Weekend 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 in our Shirley store you'll be part of a store that exemplify superb team working and customer excellence.

You don’t need to have previous Optics 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.

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:

• £8.20 to £12.91 an hour depending on experience
• Part-time (weekend days only)
• Staff discounts
• Specsavers Perks - high street discounts
• Additional day off for your Birthday
• Health and wellbeing scheme:
  Head Space App and We Care
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension contribution
• Excellent development and progression opportunities

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
• Reliability
• 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).

• Welcoming customers into store
• Booking in eye tests
• Pre-screening patients
• Style advice and fitting of frames
• Taking measurements
• Taking phones calls

Previous experience in a fast-paced customer service environment