Horsham District Jobs and Skills Fair

Horsham District Jobs and Skills Fairs bring local employers and local job-hunters together. Over the years we've filled hundreds of job vacancies for businesses and helped job-hunters of all ages and experience levels to decide what's next for them - including apprenticeships and other training opportunities.

Welcome to Horsham District Jobs and Skills Fair, 27 September 2025

Meet a range of local employers with vacancies and find out about training opportunities.


Date and time: Saturday 27 September, 10am to 2pm

Location: The Drill Hall, Denne Rd, Horsham, RH12 1JF


Horsham District Jobs and Skills Fair

Contents

Exhibitors

Meet the local employers and training providers exhibiting at our 2025 Jobs Fair.

Adam Knight & Associates

Adam Knight & Associates Ltd

Adam Knight & Associates, a people-focused organisation dedicated to delivering impactful social justice programmes that support individuals, families, and underrepresented communities across the UK.

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Barrington James

Passionate about the sectors we serve, we specialize in connecting leading Life Science organizations with in demand experts who are crucial to driving innovation and success. Our deep industry knowledge enables us to identify and attract top talent across all stages of the drug-development life cycle. From research and development, through clinical trials and regulatory affairs, to market launch and post-market surveillance, we provide the expertise needed to guide groundbreaking drugs, devices, and therapies to market.

BrightCare

Bright Care Horsham

Bright Care works alongside families to deliver award winning, companionship-based, premium care at home for people in their later years. We offer daytime hourly care, overnight care and Live-in care.

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Chichester College Group (Crawley College)

Ofsted Outstanding for Apprenticeships. We are exceptionally proud to have received an Outstanding judgement by Ofsted for our apprenticeship provision in 2025. Inspectors praised the ‘outstanding’ quality of education for apprenticeship programmes in our most recent report.

Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East)

Citizens Advice in West Sussex offers advice and assistance to thousands of people every year. We provide help with various problems such as managing debt, understanding rights at work, or housing issues. We also offer specialised services in debt, homelessness, and employment. As part of the national Citizens Advice network, we share knowledge and best practices to provide quality service and work to address the underlying causes of people’s problems through research and campaigns.

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ECL Ltd (Essex Cares)

ECL Community Reablement Service (CRS) are commissioned by WSCC to provide a reablement service. Our customer base are adults 18+ who have been in hospital or living at home and have had an episode of ill health or needing support with daily living skills.

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Evidencia Life Sciences

Evidencia Life Sciences is a specialist recruitment consultancy focused purely on helping consulting firms and life sciences companies hire top talent in Market Access, HEOR and RWE. Life Sciences recruitment is rewarding, impactful, and full of growth opportunities as well as the chance to shape the future of health care.

Harris Lord Recruitment

Harris Lord Recruitment

Connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the West Sussex area in admin, customer service, marketing, finance, HR and manufacturing on a permanent and temporary basis.

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Hendy Group

The Hendy Group’s illustrious family-led heritage stretching back for 160 years is why our customers keep coming back time and time again. Our forward-thinking, progressive outlook perfectly complements our values, with honesty, quality, care and customer service still at the heart of the company, as they have been since 1859.

Horsham District Council - HR

Horsham District Council is responsible for a wide range of local services within the Horsham district. These include waste collection, recycling, council tax collection, housing, planning, environmental health, and managing parks and countryside. They also oversee building regulations, local licensing, and off-street car parks. Additionally, the council supports community well-being through various initiatives and partnerships.

Horsham District Council - Recycling and Waste

The Recycling & Waste department is responsible for organising the collection of bins for general waste, mixed recycling and garden waste for residents of the Horsham District. This will include food waste collections from April 2026.

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Horsham District Council - Wellbeing

Horsham Wellbeing Service can help you to find local wellbeing information and services. From this website to the team in your area, you can get advice and support on how to make small changes to improve your health and wellbeing, including how to stop smoking, how to become more active or how to make your meals healthier. We also support businesses in a number of ways with NHS Health Checks, Wellbeing MOTs and Talks on various topics.

Horsham Jobcentre Plus

Horsham Jobcentre would like to attend to promote all the current vacancies they are supporting local businesses with.

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Infield Manor School

Ingfield Manor School is a non-maintained special school and part of Salutem Care and Education. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a healthy, active, and fulfilling life, regardless of their background or disability. We aim to provide an exceptional learning environment, helping young people fulfil their potential.

Little Barn Owls

Winners of The Nursery World Award for Enabling Environments 2024, UK Nursery Group of the Year 2020 and UK Nursery of the Year 2015, our multi-award winning forest and farm school nurseries in Southwater, Faygate, West Grinstead, Gatwick and Midhurst have been recognised for their innovative and creative approach to Early Years Education around the world.

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London Gatwick Airport

London Gatwick is the UK’s second largest airport and is a vital piece of national infrastructure that helps drive both the regional and national economy. Our vision is to be the airport for everyone, whatever your journey. We're focused on delivering a personalised experience, that is easy and efficient. At the same time we aim to be the UK’s most accessible airport, prioritising the needs of every passenger and giving everyone an equal opportunity to fly. And for our people we're continuing to build a diverse and inclusive workplace, one where everyone is welcome.

