Optical Assistant

Optical Assistant - Clacton-on-Sea

Are you a caring individual looking to continue your career as an Optical Assistant? You’ve come to the right place.  

We’re looking for passionate, hard-workers with some previous optical experience ready to confidently welcome and help customers as they walk through our doors. And once you’ve found your feet as an Optical Assistant, you won’t just have to stop there. We have plenty of professional training and development in other business areas, as well as the support of experienced Opticians and Technicians supporting you on your journey. So whatever you want your career to look like, you can bring it to life at Specsavers.  

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. 

• Full time - 37.5 hours per week 
• Salary - £12.41 per hour 
• 28 days holiday plus your birthday off 
• Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme 
• Extra day off for your birthday 
• WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline 
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities 
• Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits 
• Enhanced sick pay (after a year or service) 
• Enhanced pay for family leave (Maternity/Paternity etc) 

What we’re looking for? 

Some of the responsibilities of this role include: 

• Welcoming customers into store 
• Booking in eye tests 
• Pre-screening patients 
• Providing style advice 
• Measuring frames 
• Taking phone calls 

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.  

This includes: 

• Previous experience in a fast-paced customer service environment 
• Experience in optics 

Checked all the boxes? Now’s the perfect time to apply!