Receptionist

Are you a caring individual looking to start your career as a Receptionist, You’ve come to the right place.  

We aren’t looking for people with years of experience and heaps of qualifications, just passionate, hard-workers ready to confidently welcome and help customers as they walk through our doors. And once you’ve found your feet as a Receptionist, you don’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. 

Our Store
Based in Taunton, our store has a great team looking to welcome you and fantastic career progression opportunities! 

What's on offer:

• Up to £12.41 an hour depending on age
• Weekends only - Saturday and Sunday - 16 hours 
• 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)

So, you’re an organised, proactive person, passionate about doing a great job and offering the best customer service?  Sounds like you’d be a great fit here.  As a Meet and Greet / Admin Assistant in Specsavers, you don’t need to have previous admin experience, you just need to be prepared to create an outstanding service and environment for both our customers and team, making sure every patient receives the best care in our stores.  

We are looking for people with great organisational and IT skills, superb time keeping, a professional and friendly approach and confidence in communicating at all levels. 

Some of the key tasks are as follows -

• Meet and greet customers into store
• Booking appointments
• Explore customer needs thoroughly, and approach customers to offer assistance
• Utilise the IT systems as required
• Work to Specsavers Customer Service Standards
• Actively seek to improve your own skills and product knowledge 

If you’re ready and raring to join our team and drive our practice forward, we can’t wait to hear from you. You just need to be passionate, a great team worker and communicator, confident in using IT systems, and have an ability to adapt so apply today!