Head of the Regional Emergency Unit

Create coherence in Region of Southern Denmark's emergency preparedness

A cyberattack, failure in critical supplies or a major health incident can quickly affect treatment and operations across Region of Southern Denmark. It requires strong professional preparedness and someone who can connect the threads 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 progress across the hospitals, Prehospital South, the social area and the corporate functions.

The unit will be expanded to about five full-time equivalents and shall be the pivot for the region's cross-cutting emergency preparedness work.

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

Your most important task

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

You will lead the unit's employees and at the same time deliver results across the organization without taking over the professional areas' responsibility for their own emergency preparedness and operational solutions.

Your central areas of responsibility

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

The leader we are seeking

You have a relevant higher education or equivalent competencies and management experience from a complex, preferably politically led organization. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of the healthcare system. 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-organizational collaboration. Read more about our values here.

We particularly emphasize that you

• create commitment and binding cooperation, also without line authority
• translate strategic goals into concrete deliverables and implementation
• work in a structured manner and maintain an overview under pressure
• communicate complex issues briefly, precisely and decision-oriented.

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

It is a condition of 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 highly prioritized 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 about the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of base salary, centrally set allowances and pension in Administrative and IT staff, etc. – agreement 32.01.1 . In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include negotiable allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications. See the starting salary for positions in Region of Southern Denmark.

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

Application and contact

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

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

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact the prehospital director Rolf Dalsgaard Johansen at phone 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 – Cohesion – Trust – Foresight

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

Decency – 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 the Region of Southern Denmark. We are there when you need quick help, and we take responsibility for ensuring the region is prepared for all types of emergency events.”

Our vision is

“We put the citizen first in all we do. As part of the overall health system, we develop new ways to help quickly, wisely and cohesively – 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: 30 October 2026