City of Portsmouth College
3rd Line Engineer Degree Apprentice
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3rd Line Engineer Degree Apprentice
Location: All Campuses: Highbury, North Harbour, Sixth Form and Arundel
Salary: £25,410.97 - £27,839.68 Full Time Equivalent per annum
Hours of work: 37 Hours per week, 52 Weeks per year, Full-Time, Apprenticeship
About Us
At City of Portsmouth College, we aspire to be the employer of choice in the Portsmouth area, with a progressive, supportive, and rewarding workplace culture and one that offers competitive benefits for its staff. By joining us, you will personally be part of the change we are driving and will play a pivotal role in supporting the growth and development of our brilliant students, turning them into future leaders and innovators. Everyone at the College is part of the bigger picture and together, each role makes an impact and in turn a difference to our students learning journey.
We have an unrivalled curriculum of courses on offer for students of all ages and stages covering A-levels, Apprenticeships, Vocational & Technical courses. We also offer Higher Education, Online learning and Community courses that appeal to the needs of the local community.
What We Offer
- Annual Leave: 25 days total and closure for winter shutdown period in line with Hampshire County Council school holidays & statutory bank holidays
- Pension: Generous Local Government pension. Further information can be found at www.hants.gov.uk/hampshire-services/pensions/local-government
- Learning & Development: Programmes by The Community Adult Education Department
- Staff Development: Access to the College staff development programmes and CPD
- Onsite Discounts: City of Portsmouth College Hair Salon & 50% off at the City of Portsmouth College Sports Centre
- Online Discounts: Unidays, Student Beans, and Totum with a City of Portsmouth College email address
- Parking: Free car parking across all campus sites (apart from Arundel)
- Blue Light Card: providing several discounts for clothing, electrical goods, food and days out, even concert tickets!
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About The Role
The 3rd Line Support Engineer will work as part of a team to deliver high quality customer support. The Engineer will be expected to act as a senior engineer to support 2nd line engineers with issues, to troubleshoot and resolve issues, but also to provide expertise to support the systems and infrastructure within the college.
This apprenticeship offers hands on experience in IT Support in a bustling College, supporting the development of core skills needed to protect digital systems and information. You will work closely with experienced IT professionals, gaining real world exposure to areas such as identifying cyber threats, responding to incidents, managing vulnerabilities, and supporting compliance with data protection and security requirements across teaching and learning systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high quality customer support in the troubleshooting and resolution of technical support issues.
- Where required, represent the college and/or IT Team in meetings/presentations/conferences.
- Acting as an escalation point for the support team.
- Liaising with the project team as part of the escalation process where required.
- Update the ticketing system, ensuring the call has been logged and all notes, progress and required actions have been input promptly and accurately.
- Escalating and managing issues with 3rd parties.
- Occasionally provide: Desktop Support, Hardware Repairs, Hardware refreshes, Software Installation to support the 2nd line team.
- Ensure that skills and knowledge are maintained and take responsibility for training others.
- Continuously improve knowledge and understanding across the various software and hardware technologies supported by the team.
- Maintain a strong customer focus at all times.
Specialist Duties
- Maintain and support Virtual Infrastructure, Server Patch Management, Active Directory/Group policy, Exams Management.
- Assisting with supporting the college network infrastructure.
- Image and Application deployment.
- Support specialist requirements - Exams for example.
- Ensure that your knowledge is kept up to date and that the college is adopting good quality systems that are well implemented and maintained.
- Ensure that documentation is managed and kept up to date for internal and auditing purposes.
- Be familiar with Cyber Essentials and GDPR criteria and ensure that all systems are maintained to meet the criteria.
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To be successful in this role, below is what we would need from you:
- Ability to work with staff at all levels
- Troubleshooting and resolution of technical support issues.
- Assisting 2nd line team with escalated issues.
- Extensive experience of supporting systems and services at 3rd line.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and the ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems efficiently and effectively under pressure.
Diversity And Inclusion
Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are central to the work of City of Portsmouth College. This underpins the vision of the College to transform lives through providing exceptional education and training.
The College’s commitment to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is reflected in the continued successful promotion of these strands through the curriculum, enrichment activities, and the range of direct and indirect student support services.
Pre-Employment Checks
The City of Portsmouth College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our college. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and two references.
We reserve the right to close the job advert when we have had successful applications, and it may not run for the full duration of the advert.
We do not accept CVs from agencies for these roles.
3rd Line Engineer Degree Apprentice
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
PO6 2SA
£25,410.97 to £27,839.68 per year
Temporary - Full-time
Posted today
Closing date: 13/08/2026
Job reference: 24256091 3LEA2
Documents
- [3rd Line Support Engineer Degree Apprentice CoPC JD and PS July 2026.pdf](3rd Line Support Engineer Degree Apprentice CoPC JD and PS July 2026.pdf)
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