Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers is seeking an experienced Optical Assistant to join their Barnsley store. The ideal candidate will have a background in optics and display exceptional customer service skills. Responsibilities include dispensing products and ensuring a welcoming environment for customers. The role offers full-time hours and numerous benefits to support development in the optical field.

Benefits

Friends and Family discount

Extra day off for your birthday

WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline

Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities

Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits

Discounted Glasses

Enhanced sick pay

Qualifications

• Previous optical experience as Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant.
• Passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Confidence in using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding store environment for customers and team.
• Dispense all levels of optical products.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Communication

Initiative

IT Skills

Job description

Experienced Optical Assistant
So, you’re a proactive people person ready to be the friendly face our stores need? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. So, if you’ve had previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant, this Optical Assistant role could be perfect for you.
As an Optical Assistant, you’ll use your passion for the Specsavers brand, products and services alongside your incredible customer service skills, to create an outstanding store environment for both our customers and our team.

Our store
Based in Barnsley, our store is looking for someone with previous optical experience that can dispense all levels.

What’s on Offer?
As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:

• Salary - DOE
• Friends and Family discount
• Full time 40 hours a week - Will include 1 weekend day
• Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme
• Extra day off for your birthday
• WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits
• Discounted Glasses
• Enhanced sick pay

What we’re looking for?
If this is still sounding like a bit of you, we do need you to have a few skills to get started as an Optical Assistant.These include:

• Previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant
• Passion for providing excellent customer service and making customers’ lives easier
• Great teamwork
• A good initiative
• Confidence in using IT systems
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Prepared to step out of your comfort zone and try something new
• Able to receive feedback and be open to development, knowing we’ll be there to support and guide you throughout your process (with your openness and our guidance, your opportunities will be endless).

Find out more
If you’ve got all these skills, we’d love for you to apply, but there’s also some desirable experience that could set you apart from the competition if you have it.

This includes:

• Previous experience in a fast-paced customer service environment
• Experience in optics or Audiology business
• Basic knowledge/experience of optical and/or Audiology terminology.

Checked all the boxes? Now’s the perfect time to apply!