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 Newcastle Kingston Park, our store has free parking!
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:   

• Salary starting from £12.41 an hour (depending on experience)
• Offering 3, 4 or 5 full days (up to 40 hours) with weekend working
• 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? 
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:  

• Pre- screening 
• Dispesning 
• Collections
• Repairs and adjustments 
• Happy working in a busy environment 

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 business 

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