Apprentice Network Engineer Level 4

Posting date:	08 July 2025
Salary:	£30,000 to £31,500 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	22 July 2025
Location:	Manchester
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	415444/1

Summary

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

Home Office Digital, Data and Technology designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.

If you enjoy learning, have a passion for technology, thrive at problem solving, excel at analysing data, or simply enjoy working with a broad range of stakeholders then our Network Engineer Level 4 Apprenticeship could be just for you!

An Associate Network Engineer supports an established team of Network Engineers to support and maintain network solutions and services. You will receive coaching, mentoring and direction from more senior team members. The role is a trainee position where you can broaden your technical understanding and skills and expect to start developing a specialisation.

Key Responsibilities

The Home Office is an exciting and rewarding department to work for and if you are successful in securing a place on the Network Engineer Level 4 Apprenticeship you will:

• Work as part of a team to build, configure, transition, administer and support network technologies and solutions.
• Help resolve network problems, ensuring that technical solutions continue to meet business requirements.
• Respond to incident reports, ensuring relevant prioritisation and detail to allow for effective investigation.
• Monitor resolution activities and progress updates to Home Office users.
• Assist in investigating faults in networks and services, and on the implementation of appropriate solutions and preventative measures.
• Work collaboratively to ensure that a set of IT products, suppliers and vendors come together to deliver a network service.
• Update and maintain technical documentation.

Working Pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

Training

We offer a tailored training package throughout the scheme, and you will be supported in your personal development.

Apprenticeship

This position includes completing a Network Engineer Level 4 Apprenticeship, which takes around 18 months. To apply, you must:

• Be 16 or older (no upper age limit)
• Have lived in the UK for at least 3 years before starting
• Not be in another apprenticeship or paid education
• Work at least 30 hours per week.
• Not already hold a similar qualification at Level 3 or higher

For more details, see candidate pack attached.

Travel

The roles will be located within Manchester with occasional travel to our Central London or regional hubs, this will be subject to the apprenticeship.

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