Sales Assistant / Trainee Optical Assistant

Date: 20 May 2026

Location: Christchurch, ENG, GB, BH23 1AY

Company: Specsavers

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

We’re looking for passionate, hard-workers with some previous customer service experience ready to confidently welcome and help customers as they walk through our doors. And once you’ve found your feet as a Sales Assistant/Trainee 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.  

Our store

Based in beautiful, historic Christchurch, our store is right in the heart of the town and has great transport links. 

Our team

We have a wonderful team of dedicated people in our store ready and waiting for you to meet.

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:

  • Up to £12.91 per hour depending on experience
  • Bonus structure after probation
  • Full time with regular weekend hours: 37.5 hours a week; 5 days out of 7
  • Specsavers Perks: High street discounts
  • Private healthcare with Aviva including annual spectacle and dental cover
  • Funded access to the Headspace App to support your wellbeing
  • Additional day off for your birthday
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Pension enrolment
  • Great progression opportunities

Find out more 

We’d love to hear from you if this is ticking all your boxes and you have the following experience: 

  • Previous experience in a fast-paced customer service environment 
  • Great teamwork and communication
  • Customer centric focus

Now’s the perfect time to apply!  

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