Optometry Graduate Recruitment

6 days ago


Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Specsavers Full time
Graduate Recruitment and Development Manager

Join our team at Specsavers, a purpose-driven organization committed to changing lives through better sight. As a Graduate Recruitment and Development Manager, you will play a key role in leading the recruitment activity for Optometry Students and building relationships with Canadian students attending US and Canadian Schools.

About Specsavers

Welcome to Specsavers, where we're not just about eyewear and eyecare, we're a certified Great Place to Work, providing quality eyecare and affordable eyewear to Canadians across the country. Our journey began 40 years ago in the UK, with visionary optometrists Doug and Mary Perkins. Today, we support over 2,700 healthcare businesses, passionately caring for more than 44 million patients and customers worldwide.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the recruitment activity for Optometry Students, building relationships with Canadian students attending US and Canadian Schools.
  • Attend optometry school events, connect directly with students, and collaborate on ways to keep students engaged.
  • Be a part of the onboarding process in plan B stores, working with graduates and store partners to support the clinical and professional development of early-career optometrists.
  • Utilize your optometric knowledge to provide essential input, ensuring that our graduate recruitment and development initiatives align with the clinical and personal development needs of our optometrists.
  • Work towards future engagement with university pre-optometry / pre-professional programs, increasing interest in optometry as a career in cities and provinces with OD shortages.
Relationship Management
  • Work proactively with Partners to ensure a positive and effective working relationship is achieved to deliver a great service and excellent candidate experience.
  • Support and coordinate summer placements for students between first and second year.
  • Support and coordinate 4th year externship rotations (3rd year mini rotations in the future).
  • Support the recruitment team with the placement as a full or part-time associate in partnered and partnerless locations.
  • Work with the Clinical Performance Consultants to ensure a seamless transition from recruitment to induction, providing our new starters with a great experience and giving them the information and tools to perform effectively in their role.
Capability Development
  • Keep pipelines of students, externs/externship sites, and summer placements organized and up to date.
  • Input into social media with knowledge of platform-specific techniques.
What We're Looking For Essential Skills
  • Experience practicing as an optometrist / background in optometry.
  • Experience in fostering connections and building relationships with students and/or Optometrists.
  • Experience in the development and delivery of key resourcing plans.
  • Experience in social media or familiarity with effective methods for engaging students and young doctors.
  • Understanding of assessment methodologies and attraction approaches.
  • Recruitment system and process knowledge.
  • Experience of working cross-functionally.
  • Measure and drive improvements to the effectiveness of campaigns through feedback and understanding using all available data and resources.
Desirable Skills
  • Direct headhunting experience, online/phone/in person.
  • Track record in deploying a range of attraction approaches to meet business demands.
Our Fellow 'Speccies' Enjoy
  • Generous vacation allotment and 1 paid volunteer day.
  • 1 extra paid day off and an eyecare voucher on your birthday.
  • Quarterly performance bonus.
  • Healthcare spending account.
  • Health and dental benefits effective on your first day.
  • Team and company social events.
Behaviours We Value
  • Collaborative: We work together as one Specsavers to deliver our purpose.
  • Curious: We question, explore, and seek out diverse perspectives to develop our knowledge and understanding.
  • Courageous: We challenge the status quo, we experiment with good ideas, and we are brave, bold, and fast in our decision making.
  • Compassionate: We care, support, and help each other.
  • Commercial: We treat money wisely and make decisions that are good for our customers, our partners, our people, and good for the long term.

We hope that in joining our team, you value these things as well.

Our Hybrid Work Model

Be part of the dynamic culture Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office, three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Specsavers, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that a diverse team enriches our work environment and enables us to achieve our goals. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of all backgrounds and abilities to join our team.



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