Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; London; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers is looking for a Trainee Optical Assistant in London, a role perfect for enthusiastic individuals with a passion for customer service. You'll be trained in an environment that offers career advancement and benefits like enhanced pay for family leave, extra days off, and a supportive team atmosphere.

Benefits

Specsavers Perks - discounted benefits scheme

Extra day off for your birthday

Confidential employee helpline

Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities

Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits

Enhanced sick pay after a year of service

Enhanced pay for family leave

Qualifications

• Passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Good initiative and confidence using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding store environment for customers.
• Ensure best care for each patient.
• Support team members in store operations.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Initiative

IT proficiency

Communication

Open to feedback

Job description

Specsavers Sutton In Ashfield, England, United Kingdom

Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers Sutton In Ashfield, England, United Kingdom

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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 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 £7.75 - £12.41 per hour (depending on age)
• Full time - 38.3 hours with weekend working
• 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)
  
  

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
  
  

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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