Robin has been Chief Executive at Calderdale Council, in West Yorkshire, since June 2017 and Calderdale's Place Lead for West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board since July 2022. He is responsible for leading both the Council's and Calderdale place's workforce, supporting system leadership across the area with public, private and voluntary sector leaders in support of Calderdale Vision 2034 and overseeing a major regeneration programme across the borough's market towns.

Currently he is President of Solace (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) after being lead spokesperson for Solace for Economic Prosperity from 2020-24.

Robin was previously Director of Communities and Business Change for Calderdale, leading the redevelopment of the multi-award-winning restoration of the Piece Hall and new Central Library in Halifax and prior to that worked in local government, the Probation Service and the voluntary sector in East London. Robin is an honorary life member of the Faculty of Public Health, a Non-Executive Director of the Northern Housing Consortium and a Trustee of Belong.