Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; England; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers is looking for a Trainee Optical Assistant to provide excellent customer service and create a welcoming store environment. No previous experience is necessary, as training will be provided, combined with fantastic progression opportunities. Join a friendly team dedicated to ensuring every patient receives the best care.

Benefits

In store discount

Enhanced leave

Day off for your birthday

Excellent progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Confidence in using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding store environment for customers.
• Ensure every patient receives the best care in stores.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

IT skills

Communication

Job description

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So, you’re a proactive people person, passionate about retail and offering the best customer service? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. So, if you’ve ever considered a career in optics, this Trainee Optical Assistant role could be perfect for you.

As a Trainee Optical Assistant, you don’t need to have previous experience, you just need to be prepared to create an outstanding store environment for both our customers and our team, making sure every patient receives the best care in our stores.

Our store

Specsavers Calcot

Our team

Training provided by a friendly and welcoming team with fantastic progression opportunities - Cert 3, Cert 4 (BTech equivalents)

What’s on Offer?

• Full time hours
• Weekend working is an essential part of this role
• Starting salary up to £12.41 an hour depending on age
• In store discount
• Enhanced leave
• Day off for your birthday
• Excellent progression opportunites
  
  

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 a Trainee Optical Assistant.

These include:

• 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!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Internship

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other and Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Retail

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