Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Pennington; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £29k

40 hours per week

Specsavers Perks

Birthday day off

WeCare helpline

Clinical development opportunities

Eyecare & hearing benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family leave

Great Place to Work

Job summary

Specsavers in the United Kingdom is hiring an Optical Assistant for our Lymington store. If you have experience in optical roles, you’ll be a friendly face, delivering great customer service and supporting the team with daily store operations.

You’ll work 40 hours a week, including weekends, and have access to Specsavers Perks, training and development opportunities, and enhanced benefits such as sick pay and family leave support.

Qualifications

• Previous Optical Experience required.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

IT systems

Tools

POS systems

Retail software

Job description

Specsavers. A household name and a Highstreet staple. And you could be part of the team.

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. We'd love for the right candidate to join us and progress, with support, into Management too!

What’s on offer?

Our busy and welcoming Lymington store is a wonderful place to work, with a freindly 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:

• Up to £29,000 per annum depending on experience/qualifications
• 40 hours a week to include working weekends
• 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
• 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: Working at Specsavers | Great Place to Work® UK

If you’re ready and raring to join our team and drive our practice forward, we can’t wait to hear from you. You just need to have someprevious Optical Experience, be passionate, a great team worker and communicator, confident in using IT systems, and have an ability to adapt.