Optometrist Joint Venture Partnership opportunity - Paraparaumu, NZ

What you'll do

Paraparaumu is a seaside suburb on the Kāpiti Coast, 55km north of Wellington. This suburb offers a laid-back lifestyle with an array of unspoiled beaches. Paraparaumu Beach has a view dominated by Kāpiti Island, a world-famous, stunning nature reserve and bird sanctuary just 5 km's offshore. It also has an abundance of family-friendly amenities, such as the Coastlands Aquatic Centre, Coastlands Shopping Centre, and Staglands Wildlife Reserve.

About the role:

In partnership with the existing Joint Venture Partners, you will be responsible for the daily operations of the Specsavers stores, whilst leading your team to provide customers with the highest standards of service and eye care.

• The store itself opened in 2010 and offers 5 Optical test rooms, a dedicated Audiology room, 12 dispense points, 1176 frame count and state of the art equipment including OCT.
• Administrative support, including payroll, accounts payable and quarterly BAS
• Specsavers’ market-leading brand driving customers to your store
• A market-rate salary and superannuation in addition to your share of store profits
• Annual leave and access to exclusive wellbeing workshops

This store will be a star performer under the ‘Specsavers: The Place to Work’ initiative, offering the following key benefits to all store team members:

• Birthday leave
• Volunteer leave
• Access to Specsavers Perks staff discount program
• Two free pairs of glasses each year
• 30% off glasses voucher for family and friends each year

Why choose Specsavers?

• Specsavers are rated the market leader for eye tests, and the retailer of choice for contact lenses in Australia and New Zealand.
• We are on a continual mission to transforming eye health by: eliminating preventable vision loss and blindness, including Glaucoma and Diabetes, through improved prevention and early detection.
• In 2021, we are detecting glaucoma in 1.43% of our patients, nearly matching the reported national prevalence rate of 1.5%
• Proud to have well and truly reached 200,000 KeepSight registrations
• In April 2021, Specsavers had surpassed their target of registering 200,000 patients for their KeepSight initiative, with 80% of KeepSight registered patients who were due for their eye test attending on time
• We are continuously working to reduce the 50% of people with diabetes who do not receive regular eye checks
• We estimate our Optometrists have reduced the level of undiagnosed glaucoma among our patients by at least 60%

For a confidential chat about this opportunity, contact Kimberley Forbes on M +61 (0) 429 566 846 or E kimberley.forbes@specsavers.com