed as a senior instructor.

Additional points are awarded to senior instructors based on qualifications held, as follows:

Points for canoeing qualifications:

• 2 points BCU Level 3 trained.
• 4 points BCU Level 3 assessed (ie. Level 3 training and 2 additional points).
• 6 points BCU Level 3 5 Star Award (ie. Level 3 assessment and 2 additional points).
• 8 points BCU Level 4 coach (ie. 5 Star and 2 additional points).

Points for climbing and hill / mountain walking qualifications:

• 2 points SPA Assessment.
• 1 point WGL Assessment.
• 2 points ML Assessment.
• 6 points MIA Training (ie. SPA assessment, ML assessment and 2 additional points).
• 9 points MIA Assessment (ie. MIA training and 3 additional points).

For each point gained there is a pay increase of 20p per hour resulting in pay as follows:

Senior Course leader example

Senior Course leaders, qualified to lead all activities, having worked at Robinwood for 2 years would have 7 increment points. This would amount to £13,104 per annum + report form scores and profit bonus.

Including typical report form and profit bonus for course leaders at Robinwood this would amount to an annual income of around £14,500.

Course leader / senior instructor example

Course leader / senior instructor, level 3 canoe coach, with MIA training, after 3 years working at Robinwood, will have a total of 20 pay scale points, resulting in a salary of £17,836 per annum + report scores bonus + profit bonus.

Including typical report form and profit bonus for course leader / senior instructors at Robinwood this would amount to an annual income of around £19,400.

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Pay for management positions

Managers are promoted from within and there are good opportunities for people with the right qualities progress.

Basic starting salaries for assistant managers, before any bonus payments, are £20,200 per annum;

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Wages for these positions can be higher dependent on experience levels, size of centre and time worked at Robinwood in particular.

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Accommodation and Meal options

No hidden deductions
Unlike many other activity centre employers there are very few possible deductions from your Robinwood pay. All training, uniform, laundry facilities, activity events, social events and staff residentials are all provided free of charge. The only possible deductions are for staff accommodation and for meals, as detailed below:

Robinwood Staff Accommodation
Robinwood accommodation is available, charged at £150 per month for a shared room and £180 per month for a single room.

Robinwood Meals
Meals can be provided at the activity centre, whilst the centre is operating. The charge for meals is 90p for breakfasts, 90p for lunches and £1.35 for evening meals, but staff must pay for meals provided on a monthly basis rather than paying for each individual meal taken. If staff opt to have all meals for a month there is a 20% reduction on the total charge for meals that month.

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Bonus payments

At Robinwood we are always striving for excellence in the courses that we offer to schools and we recognize that our centre based staff team are central to achieving this excellence. We are happy to reward every member of the instructor team based on their performance each season as follows:

1. The team bonus: We offer a bonus payment of up to £100 per season for each group leader, based on the staff team achieving targets for scores given on teacher report forms across around 25 different categories. The team bonus for course leaders is up to £200 per season.
2. The individual bonus: We offer a bonus payment of up to £100 per season , to everyone in their first year at Robinwood, based on individual group leader scores achieved on teacher report forms. The maximum individual bonus increases, each year worked at Robinwood.
3. The ‘Ideas – Actions – Results’ competition: We offer additional pay and prizes, based on ideas put forward and work done on projects to make Robinwood better.
4. Profit related bonus: A profit bonus is awarded to all staff from the start of their 3rd year working for Robinwood onwards. The bonus is calculated by multiplying qualifying gross salary for the year, by the percentage net profit achieved by Robinwood that year.

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Time off

Working long days when supervising a 3 day course means that staff get a lot of days off over the course of the season. Robinwood group leaders and course leaders get an average of at least three days off per week. Staff will also have the opportunity to request and be given specific days off, subject to general timetable constraints.

Robinwood also ensure that the timetable of days off for each season (ie. typically the next 4 months) is notified to staff within the first week of the season.

All instructor team staff get one week of paid holiday for every two months that they are employed, which amounts to 6 weeks paid holiday a year.