Optical Assistant

Specsavers; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Specsavers Perks

28 days leave

Birthday day off

WeCare helpline

Great Place to Work

Job summary

Specsavers Edinburgh is seeking an Optical Assistant to be the friendly face of the store, delivering outstanding customer service and supporting dispensing tasks with care.

Based at Unit 34, Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, Edinburgh, the role offers full-time 40 hours, free parking and ongoing training. You should have optics knowledge and experience in a fast-paced retail environment.

Join a Great Place to Work with strong development opportunities and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

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

Skills

Customer service

Optics knowledge

Retail store experience

Job description

So, you’re a proactive people person ready to be the friendly face our store needs? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. If you have current or 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 at Unit 34, Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, Edinburgh, we offer free parking and are close to the bus links. As well as being a busy and vibrant store, and with a refit due this year, we're an exciting place to be!

What’s on offer?

We have a friendly and professional team and all the equipment you need to ensure you can do your job to the best of your abilities. 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 up to £29,000 DOE
• Full-time: 40 hours a week, 5 days out of 7 to include regular weekend days
• Free parking
• Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme
• 28 days leave (includes bank holidays)
• Extra day off for your birthday
• WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• Enhanced sick pay (after a year or service)
• Enhanced pay for family leave (Maternity/Paternity etc)
• Working for a certified Great Place to Work company

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 experience in a fast-paced customer service environment
• Experience in optics working in a customer-facing retail store environment
• Basic knowledge/experience of optical and/or Audiology terminology