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OTW roles and progression

Our aim is for every student who joins our trips to gain important skills such as confidence and leadership. Over time, students can ‘graduate’ to become OTW team leads themselves, getting paid to lead trips abroad and enhancing their resumes in their holidays.

Role descriptions

Student Reps

Assistant Team Lead

Team Lead

Application status

NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

Not yet open

What benefits do you get?

As student representatives for your university or school, you will receive £100* for each student you sign up. There is no limit to this bonus so you can sign up as many students as you like (up to the maximum number of places available)
The responsibility of the role adds depth and experience to your resume, and gives you concrete real-life examples to use in interviews
Sales and marketing experience
No need to reapply – you can stay a student representative until you turn 25

* You can either receive this as credit off your own trip or as cash in your bank account

Package cost completely subsidised by OTW (e.g. for the Sri Lanka trip this is worth £4500)
Progression to Team Lead after assessment
Resume enhancement
Strong examples to use in competency-based interviews for graduate jobs

Package cost completely subsidised by OTW
Flights paid for (dates of your choice – allowing you to travel for as long as you like after you lead an OTW trip)
Generous additional spending money
Flexibility to lead trips whenever it suits your schedule. Even with a full time job, OTW trips only require 12 days of paid leave (4 days are weekends so do not come out of your holiday allowance). In the UK holiday allowances are typically 28-35 days. Many jobs also provide longer opportunities to take time out e.g. qualification leave after 2 years as a trainee solicitor, sabbaticals
Resume and personal profile enhancement

What are we looking for?

Student Representatives should demonstrate some or all of the following qualities:

Sociable, friendly, well-connected
Go-getter energy
Student at or graduate of a top 50 global university

Trips cannot run unless at least 4 places are filled. The Student Representative role will be to market these positions to their extended networks in order for the trips to go ahead. So bonus items for your application (not essential) include:

Shows potential to be good at sales during interview or written responses
Knowledge of or experience with socials, both organic and paid (Tiktok, Instagram, Xiaohongshu)
Creative skills e.g. videography, photography, graphic design
Proficiency in additional languages (as well as English)
Signing up to an OTW trip yourself

Assistant Team Leads should have the same qualities as Student Representatives, as well as the following:

EITHER: 1 or more OTW trips under their belt
OR: No OTW trips taken yet but an experienced solo traveller

Assistant Team Leads will always be paired with a Team Lead

Team Leads will have the same qualities as Assistant Team Leads, with the added criteria:

At least 2 OTW trips taken OR experienced solo travel experience and 1 OTW trip taken
Proactive, self-motivated individual, someone who thinks on their feet, responds well to challenges, is flexible, adaptable and communicative. These are the qualities we seek to develop in all participants, so we firmly believe all Adventure Associates have it in them to make it to the Team Lead stage if they want to
Additional languages are advantageous (e.g. Chinese, Spanish, Russian, French, Portuguese, Hindi)

Role descriptions

Student Representatives