Education Development Trust

Making a Difference / Education Development Trust - National Careers Service

The National Careers Service is a free service giving impartial careers advice, guidance and information to anyone over the age of 13.

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Maria Charles Hair and Beauty

We are looking for Full and Part time staff to join our team, we are currently open in Crawley and are soon to be open in Horsham. Experience in the hair and beauty industry is preferred although we do offer in house training. Level 2 or equivalent qualifications required.

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Monkey Puzzle Horsham Day Nursery & Preschool

Monkey Puzzle Horsham Day Nursery and Preschool provides top-notch care and education for children from 3 months to 5 years. The nursery is located at the former Roffey Youth Centre on Godwin Road, in the RH13 area of Horsham. It's about a 20-minute walk from Horsham Railway Station and a quick drive from the A264. The nursery is a specially designed space that ensures a secure and engaging environment for early learning, featuring four age-appropriate rooms tailored for various activities.

Mountjoy Ltd

Mountjoy provides building maintenance, facilities management, refurbishment and construction services. The business started in 1992 on the Isle of Wight and has grown steadily to a turnover of circa £46m today. Our mission is to enhance people's lives in the community. We do this by working in partnership with our clients to construct, refurbish and maintain their buildings - providing their residents and customers with safe, comfortable and welcoming living, learning and caring environments.

Nviro

A professional service provider of clean, hygienic and safe environments.

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Plumpton College

Plumpton College is a specialist training provider for the land, environment, animal science and food production sectors with a campus in the heart of the South Downs. We offer a variety of courses from, degrees, masters, part time and apprenticeships across 15 core subject areas which include horticulture, wine, bakery, butchery, agriculture (arable and livestock), forestry, and engineering.

Schroders / Benchmark Capital

At Schroders, we're known for doing things differently. That's why we’re building a home for the ambitious at our Campus in Horsham. You’ll get all the benefits of being part of a world-leading FTSE 100 company. But you’ll also get the support of being part of a genuine local community. Our state-of-the-art Campus is home to over 700 colleagues from Schroders and Benchmark Capital, one of the UK’s leading financial planning businesses, which is part of the Schroders Group. If you’re looking for opportunities that match your ambitions, you’ll find them right here in Horsham.

St Catherine's Hospice

We’re a local charity with a big ambition: to help everyone face death informed, supported and pain free. Providing expert hospice care, we’re there for people in West Sussex and East Surrey when life comes full circle. We also pioneer standards in end of life care through collaboration, research and training, reaching even more people facing death and bereavement.

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Steve Willis Training

Steve Willis Training is a leading apprenticeship provider in Gas and Electrical. We're now recruiting for our September 2025 intake, seeking the next generation of skilled professionals. With expert trainers, modern facilities, and a strong industry reputation, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality, hands-on training that builds real careers.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Packing and distribution of pharmaceutical products.

Utility Warehouse

Utility Warehouse

UW offers some of the UK’s cheapest energy deals available today, unlock more savings on energy when our customers switch their broadband and mobile plans to UW. That’s why so many of our customers sign up to UW. An authorised UW Partner offers a personal service to help our customers get exactly what’s right for them. UW is trusted by over 1,000,000 customers across the UK, and we’ve been offering award winning services for over 25 years.

Early Years and Childcare

West Sussex County Council (Early Years)

The West Sussex County Council early years team will be ready to answer all your questions about careers in early years and childcare. We will bring current jobs from the Horsham area and information about funded qualifications and how to launch a rewarding career shaping young children's lives.

Your Horsham

Your Horsham BID Ltd

Funded by town centre businesses, Your Horsham is Horsham's Business Improvement District working for the business community of Horsham Town centre to help and support business, encourage investment in the town and attract the best staff to work here.

Workshops

Come along to our employment support workshops which will take place at the Jobs Fair. There is no need to book, just drop in on the day.

Three workshops are scheduled to take place.  Find more details regarding workshop topics and timings below.

Sha and Zaia from Adam Knight
CV and Cover Letter Hints and Tips | 11am

In this workshop the National Careers Service will talk through the basics of a good CV and Cover Letter, why they are important and how to make your CV stand out.  They will also talk through Applicant Tracking Systems and the use of AI.

Levelling Up Your LinkedIn Profile | 12 midday

Level up your LinkedIn. Discover how to build a profile that gets noticed.

In this session, Adam Knight & Associates will help you:

  • Understand how your profile contributes to your personal brand
  • Pinpoint 2–3 key qualities to emphasise throughout your profile
  • Put into practice 3–4 proven strategies for building an engaging profile
Build Your Confidence | 1pm

Discover how simple drama techniques can help you manage anxiety, boost your confidence, and shine in interviews.

In this workshop, you’ll learn practical breathing exercises and performance tips to feel calmer, more prepared, and ready to show your best self. This workshop will be led by Adam Knight & Associates.

Job Opportunities

We have collated links to local employers careers pages below. Many of these have attended the Jobs Fair in previous years.

Get help to find a job

Are you looking for employment support? There's a lot of information out there and we have put together links to some of the best information and advice resources that are available, on our Get help to find a job page.

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