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Optical Assistant

Specsavers
Canberra, ACT
A$26-$28 p/h
Healthcare & Medical → Optical
Full-time
On-site

Posted 22 days ago


At Specsavers, we know that to be your best and reach your full potential you need to work somewhere that will bring out your best.

We pride ourselves on offering a workplace with a supportive, driven, flexible and inclusive culture. Which is why we’ve been accredited as a Great Place to Work for the last five years running, and listed as one of Australia’s Best Places to Work for 2025.

Here’s a taste of just some of our perks:

· Opportunity to obtain a professional qualification within the optical field

· A comprehensive induction and training program

· The chance to work with well-known brands, with more than 1,000 frame styles and colours

· A supportive culture

· Two free pairs of glasses each year

· Birthday leave and Volunteer leave

· Health & Wellbeing programs

So, if you like the sound of working for a company that’s dedicated to improving the lives of both their staff and customers - we think you’d look good at Specsavers.

The role

Due to our continued growth, we are currently seeking an Optical Assistant to join our team in our Canberra Centre store. You will have the opportunity to work in a modern, progressive, fast-paced business where providing exceptional customer service is at the forefront of everything we do.

You’ll be involved in all aspects of our customer journey, which will include using high-tech pre-testing equipment and dispensing from our range of fashion forward, excellent quality frames. You’ll work to healthcare guidelines, and provide a great customer experience at every opportunity.

The skills we’re looking for

· An interest in retail or optics

· A high standard of personal presentation

· Punctuality and reliability

· An ability to build rapport with customers

· An ability to work well under pressure

· Flexibility to work retail hours, which may include late nights and weekends

Even if you have no experience in optics but have a passion for professional healthcare or retail and a willingness to undergo training with us, we want to hear from you!

About Specsavers

Specsavers are rated the market leader for eye tests, the retailer of choice for contact lenses and one of the fastest growing hearing providers in Australia and New Zealand. We are on a continual mission to transform eye and hearing health by eliminating preventable vision loss and blindness, including Glaucoma and Diabetes, through improved prevention and early detection, as well as providing accessible and affordable hearing care.

How to apply

If you want a meaningful role in which you can make a long-term impact, you’ll shine at Specsavers. Click on the link below to apply.

*Please note due to the high volume of applications only successful candidates will be contacted. We thank you in advance for your interest in Specsavers.


About Specsavers

Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Retail & Consumer Products
1001-5000 employees

Today, the Specsavers Partnership enjoys global success. With more than 1,700 stores and in 10 countries, we are the world’s largest optical retailer. Each business operates as a Joint Venture Partnership, meaning the stores are part-owned and managed by its directors. They are supported by centralised teams of specialists within our Support Offices in areas such as Marketing, Accounting, IT and Supply Chain.

In 2007, we launched in the Australian market as a wholesale business. In 2008, we became a retailer, opening 100 stores in 100 days across Australia. In the same year we went on to open our first stores in New Zealand.

The Australian and New Zealand business has continued to grow with over 350 stores now operating across the ANZ network. We have also got the largest optical manufacturing facility in the Southern Hemisphere, which opened in Port Melbourne in 2009.

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