Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive Optical Assistant to join their team in Blackpool. In this role, you will leverage your passion for customer service and previous optical experience to create a welcoming store environment. The company offers extensive training and development opportunities, along with a competitive salary and performance-related bonuses. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are ready to step out of your comfort zone, this is the perfect opportunity for you to grow your career while making a difference in customers' lives.

Benefits

Competitive Basic Salary

Performance related bonus scheme

Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant.
• Passion for providing excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding store environment for customers and team.
• Utilize customer service skills to enhance customer experience.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

IT Systems

Communication Skills

Initiative

Feedback Reception

Job description

Specsavers, Blackpool Shopping Centre
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. 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 Blackpool Shopping Centre, our store has on-site parking available.
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:

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Full-time Hours - late nights and weekend working essential
• Performance related bonus scheme
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities

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
• Knowledge/experience of optical and/or Audiology terminology

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