Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Croydon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £27k starting salary

Full time 40 hours per week

Employer pension contribution

Specsavers Perks

WeCare

Headspace app

Eyecare and hearcare discounts

Birthday day off

Enhanced family leave

Company sick pay

Job summary

Specsavers in Croydon NE is seeking an Optical Assistant to be the friendly face in store, using your customer service skills and passion for the Specsavers brand. If you’ve had optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant, you could be a great fit.

This full-time role (40 hours a week) includes weekend work, training and development, and benefits such as pension auto-enrollment, staff discounts, WeCare support, Headspace, eye and ear care discounts, and a birthday off.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced customer service environment.
• Previous experience in optics or Audiology business.
• Basic knowledge/experience of optical and/or Audiology terminology.
• At least 3 months experience working in an opticians.

Skills

Customer service

Optical terminology

Audiology terminology

Job description

Croydon NE, Specsavers.

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 business

Croydon NE, Specsavers.

Our team

We have a wonderful team of dedicated people in our store ready and waiting for you to meet.

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: Starting salary £27k (experience depending)
• Full time (40 hours per week) including weekend working.
• We will auto-enroll you into the pension scheme with an employer contribution when you contribute too
• Specsavers Perks - a portal to a world of great everyday discounts and savings
• WeCare - our employee support service to help you and your immediate family when you need it most
• Complimentary subscription tothe Headspace app
• Eyecareand hearcare discounts for you and your family
• Enjoy an additional paid day off on your birthday to celebrate you!
• Enhanced family leave and company 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:

• At least 3 months experince working in a opticians.

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.