Functional Manager for the Regional Emergency Response Unit

Create coherence in the Region of Southern Denmark's emergency preparedness

A cyberattack, failure of critical supplies or a major health incident can affect treatment and operations across Region of Southern Denmark in a short time. It requires strong professional emergency preparedness and someone who can pull the threads together and ensure a coordinated effort. Region of Southern Denmark is therefore strengthening the regional emergency unit.

We are seeking a functional head who can lead development and create momentum across the hospitals, Prehospital South, the social area and corporate functions. The unit will be expanded to about five full-time positions and should be the hub of the region's cross-organizational emergency preparedness work.

You will take over an existing unit and must both ensure continuity and strengthen its capacity, competences and impact.

Your most important task

Your core task is to create coherence between the region's risk landscape, plans, decisions and actions. You will create binding coordination across the region's emergency preparedness actors, and it is you who sets direction, prioritizes and ensures that joint decisions are translated into action.

You lead the unit's employees and at the same time achieve results across the organization without taking over the units' own responsibilities for its emergency preparedness and operational solutions.

Your central areas of responsibility

• Lead and develop the unit's employees, competences and resources.
• Create an overview of threats, vulnerabilities and capacity needs and translate this into recommendations and a basis for decision.
• Coordinate the region's emergency plans and cross-cutting exercises and ensure that experiences are transformed into improvements.
• Advise the Prehospital Director and support the strategic emergency forum.
• Consolidate the region's contributions to national initiatives and represent Region of Southern Denmark in relevant collaborations.

The leader we seek

You have a relevant higher education degree or equivalent competences and leadership experience from a complex, preferably politically led organization. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of the healthcare sector. You may have experience with e.g. emergency planning, crisis management, risk and resilience or critical infrastructure.

You are motivated by creating direction and results through others and are strong in cross-disciplinary and cross-organizational collaboration. You are also expected to see yourself in our values and help translate them into daily leadership and cross-border collaboration. Read more about our values here.

We especially emphasize that you

• build engagement and binding cooperation, also without direct line authority
• translate strategic goals into concrete deliverables and implementation
• work in a structured way and maintain the overview under pressure
• communicate complex issues briefly, precisely and decision-ready.

You can read more in the job description here: Job Description

It is a prerequisite for employment that you can and will be security cleared, and that you can maintain the security clearance throughout your employment.

What we offer

You will have the opportunity to set the direction for a high-priority area and shape a strengthened emergency unit on an existing professional foundation. You will have broad collaboration with leaders and specialists across the region and become part of Prehospital South's Leadership Forum.

The regional emergency unit is anchored in Prehospital South and performs tasks on behalf of the entire Region of Southern Denmark. You will have personnel and professional leadership of the unit and report to the Prehospital Director.

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of base salary, centrally set allowances and pension in Administrations- and IT personnel etc. - Agreement 32.01.1 . In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications. See starting salary for positions in Region of Southern Denmark.

The position is intended to be filled on January 4, 2027.

Application and contact

The application deadline is October 30, 2026. We will hold first and second interviews on November 9 and November 16, 2026 respectively.

In your application we would like to read a concrete example of how you have created momentum and results across professional or organizational boundaries without direct leadership responsibility for all involved.

If you have questions, please contact the Prehospital Director Rolf Dalsgaard Johansen at telephone 40 15 95 72.

Our mission, vision and values

It is important to us that our employees can see themselves in Prehospital South's value base:

Pride – Unity – Trust – Foresight

We are also part of Region of Southern Denmark, where the values are

Integrity – Professional growth – Renewal – Enthusiasm

All employees play a central role in translating our mission into concrete practice

“We provide a professional and caring prehospital service – around the clock in Region of Southern Denmark. We are there when you need quick help, and we take responsibility that the region is prepared for all types of emergency events.”

Our vision is

“We put the citizen first in everything we do. As part of the overall health system we develop new ways to help quickly, wisely and coherently – with respect for the individual and for the benefit of all in the region.”

Department: Prehospital South

Job title: Administrative Leader

Working hours: 37

Workplace: Odense

Application deadline: 30-10-2026

Application deadline: Oct. 30, 2026