Optical Assistant

North East Full-Time 24000 - 36000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

Experienced Optical Assistant

So, you’re a proactive people person ready to be the friendly face our stores need? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. So, if you’ve had previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant, this Optical Assistant role could be perfect for you.

As an Optical Assistant, you’ll use your passion for the Specsavers brand, products and services alongside your incredible customer service skills, to create an outstanding store environment for both our customers and our team.

Our store

Based in Arnison retail park, our store is looking for someone with previous optical experience that can dispense up to Multi focal.

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 37.5 hours – Will include a weekend day
Salary – Depending on experience
Bonus – Up to £1500 per year
Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme
28 days holiday including Bank holiday
Birthday day off
Enhanced company sick pay after passing 3 month probation
Free Parking

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 an Optical Assistant. These include:

Previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant
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

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.