Sales Assistant

So, you’re a proactive people person, passionate about retail and offering the best customer service? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. So, if you’ve ever considered a career in optics, this Sales Assistant role (known as Trainee Optical Assistant in Specsavers world) could be perfect for you.  

As a Trainee Optical Assistant, you don’t need to have previous experience, you just need to be prepared to create an outstanding store environment for both our customers and our team, making sure every patient receives the best care in our stores.  

Our store
Based in Okehampton, in beautiful Devon our store is looking for someone with previous optical experience to join their committed and friendly team.

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:

• Full time: 40 hours per week (weekend working is required)
• Up to £12.41 an hour depending on experience
• Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme 
• Extra day off for your birthday 
• Enhanced parental leave
• WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline 
• Headspace App - to support your wellbeing
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities 

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:

• Previous customer service experience
• Passion for providing excellent customer service and making customers’ lives easier
• Great teamwork
• Confidence in using IT systems
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Prepared to step out of your comfort zone and try something new
• Able to receive feedback and be open to development, knowing we’ll be there to support and guide you throughout your process (with your openness and our guidance, your opportunities will be endless).

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

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