Business Development Associate

We are looking for a Business Development Associate to work in Optics.  In this role, you will be identifying, acting upon and securing new business opportunities across our region within the community and in care home sector.
You will manage your own diary, whilst ensuring the delivery of a high-quality professional services to patients and clients that we support in their own homes and in some care home settings.
You must be used to building relationships as this role will involve generating new business and forging strong relationships with the likes of GPs practices, sheltered accommodation/independent living, PR and local community engagement. You will help organise and run small events like coffee mornings or do presentations to external parties to help raise brand awareness across the region and to assist with community engagement.
Once you are trained in Optics, you will be travelling across the region to help support an Optometrist to carry out eyecare clinics as well as after care, such as fitting glasses, doing any minor repairs and also carrying out clinical duties such as pre-screening and dispensing glasses when on testing days. In short, you will make sure every customer gets has a great experience with us.

About Specsavers Home Visits
Our passion is to deliver outstanding customer care, combined with sound dispensing advice and product recommendations that best suit individual customer needs. In additional to the highest quality equipment, we aim to provide both our store staff and our customers with an excellent overall environment.
At Specsavers, we treat people as we would wish to be treated, and as such, you will be supported by well trained and motivated home visits staff, in addition to an expert professional team. Our expectation is that you will share our vision to provide our patients with the very best professional service as well as exceptional customer care on every Home Visit.

What we offer

• Hours: 4 or 5 days per week, between Mon to Fri 9 am to 5.30pm ( a bit of flexibility required if you are out on visits )
• Salary depends on experience but between £27,000 and £29,000 per annum (pro rata if part time)
• Additional Benefits include:
• Full expensed company car
• 20 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata)
• Birthday off
• Business has been accredited with the “Great Place to Work”
• Additional Benefits such as free access to Headspace and We Care

Applicants with previous Business Development Experience need only apply who are willing and keen to learn the optics side of the business.
This is a bit of a unique opportunity for someone with a proven track record in securing new business, coupled with the option to be trained in optics which in turn will allow you do focus on the business development side of the business 4 or 5 days a week, but you may be required to assist in clinics, if necessary, once trained and depending on business needs.
You must be a confident driver and have a full and clean driving licence.