Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Dublin; On-site; EUR 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Time Hours

Bonus

Staff Discounts

Development opportunities

Team events

Job summary

Specsavers Santry is seeking a motivated Trainee Optical Assistant to help create an exceptional in-store experience for customers. You’ll be supported by experienced Opticians and Technicians as you start your career in optics.

No prior experience required; great training and development opportunities are available to help you grow within the business. This entry-level role emphasizes customer care and team engagement.

Qualifications

• Passion for providing excellent customer service and making customers’ lives easier.
• Great teamwork and collaboration with store staff.
• Good initiative and willingness to learn on the job.
• Confidence in using IT systems and navigating store tech.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Prepared to step out of comfort zone and try new tasks.
• Open to guidance and development from experienced colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding store environment for customers and team.
• Ensure every patient receives the best care in our stores.
• Support training and development opportunities as they arise.
• Assist with daily store operations and customer inquiries.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Initiative

IT systems

Communication

Listening

Open to development

Job description

Specsavers, Santry

Trainee Optical Assistant

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.

We aren’t looking for people with years of experience and heaps of qualifications, just passionate, hard-workers ready to confidently welcome and help customers as they walk through our doors. And once you’ve found your feet as a Trainee Optical Assistant, you don’t just have to stop there. We have plenty of professional training and development in other business areas, as well as the support of experienced Opticians and Technicians supporting you on your journey. So, whatever you want your career to look like, you can bring it to life at Specsavers.

Our store

Based in Omni Park Shopping Centre, Specsavers Santry is a community driven store that actively participates with charities and community initiatives alike.

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:

• Full Time Hours - 40- weekend & evening hours included


• €14.35 per hour


• Bonus and Staff Discounts


• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities


• Regular team events and team building evenings

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, 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.