Retail Optical Assistant

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 April 2026
LOCATION
Prescot
TYPE
Part-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Retail
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SKILLS

Customer Service Teamwork IT Systems Communication Skills Optical Experience Dispensing Assistant Retail Experience

FULL DESCRIPTION

Retail 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.

However, if you are excited at the prospect of getting into optics and have experience working in fast-paced retail environment witha passion for excellent customer service then we would like to hear from you.

The role

Retail Optical Assistant

Our store

Based in Prescot, our team is skilled and supportive and ready to welcome you.

What’s on Offer?

  • Part time - 24 hours a week (3 days including Saturday)
  • Salary - £12.91 per hour
  • Optical benefits
  • Free Parking (based in a retail park)
  • [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Perks – our discounted benefits scheme or Bupa healthcare cover
  • WeCare employee support services
  • 28 days annual leave inc BHs
  • Extra day off on your Birthday

What we’re looking for?

If this is still sounding like you, we do need you to have a few skills to get started as an Optical Assistant. These include:

  • Previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant
  • Passion for providing excellent customer service and making customers’ lives easier
  • Great teamwork
  • A good initiative
  • 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.

  • Previous experience in a fast-paced customer service environment
  • Experience in optics or Audiology business
  • Basic knowledge/experience of optical and/or Audiology terminology.

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

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Elisha Aunger

Recruiter

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Salary: £12.91 per hour

Key information

Location Prescot

Area of interest: Optical Assistant

Contract type: Permanent

Apply by 6th May

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