Customer Service Apprenticeship - Northallerton Specsavers

SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED

Northallerton, DL7 8PQ

Closes in 16 days (Tuesday 7 January)

Posted on 18 December 2024

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Summary

As an apprentice in our store and you’ll have everything you need to truly realise your potential in a role, all whilst earning a real wage. Giving customers top-notch advice. The role involves efficiently answering telephone calls to the store. Advising customers that their hearing aids/glasses are ready or delayed as appropriate.

Annual wage
£12,709.12 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£6.50 an hour

Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Days and shifts to be confirmed. Full-time and will include weekend working.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 20 January

Duration

1 year

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Giving customers top-notch advice
  • Giving customers a warm welcome to the store
  • Dealing with orders 
  • Efficiently answer telephone calls to the store
  • Advising customers that their hearing aids/glasses are ready or delayed as appropriate

Where you’ll work

120/120A High Street

Northallerton

DL7 8PQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED

Your training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Your training plan

  • Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard
  • Apprentices will be required to have or achieve level 1 English and maths and to have taken level 2 English and maths tests prior to completion of their apprenticeship
  • Blended on/off the job training and location to be confirmed

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • Maths (grade 9-3 (A*-D))

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working

Other requirements

Before applying, please bear in mind the salary and check that you are able to travel to the store location on a daily basis. This is an entry level position, you must not have worked in the customer service sector before.

About this company

Specsavers is a truly talented organisation and the world's largest privately-owned optical group in the world. We have over 1,845 stores operating in over 10 countries, boasting over 37,000 colleagues worldwide. We are a revolutionary, dynamic, family run business, continuing to go from strength to strength and proud of it.

After this apprenticeship

At the end of your apprenticeship, you'll be a fully-fledged Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner with a range of career options ahead of you, including a range of roles in Specsavers call centres, receptionist roles, meet and greet roles.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292778.

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Closes in 16 days (Tuesday 7 January)

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Company’s application instructions

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