Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Whiteley, Haverfordwest; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers is seeking a Trainee Optical Assistant in Whiteley. This role is perfect for proactive individuals passionate about retail and customer service, offering full-time hours with training provided. Candidates will enjoy a supportive team environment and opportunities for progression, along with a competitive salary and various perks.

Benefits

In store discount

Enhanced leave

Day off for your birthday

Excellent progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Great teamwork and initiative.
• Confidence in using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding store environment for customers.
• Ensure every patient receives the best care.
• Work effectively as part of a team.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Initiative

IT skills

Communication

Openness to feedback

Education

Cert 3, Cert 4 (BTech equivalents)

Job description

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!

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