Joint Assistant Director Integrated Community Support

Torfaen County Borough Council; Pontypool; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Torfaen County Borough Council in Pontypool is seeking a Joint Assistant Director Integrated Community Support to lead the full spectrum of community support services. The role requires shaping prevention and edge-of-acute initiatives across two Welsh councils to tackle inequality and improve wellbeing.

The successful candidate will design and develop the support offer, build high-performing teams, and influence across operational boundaries to deliver sustainable outcomes for local communities.

Qualifications

• Leadership and collaboration across organisational boundaries.
• Experience in building and sustaining high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the council's integrated support offer, with a focus on prevention and edge-of-acute interventions.
• Oversee design of targeted prevention work across the Council and federation.
• Influence, collaborate and lead consistently high performance in a cross-boundary context.

Job description

Location Civic Centre, Pontypool

Basis Full Time

Joint Assistant Director Integrated Community Support

Civic Centre, Pontypool 02/12/2026

Job details

Salary £96,170 - £103,564 | Joint Grade 15 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full Time Package Permanent Job category/type Adults and Communities Date posted 03/11/2026 Job reference REQ006671 Attachments REQ006671 Joint Assistant Director Integrated Community Support.pdf

Job description

Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. As Wales’s first and only federated councils, we’re pioneering a new leadership model that brings two sovereign unitary authorities together around shared ambition, aligned leadership and collective impact. Both councils have also adopted the Marmot principles, embedding a clear commitment to tackling inequality, improving wellbeing and focusing on long‑term outcomes through everything we do.

This deliberate, innovative approach to collaboration is designed to unlock capability and influence that neither council could achieve alone. It provides unprecedented scale and mandate for action to work across two distinct boroughs, with refreshing freedom to innovate and the credibility to influence regional and national conversations about how public services evolve. And our communities welcome this new, creative approach as an excellent way to address the challenges they face.

This brand‑new role brings together the full range of services needed to help support people and families experiencing complex and multiple challenges. The team delivers some interventions (e.g. complex families, adult & community learning, and employability) directly, and oversees the design of other targeted prevention work across the Council.

You’ll design and develop our support offer, particularly targeted prevention and ‘edge‑of‑acute’ activities. We’re looking for person‑centred and place‑based approaches that genuinely address the complex social, economic and environmental factors affecting wellbeing, so we can support individuals and families to build resilience and achieve sustainable outcomes.

Your experience to date should include building high‑performing teams that work effectively across operational boundaries, and a track record of making a lasting difference to place‑based services. A nuanced understanding of one or more of the factors which can affect wellbeing (such as financial issues, homelessness, family breakdown, community safety and chronic health conditions) is essential. Able to influence, collaborate, and lead consistently high performance, you’ll relish the chance to put your ideas to work in an enlightened and supportive environment.

How to find us

Torfaen County Borough Council
Civic Centre
Pontypool
NP4 6YB