Optometrist Joint Venture Partnership opportunity - Wollongong, NSW

What you'll do

This exciting opportunity is for an experienced Optometrist to join as a Joint Venture Partner at Specsavers Wollongong, NSW.

About the role:

In partnership with the Optometrist and Retail Joint Venture Partners, be responsible for the daily operations of the Specsavers store, whilst leading your team to provide customers with the highest standards of service and eye care. Wollongong is a coastal city in Australia, 80kms south of Sydney along the Grand Pacific Drive. Surrounded by surfing beaches and rock pools, trails encircling the forests and rocky cliffs of Mt. Keira, hang gliders launching from Bald Hill and the Buddhist temple of Nan Tien, Wollongong has something to offer everyone.

Specsavers opened the Wollongong store in 2010 and had a relocation and all new shop fit in 2020. The store is conveniently located in the Crown St Mall and offers 3-test rooms, 8 dispense points, over 1000 frames available and a dedicated audiology room.

As a Specsavers Joint Venture Partner, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 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

Specsavers have successfully achieved the 'Great Place to Work’ accreditation. We strive for the highest professional and clinical standards and provide unrivalled support, development and career plans.

The following key benefits will be offered to all store team members:

• Birthday leave
• Volunteer leave
• Access to Specsavers Perks staff discount program
• 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